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revolver94
professional dilettante
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: DC suburb 
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 04:56
- Post subject: Johnny Cash
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I really want to get into Johnny Cash, and I'm wondering wear I should start.
Usually, I go for the holistic album experience, but feel free to recommend a best of if you think he's more of a singles artist.
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 06:07
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I've enjoyed Johnny for the past number of years and I owe it all to the record, "At Folsom prison" and the song "Hurt" form the American IV record. Some industry insiders have said "Hurt" is the greatest cover of all time. I think I saw/heard that on the VH1 100 greatest artists program. At any rate, Happy hunting!
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sgraham1990
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Location: Oregon
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 08:55
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Johnny Cash is a favorite of mine, and really you can't go wrong no matter where you start. I'll agree that At Folsom Prison would be a great starter album; or if you're looking for a studio record, One Piece at a Time is my personal favorite and would make a good starter I think.
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 16:02
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1. The Sun Years
2. At Folsom Prison
3. American III: Solitary Man ("Hurt" is a great song, but his is the best of his later, American Recordings)
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alelsupreme
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Age: 27
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 16:20
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At Folsom Prison, then American IV and With his Hot And Blue Guitar.
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Captain_Dude
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Age: 54
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 16:27
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| fellow wrote: | | "At Folsom prison" and the song "Hurt" form the American IV record. |
I'm a huge, long-time Johnny Cash fan and those two suggestions are excellent!!! Really, it's hard to go wrong with Johnny Cash. He's done a ton of quality recordings. I don't usually say this, but...you might also want to check out some of the greatest hits collections, if you're just starting to become familiar with his large body of work.
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paladisiac
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Location: Denver
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- Posted: 04/19/2012 21:04
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A good place to start, it has highlights from his whole career, including the better tracks from his amazing 'American' albums
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- Posted: 04/20/2012 02:10
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A good place to start, it has highlights from his whole career, including the better tracks from his amazing 'American' albums |
Oh, good! I thought I was the only person that was going to recommend the taboo C word. I like the Love-God Murder-Life compilation myself where the songs are arranged thematically. The Murder one is especially great. It's amazing how many times he wrote and / or performed songs about this dark subject. Folsom Prison is quite an experience too.
I also think III is the best of his 90's albums. Working with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was a good move.
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junodog4
Future Grumpy Old Man
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Location: Calgary 
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- Posted: 04/20/2012 02:59
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The previous suggestions work (F[i]olsom Prison, American IV[/i]) but I'll throw out some others - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, At San Quentin, and any of his compilation albums. Johnny Cash was a singles artist. You're best starting with a solid comp.
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