Is Johnny Cash country? (singer, hardcore, rock, gospel, genre)

Spike*Spiegel · 07-07-2006, 10:08 PM

ahhhh

well then, you can spit that dick out and you have my apologies

~~bungalow~~ · 07-07-2006, 10:11 PM

TheBig3 · 07-08-2006, 03:58 PM

Johnny Cash would be disappointed in all of you. Get back on track please.

~~hiu~~ · 07-12-2006, 05:30 PM

Has anyone heard that bootleg album Johnny Cash did with Bob Dylan. It's pretty solid I might add.

rex · 08-06-2008, 07:14 AM

Some of his stuff is country. More of it is folk. Most of is unclassifiable.

zekethefreak · 08-26-2008, 02:45 AM

You kids need to remember that Johnny's SUN RECORDS years were more Rockabilly, than Country. And Rockabilly was the early roots of Rock and Roll. Yeah, he did some Country stuff. His later years were genuine, unadulterated AMERICANA. That's the only way to describe it. If you can call his cover of Nine Inch Nails' HURT Country, well... you ain't been listening to your Country radio...

joyboyo53 · 08-26-2008, 08:46 AM

Alright this thread should have been closed long ago as metioned before. But you guys keep on bringing up blasphemy. Johnny Cash was a country singer. COUNTRY. He definetly may have been the first true ROCK STAR, based on his image, but the guy is a COUNTRY musician. That really isnt debatable. If you really wanted to get all into your specific little tiny ranges of elistist genre naming that most people dont know or care about, then you could technically call some of his stuff rockabilly. This cannot however be streched to call him a ROCK musician. Remember kids, image and music are different things, even if all the major labels tend to disagree.

Oh and just because you cover a song of another genre does not mean you are related to it in any way. RMC did Aerosmiths 'walk this way', is he now a credible rock musician too?

**Janszoon** · 08-26-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jgd85

Alright this thread should have been closed long ago as metioned before. But you guys keep on bringing up blasphemy. Johnny Cash was a country singer. COUNTRY. He definetly may have been the first true ROCK STAR, based on his image, but the guy is a COUNTRY musician. That really isnt debatable. If you really wanted to get all into your specific little tiny ranges of elistist genre naming that most people dont know or care about, then you could technically call some of his stuff rockabilly. This cannot however be streched to call him a ROCK musician. Remember kids, image and music are different things, even if all the major labels tend to disagree.

As the man himself once sang:

I didn't ever play much rock and roll
cause I got so much country in my soul

yungpunk · 08-31-2008, 12:27 PM

Johnny Cash is a genre in itself

zekethefreak · 09-01-2008, 02:31 AM

I think you need to clarify the definition of "Country", because Country back when Johnny was singing it, definitely wasn't like the stuff they do, today.

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Spike*Spiegel Five Feet of Fury Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: suburbanite Posts: 761	ahhhh well then, you can spit that dick out and you have my apologies

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~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	Has anyone heard that bootleg album Johnny Cash did with Bob Dylan. It's pretty solid I might add.

08-06-2008, 07:14 AM	#65 (permalink)
rex Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4	Some of his stuff is country. More of it is folk. Most of is unclassifiable.

08-26-2008, 02:45 AM	#66 (permalink)
zekethefreak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA Posts: 122	You kids need to remember that Johnny's SUN RECORDS years were more Rockabilly, than Country. And Rockabilly was the early roots of Rock and Roll. Yeah, he did some Country stuff. His later years were genuine, unadulterated AMERICANA. That's the only way to describe it. If you can call his cover of Nine Inch Nails' HURT Country, well... you ain't been listening to your Country radio...

08-26-2008, 08:46 AM	#67 (permalink)
joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	Alright this thread should have been closed long ago as metioned before. But you guys keep on bringing up blasphemy. Johnny Cash was a country singer. COUNTRY. He definetly may have been the first true ROCK STAR, based on his image, but the guy is a COUNTRY musician. That really isnt debatable. If you really wanted to get all into your specific little tiny ranges of elistist genre naming that most people dont know or care about, then you could technically call some of his stuff rockabilly. This cannot however be streched to call him a ROCK musician. Remember kids, image and music are different things, even if all the major labels tend to disagree. Oh and just because you cover a song of another genre does not mean you are related to it in any way. RMC did Aerosmiths 'walk this way', is he now a credible rock musician too?

08-31-2008, 12:27 PM	#69 (permalink)
yungpunk Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16	Johnny Cash is a genre in itself

09-01-2008, 02:31 AM	#70 (permalink)
zekethefreak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA Posts: 122	I think you need to clarify the definition of "Country", because Country back when Johnny was singing it, definitely wasn't like the stuff they do, today.