Issued in commemoration of Cash's 70th birthday, this double CD is a good survey of 1955-1993 career highlights (and a different release than the similarly titled three-CD The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983). Is it a good place to start? That depends on what you have or don't have already, considering that so many greatest-hits compilations containing some or much of this material appeared prior to this, yet another repackage. All of his very biggest hits are here, and it leans very heavily on his first 15 years of recordings, with just eight of the 36 tracks postdating 1970 (and only one of them, his 1993 U2 collaboration "The Wanderer," postdating 1986). For that reason some may complain that it doesn't give some phases of his career proper weight, and certainly not evenly distributed weight. But let's be cold about this: Cash's best records were between 1955 and 1970, and focusing on his early work, as this compilation does, means higher overall quality. It's too bad nothing is included from his acclaimed, unadorned 1994 album, American Recordings, but otherwise this will serve as a quite satisfactory best-of for those who want both the familiar hits and a few good, not-so-overplayed ones, like his versions of "It Ain't Me Babe," "Jackson," and "If I Were a Carpenter."
...I'm still feeling that live music vibe and since I'm chillaxin, I've down shifted from brother Brown to the Man in Black...that's right, Johnny Cash, dude was smooth as chicken shit on a pump handle, if you think about it-- this was the show where the infamous "finger picture" was snapped by one of the camera men who were filming the performance for a BBC documentary......I've written about ...
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...I'm still feeling that live music vibe and since I'm chillaxin, I've down shifted from brother Brown to the Man in Black...that's right, Johnny Cash, dude was smooth as chicken shit on a pump handle, if you think about it-- this was the show where the infamous "finger picture" was snapped by one of the camera men who were filming the performance for a BBC documentary......I've written about ...
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Rain has been what I have been looking at for the last four days. While the anticipation of green grass, and warm weather keeps my hopes up,grey skies have a way to just slow a person down. Sundays do the same to me, you know the weekend is over and the work week is about to begin. I find myself listening to a lot of Johnny Cash on Sundays. I do not think there are many who can tell a story lik...
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I just grabbed a ticket to see Nick Lowe at The Fillmore on his tour for the reissue of Jesus Of Cool on its 30th anniversary, with Robyn Hitchcock opening. Needless to say, I'm ecstatic. I haven't seen either artist live before, despite owning sizable chunks of their back catalogs. I wasn't going to pass up the chance to see them just because Ticketmaster fees brought the $35 ticket up to a to...
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kris's best song, johnny's best cover
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Thanks for the love, Mog ones. I'm having a better day, if still very busy. Today's musical adventures: I finally signed up for the YahooMusic Launch Cast personal station deal, and I've been listening to the selections lined up for my taste. Not bad. At home, I moved a radio into the bathroom so I can sing along in the shower. Note these suggestions for the best shower songs: http://www...
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