Music lovers/guitar players...

[Hostile]

Uh oh....here I go...out on the limb.

I gotta be honest. I never "got" what the big deal was about Johnny Cash.

There are musicians who I don't like but I can hear their talent.

Elton John as a songwriter has always been one of those to me. I dont own any of his stuff...never will....but I can hear his talent.

Johnny Cash on the other hand? I simply don't get it.

I am a big time Johnny Cash fan so maybe I can explain it.

He believed in what he sang about.

That's as simple as I can put it. His lyrics were about the poor, downtrodden, and often forgotten people of society.

Take his song "Get Rhythm." It's about a shoeshine boy and why he's got the dirtiest job in town but is so happy.

Or "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." It's about a Pima Indian who joined the Marines and went to war. Most people outside of Tucson have never heard of the Pima Indians, now called the Tohono O'odam people.

When he did his famous (infamous?) recording inside Folsom Prison there was an inmate who had written a song and Johnny performed it live in front of all of those prisoners. I can't remember the name of the song right now, but it was something about castle walls or prison walls. A few years later when "This Is Your Life" did a show about Johnny Cash's life they had a video of that prisonere thanking Johnny. I'll never forget watching him weep on live television because a prisoner was thanking him.

Many people don't know that he did concerts in other prisons besides Folsom. He did a whole tour of prisons in fact.

In my opinion that is his appeal. He believed in what he sang about.

 

[Zaxor]

I'm Half the man I used to be-Stone Temple Pilots :

doh

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I'm Half the man I used to be-Stone Temple Pilots :

Back when that song was new. I was hangin out with a couple friends and we were doin some drinkin working on my car. So that song comes on and my friend Daryl says to me.."Hey Dan, you're half the man you used to be." I looked him straight in the eye, and without missing a beat I said.."But I'm still TWICE the man you'll ever be." Our other friend almost wet himself he was laughing so hard.

I just looked at him again and said.."You started it."

Anyway, I thought it was funny enough to share with the class.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Uh oh....here I go...out on the limb.

I gotta be honest. I never "got" what the big deal was about Johnny Cash.

There are musicians who I don't like but I can hear their talent.

Elton John as a songwriter has always been one of those to me. I dont own any of his stuff...never will....but I can hear his talent.

Johnny Cash on the other hand? I simply don't get it.

I feel the same way about Willie Nelson. Too me he is not a good singer.

My fav will always be Jimmy Snuka aka Stevie Ray

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[BrAinPaiNt]

I feel the same way about Willie Nelson. Too me he is not a good singer.

My fav will always be Jimmy Snuka aka Stevie Ray

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Willie can right good songs, but just like Dylan I can not stand to hear either sing. Like nails on a chalk board.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Willie can right good songs, but just like Dylan I can not stand to hear either sing. Like nails on a chalk board.

I can only understand what Dylan is saying in one song...Like A Rolling Stone and that may not even be the name of it.

 

[Zaxor]

I can only understand what Dylan is saying in one song...Like A Rolling Stone and that may not even be the name of it.

I like both Willie and Dylan...but I guess there is no need to sit and wonder why babe iffin ya don't know by now

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

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For Malmsteen to be getting that sound from a Fender guitar, I am assuming the guage on those strings is pretty heavy....

From another forum....

That video is from his Full Shred video, and for the video he was using a Fender Roc Pro 1000, which IS a tube amp. Plus, anybody who is anyone knows Yngwie doesn't use thick guage strings AT ALL.

Like I told that guy....lucky guess on my part.

:starspin

 

[Juke99]

From another forum....



Like I told that guy....lucky guess on my part.

:starspin

Well done.

As far as "anybody who is anyone"...what a moronic comment from whomever...SRV used 13's to get a full sound on his strat...Fenders have a skinny sound...I guess I better slink off into anonymity because I didn't know Yngwie Malmsteen used lighter strings