Ya, but it'll never be the same. I am not ashamed to say, I shed a tear this morning when I heard the news. He was the best. How many artists had as long a carreer as he did? Not many. :- :-[

 

Yeah, George and Allen, but can you think of many more? Kinda scarey. I think the real country is what being called "texas music". Two days after Waylon died, I went to see Jason Boland, and he must have played 10 waylon songs. Kevin Fowler showed up toward the end, and they played at least 10 more. They both had tears in their eyes throughout the night. You think kenny chesney or those rascal flat guys were crying? They probaly don't even know who Waylon and Johnny are. BTW, kenny chesney and kid rock recorded "Luckenbach Texas" recently. On the radio (KVET Austin), they said "if you hear a rumbling in west texas, it's Waylon rolling over in his grave" I thought that was kinda funny, but true.

 

all the "american recordings" albums are good and feature songs from many "rock" bands done Johnny cash style

another favorite of mine is his cover of soundgarden's rusty cage ............it's way better than the original IMO

 

The man was truly a American icon and will be missed. Alan Jackson said it right with his song,Murder on Music Row, and George Jones with Whos Gonna Fill Their Shoes. It seem we will never see artists of the like again, what happend to good old outlaw country? Maybe Im otta line, but cant stomach most of todays so called country, sounds like bubble gum pop music with a steel guitar.Politically correct?? All the artists I grew up listening to are leaving us along with so many of the movie entertainers of times gone by. I hope the good lord is takin care of them as should be. Now if I can just convince the local radio stations to to put back country oldies on the air again Id be a happy camper!!!

 

[quote author=apache link=board=10;threadid=19591;start=15#msg184281 date=1063483281]Alan Jackson said it right with his song,Murder on Music Row[/quote]

I believe that was a George Strait song....he just asked Alan to help him out on it.

 

Actually, it was written by some poor forgotten soul here in Texas. A local radio station used to play it a year or so before George and Alan recorded it. I used to know his name, but time and various other things have caused it to slip away. George Strait hasn't recorded a song that he himself has written (that has charted)since 82 or 83.

 

I honestly believe Johnny was the most talented country artist to ever grace the radio. IMO there is not even a close second when looking at more recent acts out there. He will truly be missed.

 

[quote author=erics76 link=board=10;threadid=19591;start=15#msg185016 date=1063664630]Actually, it was written by some poor forgotten soul here in Texas. A local radio station used to play it a year or so before George and Alan recorded it. I used to know his name, but time and various other things have caused it to slip away. George Strait hasn't recorded a song that he himself has written (that has charted)since 82 or 83.
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Either way...it's a good song from my two favorite male singers. Can't complain about that.

George got out of the song writing business long ago (and never really wrote much of his own anyway), but he still takes the cake in my opinion.

 

George has put a few songs from Texas artists on his recent records, a Robert Earl Keen song a while back, and a Bruce Robison song on the new one. It's great that he's helping out the little guys, and he'll always be King George, but to me his latest stuff seems kinda like he's got the cruise on and is just coasting down the road. I know he's getting older, but there's just no "unwound" or "Fireman" or "blame it on mexico" in the new stuff. It's just got no edge.

Back to Johnny Cash-his music has never NOT had edge. He was 71 years old, and still had edge. His last hit was a Trent Reznor song! You can tell how much effect he had on music as a whole when people like Bono from U2, Sheryl Crow, and Bob Dylan send their condolances. His music reached past country into rock, rockabilly, folk, and pop, without ever trying to be any specific one of them. There will never be another.