Incredible talent. I had only previously known him for adult-oriented fare like “Boy Named Sue” and “The Smoke-Off,” but as the following clip (from “The Johnny Cash Show”) demonstrates, he had a special way with kids’ songs, too. Not only that, but when he sings “A Boy Named Sue” with Cash in this clip, it stops being a novelty song for his verses and becomes something much darker. From April 1, 1970:
posted by Fang Bastardson at 5:59 PM
Born in the wild to Canadian Timberwolves, Fang was wrestled from his mother's teat at an early age and placed in the custody of a government sponsored think tank in New York City. He escaped at age seven by gnawing off a doo-claw and has been riding a wave of self-righteous indignation to Nowheresville, baby, ever since. He is currently enjoying being a PhD (by marriage), but on the advice of his attorney has refused all comment except to assert an apparently deeply-held conviction that frozen strawberries should be thawed, not microwaved.
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Damn, this be the quality shit. Just right for my streaming needs.
Whatever happened to the variety show? The format had so much potential, especially for music.
Did Donnie & Marie kill the variety show? Or was it Sonny & Cher, or Captain & Tennille?
Imagine if Neil Young had a variety show. How fucking cool would that be? Almost as cool as Johnny Cash.
Thanks, Fang!
3:11 PM
Oh, and how could I forget Shel Silverstein? I thought he was black, though. He certainly looked so in the b&w photo printed in my old copy of "The Giving Tree." Maybe it was the fro.
Anyway, he's a bit crazy w/that singing, eh? But Johnny didn't let Silverstein's snarling, barking saloon drunk stylings to drown out his baritone. Nope, he's right there w/him in volume, even though he's singing the bass part.
I liked Silverstein's kid song. Made me a bit uncomfortable. But I appreciate the fact that, when I was kid, most of my reading and view entertainment was created by loopy hippies like Silverstein.
My all-time favorite is Sid and Marty Crofft.
Did they ever go on the Johnny Cash show?
3:23 PM
I have to tell you, I'll read his books with a whole new outlook!! Thanks for sharing that one!
kath
5:54 PM
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