The Johnny Cash Trivia respect thread

[Clint Barton]

I like a wide variety of music and Johnny Cash is one of my favorite Country artists. However, his music contains elements of rock, blues, soul, and gospel as well. He was extremely diverse and I feel, underappreciated for what he brought to the world of music.

So, I thought I'd start a thread about the man, the myth and the legend that is Johnny Cash. I'll update it periodically with tidbits of information and trivia, along with trivia questions. Cash fans should feel free to add if you're so inclined.

1. Question: Name songs/artists Johnny Cash has covered.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny Cash has influenced and appeared with many popular music acts, from all genres.

Attached is a photo of his appearance in 2000(?) with Tom Petty at The House of Blues. Cash also paid homage to Petty by doing a cover of Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down". His trademarked deep voice and tones are unmistakeable and when combined with Petty.....remarkable.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny's top three selling records of all time were: I Walk The Line, A Boy Named Sue, and Ring Of Fire.

[elheffe]

1. Question: Name songs/artists Johnny Cash has covered.
Ones off the top of my head:
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
Rusty Cage by Soundgarden
Solitary Man by Neil Diamond
I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
Rowboat by Beck
and my favorite Bob Marley's Redemption Song with Joe Strummer.

[Clint Barton]

Ones off the top of my head:
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
Rusty Cage by Soundgarden
Solitary Man by Neil Diamond
I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
Rowboat by Beck
and my favorite Bob Marley's Redemption Song with Joe Strummer.

Pretty darn good, there elheffe. I'd forgotten about Rowboat.

[jessecuster3]

Big River - traditional
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
Cold Cold Heart by Hank Williams
I Saw the Light by Hank Williams
Deep Ellem Blues - traditional
Gentle on my Mind - John Hartford

and here is Johnny Cash and John Hartford doing a medley of Bill Monroe songs:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=USGAvfxfmvU

[Clint Barton]

Good stuff, jessecuster2! Especially the video.

Hey, Porter! was Johnny's first hit, recorded in 1955.

I love the lyrics.

Hey, Porter, Hey Porter!
Would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be
'Til we cross that Mason Dixon Line?
At daylight will you tell that engineer to slow it down;
Or better still, just stop the train
'Cause I want to look around.

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
What time did you say?
How much longer will it be
'Till I can see the light of day?
When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineer to ring his bell;
And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and yell.

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
It's getting light outside.
This old train is puffin' smoke and I have to strain my eyes.
But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please,
'Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves,
And I smell that Southern breeze.

Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter!
Please get my bags for me,
I need nobody to tell me now that we're in Tennessee.
Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle scream.
We're not so far from home so take it easy on the steam.

Hey Porter! Hey Porter!
Please open up my door.
When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first
'Cause I can't wait no more.
Tell that engineer I say, "Thanks a lot. I didn't mind the fare.
I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
And breathe that Southern air."

[cadmium_blimp]

Oh, yes. "Hey Porter" is an awesome song. Johnny Cash's early stuff is pure gold.

[rick]

Pretty darn good, there elheffe. I'd forgotten about Rowboat.

That's a rough one to forget.

My personal favorites are his versions of Dylan's Girl From the North Country and Guthrie's City of New Orleans.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny had kicked his drug habit, but then in the early 1980's, was attacked by a male adult ostrich that lived on his farm. He received critical injuries, that led to the use of pain pills. He becam re-addicted, and entered the Betty Ford Clinic, where he met Ozzy Osbourne.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny's father, Roy, was the lead for the country band, Dixie Rhythm Ramblers.

[Rob Allen]

I was a big Johnny Cash fan in the mid-1960s, but I didn't learn this little tidbit until recently: he did not choose to be known as "Johnny". He had always called himself John Cash; he introduced himself to Sam Phillips that way, and expected to see that name on his first record. When the record came out, he found out that Phillips had changed his name to Johnny. He was rather upset for a while.

[howyadoin]

Attached is a photo of his appearance in 2000(?) with Tom Petty at The House of Blues. Cash also paid homage to Petty by doing a cover of Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down". His trademarked deep voice and tones are unmistakeable and when combined with Petty.....remarkable.That's great. Check out the grin on Tom's face.

[Clint Barton]

That's great. Check out the grin on Tom's face.

I've yet to find some comments by Petty, but I'm certain he was in awe.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny was addicted to speed (usually with alcohol or morphine as a chaser) through much of his 20s until 1967, when June Carter Cash and numerous members of his family and friends staged an arduous but successful intervention. It is thought that Cash had an addictive personality which he may have inherited from his genes, as many members of his family were addicts to various vices.

[Clint Barton]

One of my favorite quotes by Johnny Cash:


How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny Cash collaborated with numerous artists from hard rockers to country and beyond.

Perhaps his most famous collaboration was with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings in the 80s and early 90s. They were The Highwaymen and their best selling album-The Road Goes On Forever is a must for any Cash fan.

[Clint Barton]

Johnny played a rural southern sheriff in a television movie called Murder In Cowetta County , a drama based on a true story in 1983. Johnny appeared in a Television Western called A Gun Fight with Kirk Douglas in 1971.