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Welcome to my Johnny Cash blog series, Blog in Black. Johnny was one of Buck Owen's favorites and one of mine too. Today is Black Friday. I'm spinning Johnny Cash records, vinyl ones on my record player all day today in his honor.
It's the 6th anniversary of...
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To honor Johnny Cash, on the anniversary of the day of his passing, I've begun the internet edition of Blackout, a collection of original songs I've written and recorded about the life and music of Johnny Cash.
If you've been fooled by the title of this blog post, allow me to disabuse you...
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Two things have been bothering me for some time: 1. Why do almost all journalists use the adverb "bodily" to modify the noun "fluids"? 2. If he "shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die", why would he be incarcerated in Folsom Prison? Thanks....
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The significance of The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session, lies not in the fact that it was the last solo project to be completed at the old Buck Owens Studios (which became Fat Tracks, and then Pig Studio). Moreover, it matters not that I was the solo artist who recorded the last solo...
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Isn't it time to collect on your Hard-earned Play? Be on the porch between Zingo's and The Boss on Buck Owens Blvd. at 12 noonish and you'll get RICH quick, not to mention some back 2 back Buck Owens and Johnny Cash. That's what's in store for today. See you...
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Blog in Black
Johnny Cash was a big influence on my latest Christmas CD, Certified Gold, Incense and Myrrh. But he has always been a big influence, and he continues to be. Sometimes at Christmas, I get sick of all the syrupy, sticky sweet Christmas songs, enjoyable as they may be...
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If you want to know, on the day of this, the official release of my new Christmas CD, Certified Gold, Incense and Myrrh, who one of the big influences and sources of inspiration has been, it's been Johnny Cash. And this song pays tribute to him accordingly.
It's one of 23 songs...
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The rules to this blog n roll game are simple. This is a song made popular by the late great Johnny Cash.
Watch Griller2000's performance of Trent Reznor's Hurt, and then watch XJL123's performance. Then, after this special episode of Dr BLT's Involuntary Talent Show, vote for your...
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I'm in the process of preparing the song list for my forthcoming Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down show for November 11. After picking my favorite among Johnny Cash's favorite Christmas songs, selecting a few of my faves from Johnny Cash's mother's hymn book, adding a few of my favorite standard...
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Blog in Black by the Fan in Black
This is one of my all-time favorite Johnny Cash songs, and the spirit of the song is aptly captured right here, in the course of his live performance at San Quentin. BTW, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard did some time at SQ. I did most of my time...
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Meet me every Sunday morning on the patio of Rubios on Rosedale Highway just east of Calloway for a performance of my best Dr BLTunes at 8 am. For the next couple of months, I'll be playing Johnny Cash songs, "altar'd" hymns, as well as songs from my forthcoming Christmas CD,...
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Blog in Black
The community of country music stars and country music fans is like an extended family. Johnny Cash was, without a doubt, the father, and then the grandfather, of country music. But he's also been called the grandfather of grunge and alternative rock, and virtually...
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Claiming, even to come close, to the legendary Johnny Cash, is clearly blaspheme. It's like not being John Lennon and claiming you've become more popular than Jesus Christ. No, I'll never be Johnny Cash, because I'm...well... me, but it sure was fun smuggling in a guitar and playing...
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blogINblack series by the FANinBLACK
What difficult fact of life that you initially struggled with have you come to accept? In I Guess things Happen that Way, Johnny Cash shares his difficult journey on the way to acceptance. It has to do with the reality of a love that's lost its...
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My Musical Journey: Entry One:
Welcome to entry one of a brand new series, My Musical Journey.
I could wake up one day and write a modern rock song, and the next, a country gospel song like this one, Stranded. There are many sides of the musical side of me, and many influences. ...
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Psyche, Soul & Scripture Series: Thread I:
If you think spring break is cause for celebration, try Easter.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Probably not. That would certainly date you. But I hope this song will transport you there, just long enough...
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I have more questions than answers today, and my questions have to do with faith, and, more specifically, Jesus.
Do you believe that Jesus is a personal Jesus that you can actually talk with on a daily basis? Do you believe that Jesus is the son of the living God? Do you believe he...
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What do Johnny Cash, Bakersfield, Christmas and South Carolina share in common? Well, the answer is contained in the song you are about to hear, and so is the story. Let's just say that getting an all-expense-paid trip to South Carolina to be a keynote speaker on the subject of Music as a...
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I initially became aware of the limits of psychological diagnosis and psychiatric-based classification systems when I worked for Fresno Unified School District as a Music Therapist and participated in Individualized Educational Plans for students who were developmentally delayed. Developing...
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Drugs are like a playground that can become a graveyard overnight. They have taken their toll on many a man and many a woman. Johnny Cash was no exception, and his rapid rise to fame, along with all of the demands that go with it, left him with a gaunt, etiolated visage and a haunted...
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Few celebrity couples survive the vicissitudes and pressures of rapidly acquired fame and fortune. Johnny's first marraige failed. But few women stand by their man through thick and thin the way June Carter Cash did with Johnny. It could be argued that their...
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This is an audio track featuring an intoductory skit and The Entire Collection of Johnny Cash Hits (from A-Z). It's from my forthcoming CD: Blackout: A Tribute to Johnny Cash and from my forthcoming podcast that will feature songs from that collection. Enjoy, and thanks for visiting my blog in...
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Welcome to my first blog in the Crystal Palace Statues Series. The first collection of blog threads in the series will feature Johnny Cash. I'm kicking it off today for reasons that will be obvious to true Cash fans.
I was moving in to my brand new home in Bakersfield, California. It was...
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Hello everybody! I heard the CD, Cash V: A Hundred Highways while cruising down Rosedale Highway after picking up a copy at Wal-Mart. It inspired a brand new song that is scheduled to be aired on Randall Cousins' Brave New Frontiers progressive country radio show this weekend. Bakersfield fans...
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Why I had the guitar with me to begin with is a long story, and I don't want to bore you with unnecessary details. It was a hellishly hot August morning at California State Prison, Solano. Not wanting to destroy my guitar in my car-turned-sauna, I sheepishly smuggled it past the prison sally...
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