This time around, hits like Big River, I Walk The Line and the Ring Of Fire are on the set list. They play gospel songs like There Will Be Peace In The Valley and He Turned The Water Into Wine.
I will highlight two special songs:
Cash wrote the song San Quentin specifically. The song strikes a chord with the prisoners and gets a lot of support. Cash clearly sides with the prisoners.
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
May your walls fall and may I live to tell.
May all the world forget you ever stood.
And may all the world regret you did no good.’
When Cash has played the song, he receives requests from the inmates to play this song again. Johnny sings San Quentin twice in a row.
Another song he plays for the first time is A Boy Named Sue. In this humorous song, the singer tells that his father, who ran away when the singer was a toddler, gave him the name Sue. With this girl’s name, he is the target of ridicule everywhere. Sue hates his disappeared father. When the son encounters his father after a search, he starts a fight. After the fight, the father explains to his son that this name has taught him to be assertive in this harsh world. They become friends. And Sue resolves that if he will have a son of his own, he will give the child a boy’s name like George or Bill, but definitely not Sue.
The At San Quentin album is also a great success and sells well. A Boy Named Sue becomes Johnny Cash’s biggest hit in the US.
Leuk om zoveel te weten over Johnny Cash. Bedankt Pieterjan
Dank je wel Gita voor je reactie. Johnny Cash behoort tot mijn favoriete muzikanten. Ik verveel me nooit bij zijn muziek.
Johnny Cash is de grootste country ster. Deze concerten live opgenomen behoren tot zijn beste werk. Ook zijn American Recordings albums met akoestische gitaarnummers vind ik erg goed.
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