Jahfin Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 BY LOUIS BLACK Johnny Cash's career was in major trouble by the mid-1960s. He hadn't had a crossover hit on the Top 20 of the pop charts since "Ring of Fire" in 1963, although he had had a number of songs that went as high as No. 2 on the country charts. Scoring on the country charts, however, meant selling so many fewer copies than needed for the pop charts that you might not even register on them. But this doesn't even hint as to how severely his career had bottomed out. You can read the remainder of the article here: http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Is...id=oid%3A566273 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstickbonzo Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 kicking and a gaudging in the mud and the blood and the beer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Some gal would giggle and I'd get red,some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head.... Damn;Johnny puts most rock stars to shame.... Great article.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstickbonzo Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 well i tell ya ive fought tougher men, but i really cant remember when.. he kicked like a mule and bit like a crocodile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickZepp Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 That's a great song but Johnny didn't write it, Shel Silverstein did. In fact some of Cash's most popular songs weren't written by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 ....but a lot of them were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstickbonzo Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 That's a great song but Johnny didn't write it, Shel Silverstein did. In fact some of Cash's most popular songs weren't written by him. No offense to Shel, but Johnny's the one I'll thank for gravel in my guts and the spit in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Cash was one of those rare performers who had an uncanny knack for making other people's material sound like his own. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's been said that if Cash recorded one of your songs it was no longer your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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