BEFORE THE BLACK

My brother recently hepped me to an early clip of Johnny Cash on a TV show doing a goofy Elvis impersonation. It's Sun Records-era Cash, around the time Elvis left the label. So, what the hell, reason enough to post some of Cash's early stuff. Here's just a few, but check the Mustard Relics link below for seventeen more Sun-era cuts.

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Listen:
Johnny Cash - Cry, Cry, Cry mp3 at Connnect For Education (?)
Johnny Cash - Hey Porter mp3 at Mp3 Rockabilly
Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm mp3 at Guiwom.Free.fr (?)
The collection:
Johnny Cash - The Sun Years at Mustard Relics Eighteen individual songs.
Video:
Johnny Cash does Elvis at YouTube

NOT SMOKE. KISS JUNE.

No shame in my Sunday morning walk, not these days. I don't know when exactly it is that the Sunday morning walk of shame loses it's shame, but at some point in your life that "Why did I get with them?. Oh jeez..." walking to the car thought process may turn into a "I still got it." Maybe that doesn't happen to everybody. When I'm up really early on a Sunday morning, which happens more frequently these days, if I happen to be driving, I'm listening to the gospel show on the radio. And, living in a town that has rather spirited Saturday nights, I see a number of walk of shamers walking towards their cars, jackets or heels in hand. Those without shame may have their squeeze in tow (they're the reason you have to wait in line for your Bloody Mary).  So that gospel show is kind of like a soundtrack to the walk of shame survey.
 

I'm up early this morning, and I was going to listen to that gospel show, but then I saw that my friend Robert had posted a video of Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson doing Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" a bona fide walk of shame classic. So I thought I'd post that. When I was looking for it, I ran into a Johnny Cash live set, from 1990. This is some good stuff, twenty seven songs, between song banter and band introductions ("Steve Hogan, the bass demon"). And, as many of you would agree, Johnny Cash wasn't ever uncool, his music always stayed true, so there's no glitzy schmaltz, just good ol' American picking and singing. June Carter and sisters are in there too, so my gospel fix got taken care of, albeit country gospel. Take a look at the set list. This is the way to cure a hangover.

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Listen:
Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down (via Box.com) mp3 at Tone Agents
The live set: 
Johnny Cash - Live at Rocky Gap, 1990 at Captain's Dead Twenty seven songs, individually or one single download.
Video: 
Johnny Cash and Kris Krisofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down at YouTube
Misc:
Johnny Cash early portrait Full size high resolution scan
Johnny Cash's undated to-do list

AND BECAUSE HE'S COOL AS SHIT

Because I can't bear the thought of waking up and seeing Weller on my computer screen, here's an emergency nudge from ol' Mr. Dependable. And to commemorate this brainstorm, here's a link to three of his songs.

So get some Johnny Cash at Beat Surrender. You'll have to go there to download them. I do believe I've leeched enough of his links for a night. The songs are "Ain't No Graves," "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore," and "Country Boy." They're from Cash's privately recorded stash, released as Johnny Cash Bootleg Volume One: Personal File.

Johnny Cash post at Beat Surrender

WANT TO SEE A GROWN MAN CRY?

Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer cover Bob Marley. All three are gone. Play this sucker a couple of times in a row, and reflect. Because a little reflection won't make you a wuss, and it might do you some good. Motherfucker.

Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer - Redemption Song mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu