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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Johnny Cash

...With His Hot and Blue Guitar

(Sun Records)




Remastered in 2022, this indispensible wax was the Man In Black's introduction to the world beyond regional crowds. This early on, Sam recognized Johnny's unique value. The rest, as goes the saw, is history. 

Recommended: "Rock Island Line," "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle," "If the Good Lord's Willing," "Cry, Cry, Cry," "Country Boy," "So Doggone Lonesome," "I Was There When It Happened," "I Walk the Line," "Wreck Of the Old 97," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Doin' My Time"

Video: "I Was There When It Happened" (live)


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..