# Johnny Cash's Songs..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919 "2003-01-11T06:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/21 "2003-01-13T06:13:17Z")
I’ve been everywhere, man I’ve been everywhere, man Across the deserts bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man Of travel I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere… Am I the only one who really likes The Highwaymen, country’s answer to the Traveling Wilburys? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/22 "2003-01-13T06:56:54Z")
I love the Highwaymen and I’ve been a Johnny Cash fan since I was a kid. Grew up listening to him with my Dad. When the ex and I worked in radio in the Nashville market, we met him when he came by station. He is the nicest man and very cool. I had met other famous types while working there but his visit was the only time I called my Mom from work to tell her “Guess who’s standing in the control room?” ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/23 "2003-01-13T14:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*I love the Highwaymen and I’ve been a Johnny Cash fan since I was a kid. Grew up listening to him with my Dad. > > When the ex and I worked in radio in the Nashville market, we met him when he came by station. He is the nicest man and very cool. I had met other famous types while working there but his visit was the only time I called my Mom from work to tell her “Guess who’s standing in the control room?” \*\* You met Johnny Cash? [D. A. Cole]If that ain’t country, I’ll kish yer ash…[/D. A. Cole] ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/24 "2003-01-13T15:06:59Z")
Johnny Cash is my favorite superhero…the man radiates cool in a 100 mile radius… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/25 "2003-01-13T15:14:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caveman \* > \*\*You met Johnny Cash? > > [D. A. Cole]If that ain’t country, I’ll kish yer ash…[/D. A. Cole] \*\* Yes, I did. 🙂 Got my picture made with him and when we (and a lot of other radio types) saw him a couple days later after his show I took the picture and he autographed it to my Dad for me. My Dad still thinks that’s about the coolest thing I ever gave him. Only things that beat it out are his grandkids. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/26 "2003-01-13T15:52:24Z")
I heart Johnny Cash. American IV is a GREAT album. I could listen to “When A Man Comes Around” over…and over…and over…and over… And sometimes I do! ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/27 "2003-01-13T16:19:19Z")
Well it’s a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 Automobile It’s a 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 Automobile ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/28 "2003-01-13T19:37:36Z")
Well have you missed my brother man? He took a little money with a gun in his hand. Now the kids are hungry and the wife ain’t well And their daddy’s locked up in the prison cell. Oh Orleans Parish Prison won’t you free my brother man? I know it’s sad but he ain’t bad he’s doin’ the best he can. Orleans Parish Prison won’t you free my brother man? The man is truly one-of-a-kind. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/29 "2003-01-13T20:42:46Z")
The guy sings NIN and Soundgarden covers, was on Columbo and The Simpsons…He’s cooler than Steve McQueen! I Walk The Line is the greatest love song ever. ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/30 "2003-01-13T21:54:16Z")
Love love Johnny Cash. He is the coolest. …“when I hear that whistle blowin’, I hang my head and cry…” Folsum Prison Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/31 "2003-01-13T22:02:55Z")
Y’know, when other singers try to perform _Ghost Riders (In The Sky)_, they sound kinda hokey and there’s quite a large cheeze factor. When Johnny Cash sings it, you get chills. That’s magic. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/32 "2003-01-13T22:05:51Z")
Saw the man perform klive twice. Both times were so cool, I am not even sure if it was objectively speaking great because both times I was just thinking, “Oh my God, that’s Johnny Cash, right there! And he’s singing \*Sunday Morning Coming Down[\i].” The man is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/33 "2003-01-13T23:40:03Z")
When The Man Comes Around is also a cool song. I think I need to get an autograph from him before he kicks it. Sadly, I figure he has about a year left. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/34 "2003-01-14T11:50:42Z")
_Johnny Cash - the Sun Years_ is a good collection of older material. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919/35 "2003-01-14T18:29:32Z")
I am often in awe of other people who can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing the first time they heard a particular song. I think it is pretty cool that a song makes such an impression on you that years later you can remember the exact moment. I have only two of these moments. The most memorable was in 1976 when I was five years old and I heard the opening lick of _Folsom Prison Blues_ from the **Live at San Quentin** album. It was on my dad’s old reel-to-reel and I have been a huge fan ever since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cashs-songs/147919.md?page=1)