Johnny Cash songs 04 by Article Announcement
Published Date: 28/09/06
I have been listening to the music of Johnny cash for a long time ages before Walk the Line came out. You see, I was practically raised on Johnny Cash songs. My father was not a cowboy, so don't you go and get that idea into your head. Maybe it would have been cool if he had been a cowboy, but I suppose that my old man was just about alright as he was. He was one of the many non-cowboys who are touched by Johnny Cash songs.
One thing is for sure, my dad grew up long before you could download Johnny Cash songs on the internet. He was actually one of the pioneering computer science people working on the old mainframes. One thing that you will never hear about those guys is how much they all loved country music. It is absolutely true, though. They would listen to Johnny Cash songs day in and day out as they were wiring those giant, infernal machines, trying to get a hundredth of the power out of them that we now take for granted in a modern desktop. They were sort of like John Henry in that way, although in truth they were working to build the fabled steam drill that would one day replace him.
I got my first Johnny Cash t shirt in high school, and it made me feel like quite the rebel, truth be told. The thing about it was that none of the other kids had heard a single Johnny Cash song, and when I would play them, few of them would get it. They all listened to top 40 and junk like that, and thought that I was really weird for listening to music that was different than their own, but I really did not care at all. I was too busy enjoying my Johnny Cash songs to really give two hoots about any of it. Now I can download Johnny Cash songs on the internet, but I already have all of his albums, either on cd or on vinyl. I even have a Johnny Cash poster up on my bedroom wall, reminding me to Walk the Line in my daily life. For a man who lived such a complex and difficult life, the Man in Black has managed to be an inspiration to a tremendous number and variety of people in his life.
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