Good new and bad news

Ironically, turns out they share a birthday

I duno, I hear the train a comin'...

Thanks Songcraft. He is my only son and just an awesome person. so it was the least I could do. Johnny did transcend genres.  I find many people who did not like Country (and several other genres he is categorized as) liked him.  My son got an introduction to his music from me but really started to appreciate him after seeing "Walk the Line" with me. I think i am going to start a tradition of getting him original copies of album on vinyl.  i have a still in the plastic copy of the "Coffee"  soundtrack i know he has been eyeing as well.  Maybe next birthday

How old is your son?  Sounds like a good kid.

Guitarhacker
Somehow I never pegged you as a Johnny Cash fan..... interesting!
 
Cash was one of the original music outlaws.... good to hear that you and your son are fans.

I have very eclectic musical tastes. My paternal grandmother listened to nothing but country. I was raised playing jazz and classical and was in gospel choir. I think i can find someone from just about any genre i can relate to.

dubdisciple
My son has been bugging me in a joking way to give him two of my vinyl Johnny Cash albums. For his recent birthday I surprised him with both. I honestly think those meant more to him than any of his other presents. Maybe because he knew that sentimental value they had to me. The bad news is I'm out of my albums, but happy my son is happy and that he has an appreciation for things many of his peers do not.

I thought the bad news was that he crushed or melted them.
 

dwardzala
You could probably pick up the albums again - stuff is getting re-pressed all the time now.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose since those items weren't present when significant life moments occur. At least he'd have the songs back though. I thought about just saying download the digital versions or buying a CD, but I realize those arent the original items in question.

My son has cds of the albums but shares y feeling that there is something magical about holding an original vinyl once enjoyed by someone decades ago.

 
 
I give my Johnny Cash CD boxset a regular outing in the car.
 
Dub, it might be a generational thing, or just our obviously excellent parenting skills, but both my kids (B17; G15) love listening to Johnny Cash too.
 
I've always thought of him as a kind of 'punk' C&W performer, should such a concept make any sense to anyone.
 
I love this cover version of Ring of Fire by Dragonforce:
 

I played JC's cover of Hurt for my mom a few years back and she started crying.
 
Oops.
 
It really is a beautifully haunting rendition.

After he died all the punk/hardcore/thrash bands in our scene did a tribute gig. They were all asked to learn and perform a few songs. My bands were "too cool" to do it (wankers). I got asked to do my acoustic versions. So amongst an evening of fully cranked mayhem I did my three songs just me and my acoustic. No one was really watching or paying attention. No bigs. I finished up and saddled up to the bar where everyone was getting hammied. The bartender (a buddy of mine who was in one of the hardcore acts) said "uh... aren't you supposed to be on around now?". I said "I just played... didn't you see me up there?". He, and all the drunkards at the bar, essentially said they thought they were listening to studio outakes of JC being played through the board (which has been going on between sets all night) and freaked out a little.
 
*facepalm*
 
Wankers.