"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Flashbacks

Nada on the telly tonight so we flipped through some of our (unopened) DVD's

Settled on ... The Johnny Cash Show (suppose I could link to Amazon, but not now)

Rolled through the first season (1969, a year of turmoil)
From first show with Dylan, through Sachmo, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Marty Robbins, Carter Family, Waylon Jennings, CCR, Neil Young, Tammy Wynette, George Jones and others ... whooee

Flashback City
And we only got through the first disc, more to come

I recall friends who refused to watch the first weeks, writing him off as a hick/redneck singer
Well, so glad I got to see most of the shows, and this collection is wonderful, benchmark performances for me.

Dylan/Cash duet of Girl from the North Country trough Bad Moon Rising (CCR), Stand by your Man, Long Black Veil (Joni Mitchell), Brown Eyed Hansom Man (Waylon Jennings)

Good stuff

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