We don’t need to tell you anything about Johnny Cash. That’s probably the greatest testament to any artist’s legacy — that their life is elevated to the stuff of myth. The problem with the mythological “Man In Black,” is that we forget all the ways he was just like us, the very reasons he was so beloved. Unlike the airbrushed pop stars of today, Cash connected with the broken down, bruised up, addicted, imprisoned, impoverished, marginalized, and misunderstood.
But make no mistake, Johnny Cash was a huge star, 0ne of the biggest stars there ever was, with over 100 top 40 country hits and 48 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop (yes pop!) charts –about the same number as the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys. Yet, turn on country radio today and it’s clear that the industry is focused on a very different kind of cash. It’s easy to sigh and lament that times have changed so much since young J.R. showed up at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, but when Johnny Cash returned to public prominence in 2002 with his heart-wrenching take on the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt,” he didn’t do it by pandering to the fashions of the time. He did what he’s always done. He showed us the power of uncompromising, honest, authentic art.
Lineup
Eliot Bronson – Curator
Tyler Lyle
The Lady Vanishes
Michael Bradley Ensemble
Trapper’s Cabin
Besides Daniel and Molly Parden
Leaving Araby
David Berkeley
Katherine Brawley
Side A
1.Folsom Prison Blues
Andy DeLoach
2.Dark as the Dungeon
Mick Hoss
3.I Still Miss Someone
Besides Daniel
4.Cocaine Blues
MTM
5.25 Minutes to Go
Tyler Lyle
6.Orange Blossom Special
Leaving Araby
7.The Long Black Veil
Mick Hoss
Side B
8.Send a Picture of Mother
David Berkeley and Matt Phillips
9.The Wall
Tyler Lyle
10.Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog
Leaving Araby
11.Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart
MTM
12.Jackson
John Cole and Kathryn Brawly
13.Give My Love to Rose
Kathryn Brawly
14.I Got Stripes
Andy DeLoach
15.Green, Green Grass of Home
Besides Daniel
16.Greystone Chapel
David Berkeley, Matt Phillips and Micah Dalton
