Author Topic: So I like Johnny Cash.. a lot... Any other artists I should check out? (Read 6115 times)

wacki · « **on:** August 06, 2011, 07:44:51 PM »

Just as the title says. I'm a huge fan of Johnny Cash. What other artists should I check out? Thanks.

-W

Tallpine · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2011, 07:47:13 PM »

Just about every male country singer from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s

wacki · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2011, 07:53:37 PM »

I wasn't alive then. Got any names? Songs? Should I just start buying songs from the billboard country charts from that era?

A few more specifics would be appreciated.

freakazoid · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:07:27 PM »

Doc Watson, I am a big fan of his version of Tennessee Stud.

Tallpine · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:07:57 PM »

Oh. my - let's see ...

Ray Price
Johnny Horton
Jim Reeves
Leroy Van Dyke
Merle Haggard
Bobby Bare
George Jones
Henson Cargill
Marty Robbins
Hank Snow

....

plus:
George Morgan
Jerry Wallace
Gene Watson
Hank Williams Sr & Jr
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Paycheck
Bill Anderson (never liked his voice, but a great songwriter)
Tom T. Hall
Johnny Rodriguez

....

Look up "Grand Old Opry" and see if you can find lists from those years.

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:11:00 PM »

Gordon Lightfoot

Tallpine · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:19:34 PM »

Quote from: Hawkmoon on August 06, 2011, 08:11:00 PM

Gordon Lightfoot

Yeah, I was gonna mention him (we're you reading my mind?) but he is a little more folksy than hard country.

And Ian Tyson, both from his early folk years with Sylvia Fricker, and his later western/cowboy years ~1980 to present (though he's pretty much lost his voice now :( )

If I could roll back the years.....

Tallpine · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:26:05 PM »

Red Sovine (sp?)
Dave Dudley
Billy Walker
Charlie Pride
Mel Tillis
Glenn Campbell
Roy Clark
Buck Owens (not too fond of him, myself)
Hoyt Axton

Faron Young
Roy Drusky
David Houston
Ferlin Husky
Sonny James
Hank Locklin
Bob Luman
Webb Pierce
Ernest Tubb
Don Williams

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:52:23 PM »

Quote from: freakazoid on August 06, 2011, 08:07:27 PM

Doc Watson, I am a big fan of his version of Tennessee Stud.

Good taste. I'm frequently glad that the soundtrack of my youth consisted of songs like that, rather than Prince, et al.

freakazoid · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2011, 08:56:27 PM »

Yeah. I sometimes went with my mom to barrel races way back when and she would often listen to stuff like that, and with my dad usually listening to classic rock I grew up enjoying a wide style of music which I'm thankful for.

roo_ster · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2011, 09:29:54 PM »

Huh, no mention of Willie Nelson? Please tell me I missed him when I scanned the posts before mine.

Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Merle Haggard
All have some serious Cash flavor.

Hank Williams Sr., of course, deserves place of honor in any country music list.

Also, to satisfy some of the rockabilly that was burnt into Cash, but is strangely absent in previous posts:
Carl Perkins
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Hank Williams, Jr
Bill Haley
Roy Hall

Last, go to pandora.com and set up a Johnny Cash station and pay attention to who is selected to play on that "station."

wacki · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2011, 09:40:51 PM »

Quote from: freakazoid on August 06, 2011, 08:07:27 PM

Doc Watson, I am a big fan of his version of Tennessee Stud.

I just downloaded this off of amazon. It's ok. It's sounds like someone is playing a guitar around a campfire though.

My three favorite Cash songs are "God's gonna cut you down", "The Man comes around" and "Folsom Prison Blues". All three of those songs have far more dynamic range in both the vocals and the instruments than "Tennessee stud". Cash's songs are just so darn powerful I love it.

zxcvbob · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2011, 09:41:48 PM »

Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Charlie Walker, Charley Pride (his old stuff).

Also check out Martina McBride's album "Timeless". It's all old classics, old (maybe original) arrangements, and played on 1960's instruments and equipment. The first track on the album is Hank Williams "You Win Again", and before the introduction is over she's already hit her first homerun. The musicians are obviously having fun with it; you can here them occasionally channeling Floyd Cramer, Ernest Tubb, etc.

wacki · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2011, 09:42:33 PM »

Quote from: roo_ster on August 06, 2011, 09:29:54 PM

Last, go to pandora.com and set up a Johnny Cash station and pay attention to who is selected to play on that "station."

Doing this now. Thanks!

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2011, 09:59:25 PM »

Quote from: roo_ster on August 06, 2011, 09:29:54 PM

Huh, no mention of Willie Nelson?

Because he's the anti-Johnny Cash, perhaps? Because he is a hippy? Because his voice gets tiresome after a while?

roo_ster · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:04:14 PM »

Quote from: fistful on August 06, 2011, 09:59:25 PM

Because he's the anti-Johnny Cash, perhaps? Because he is a hippy? Because his voice gets tiresome after a while?

Willie may be a pot-smoking hippie, but was never the wild man that Cash was. Cash forgot more about living a life of dissipation than Willie ever knew.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:05:31 PM »

Quote from: roo_ster on August 06, 2011, 10:04:14 PM

Willie may be a pot-smoking hippie, but was never the wild man that Cash was.

Or the performer.

roo_ster · « **Reply #17 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:08:32 PM »

Quote from: fistful on August 06, 2011, 10:05:31 PM

Or the performer.

Debatable. They were both pretty good, but too much of either wore on the ears after a while. Cash had the advantage of being able to pivot to gospel music.

seeker_two · « **Reply #18 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:16:57 PM »

No one's mentioned Marty Robbins?......y'all are just shameful.....

wacki · « **Reply #19 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:19:17 PM »

Quote from: roo_ster on August 06, 2011, 09:29:54 PM

Waylon Jennings

Pandora is playing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson combo called "A good hearted Woman" right now. I like this one. It's not as hard as Cash but it's still pretty good.

EDIT: "I'm a Ramblin Man" is pretty good too.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:27:27 PM »

Quote from: wacki on August 06, 2011, 10:19:17 PM

Pandora is playing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson combo called "A good hearted Woman" right now. I like this one. It's not as hard as Cash but it's still pretty good.

And there ain't no good chain gang.

Quote from: freakazoid on August 06, 2011, 08:07:27 PM

Doc Watson, I am a big fan of his version of Tennessee Stud.

And Johnny Cash's rendition ain't bad either:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaL6nViAySk

41magsnub · « **Reply #21 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:28:59 PM »

Quote from: wacki on August 06, 2011, 10:19:17 PM

Pandora is playing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson combo called "A good hearted Woman" right now. I like this one. It's not as hard as Cash but it's still pretty good.

EDIT: "I'm a Ramblin Man" is pretty good too.

I read that the first time as "Pantera is playing Waylan Jennings" and was intrigued...

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:48:06 PM »

How has Jerry Clower not been mentioned yet?

DD

zxcvbob · « **Reply #23 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:53:52 PM »

Quote from: Doggy Daddy on August 06, 2011, 10:48:06 PM

How has Jerry Clower not been mentioned yet?

DD

"Knock 'im out, John"

(has anybody say Merle Haggard yet?)

roo_ster · « **Reply #24 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:57:31 PM »

Quote from: 41magsnub on August 06, 2011, 10:28:59 PM

I read that the first time as "Pantera is playing Waylan Jennings" and was intrigued...

I recall some metal group back in the 1990s covered Aretha's "Chain of Fools." Good music will out over genre.

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Author Topic: So I like Johnny Cash.. a lot... Any other artists I should check out? (Read 6115 times)