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To honor Johnny Cash, on the anniversary of the day of his passing, I've begun the internet edition of Blackout, a collection of original songs I've written and recorded about the life and music of Johnny Cash.  If you've been fooled by the title of this blog post, allow me to disabuse you...
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I'll meet you noonish today on the patio between Zingo's Cafe and The Boss on Buck Owens Boulevard.  Get Rich quick.  Cash in on a real HooteNOONee today.  Kick back and earn some hard-earned play as I get into a set featuring back-2-back Buck Owens/Johnny Cash tunes---not...
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This is one of the most poignant live duets I've ever come across.  It is included in the rare footage of Johnny Cash's TV shows that I picked up at Starbucks the other day.  As we pay tribute to the legend that was, and will always be Ken Nelson, let's consider the debt our very own...
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Blog in Black Johnny Cash was a big influence on my latest Christmas CD, Certified Gold, Incense and Myrrh.  But he has always been a big influence, and he continues to be.  Sometimes at Christmas, I get sick of all the syrupy, sticky sweet Christmas songs, enjoyable as they may be...
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If you want to know, on the day of this, the official release of my new Christmas CD, Certified Gold, Incense and Myrrh, who one of the big influences and sources of inspiration has been, it's been Johnny Cash.  And this song pays tribute to him accordingly.  It's one of 23 songs...
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Dr BLTrivia Question: The Dr BLTune, Only Heaven When Hurt Used to Be, from the Dr BLT CD, Blackout: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, is based on which Trent Reznor hit made popular by the late great Johnny Cash?  The winner (the first person to supply the correct answer in the...
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I'm in the process of preparing the song list for my forthcoming Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down show for November 11.  After picking my favorite among Johnny Cash's favorite Christmas songs, selecting a few of my faves from Johnny Cash's mother's hymn book, adding a few of my favorite standard...
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This is one of my all-time favorite Johnny Cash songs, and the spirit of the song is aptly captured right here, in the course of his live performance at San Quentin.  BTW, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard did some time at SQ.  I did most of my time (as a shrink and singer/songwriter...
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blogINblack series by the FANinBLACK What difficult fact of life that you initially struggled with have you come to accept?  In I Guess things Happen that Way, Johnny Cash shares his difficult journey on the way to acceptance.  It has to do with the reality of a love that's lost its...
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At the age of 13, I had my head in the clouds.  I would listen to my favorite songs on AM radio, and create my own little rock n roll heaven in my head.  All I needed was a theme song for my own personal paradise.  Enter the Righteous Brothers and their big hit of the summer of 74,...
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I have more questions than answers today, and my questions have to do with faith, and, more specifically, Jesus. Do you believe that Jesus is a personal Jesus that you can actually talk with on a daily basis?  Do you believe that Jesus is the son of the living God?  Do you believe he...
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What do Johnny Cash, Bakersfield, Christmas and South Carolina share in common? Well, the answer is contained in the song you are about to hear, and so is the story.  Let's just say that getting an all-expense-paid trip to South Carolina to be a keynote speaker on the subject of Music as a...
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I've listened to nearly every Christmas song Johnny Cash ever recorded.  There's something decidedly dark and haunting about every one.  Though he loved to laugh and to have a good time, Johnny Cash was not a jolly old soul.   But he was an old soul with deep convictions, deep...
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I initially became aware of the limits of psychological diagnosis and psychiatric-based classification systems when I worked for Fresno Unified School District as a Music Therapist and participated in Individualized Educational Plans for students who were developmentally delayed.  Developing...
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Drugs are like a playground that can become a graveyard overnight.  They have taken their toll on many a man and many a woman.  Johnny Cash was no exception, and his rapid rise to fame, along with all of the demands that go with it, left him with a gaunt, etiolated visage and a haunted...
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