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The Essential Johnny Cash includes many notes about Cash from many artists, instead of traditional lyner notes. It includes Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Paul McCartney, Bono, The Edge, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Keith Richards, Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Sam Shepard, Billy Bob Thornton, Slipknot, Metallica, Henry Rollins, Al Gore, Steve Earle, Tim Robbins. Leonard wrote this, I don't know was it exclusively for this release or they tooked it from some earlier interview...

"Johnny Cash has been speaking to me for a long, long time. It’s one of the sweetest voices in my mind. Even after the song is done you hear him, you see him standing up for what we need and love. He’s always there, the tallest figure in the circle of integrity, the deepest voice when night comes down, and the bravest take on sanity in the midst of wild confusion. Thank you, sir. The generations will be listening."

Lovely to know that Leonard and I appreciate the same artist! I love Johnny Cash.

What a beautiful and true tribute Leonard gave to a man and performer worthy of every word. He was the first "country & western" singer I "tuned in" to many years ago, and have watched him unfailingly hold true to his principles. Leonard would definitely admire this in another person, in this case a man.

liyzzytysh,
I should better quote all af your post. Couldn't say it any better, so I just agree. You took the words right from the tips of my fingers...

Yes, Tom, and my 8-track memories are many. I'm glad to hear I spoke for both of us .

~ Lizzytysh

I am begining to suspect that Tom is becoming a surrogate George(s) in the master poet's absence. The Lizzy and George(s) Show is now replaced with the Tom and Lizzy Show. Will normal service be resumed soon?

p.

Hey, Partisan, if I covered the bases, just call it a home run, okay? I know agreement between people is anathema to you but, at some point, you're just gonna have to accept that it really does exist in the real world.

partisan,
I'm a bit puzzled now. What kind of show are you talking about? Again someone on the "mutual display of dog-like devotion"-streak? Simply because you can't imagine that more than one can agree on a rather widely agreed-on topic? Maybe not all the world is wrong, when you disagree, but - just you?
And: one other thing: Georges, whom you so "caressingly" described as the "Master Poet" isn't absent. You, p_away, have been absent(-minded), it seems. Hopefully your perception will resume "normal service" soon...

Anne:
Johnny Cash and Leonard have long long relation of devotion to each other. They shared even a producer - the great Bob Johnston (he produced dylan also at the time). Look for the Bird On The Wire on Cash's American 1. I think someone on this board said he's only who sang deeper than Leonard!
In recent issue of Mojo there was a great article about making of Cash's prison albums. It actually was big interview with Bob Johnston, and there was beautiful picture of him and Cash looking at wall of Folson Prison... I first time saw that man - is there any picture of him on stage with leonard on their 1970 or 1972 tour?

An interesting merging, Johnny and Leonard. Their seriousness resonates similarly. Little did I know what a sign of things to come it was when I began listening to Johnny Cash. Folsom Prison Blues was the first album I bought.

Tom, Partisan appears to be a man who dislikes any rappore in the board, in line with his mask, he portrays a freedom fighter who will snipe at every opportunity.
He rarely engages in conversation except to mock, perhaps he should change his handle to Mockingbird.
Georges

George(s) baby i have no problem with a little rapport on the board, however the fawning idolatry of the Mutual Appreciation Societies is a waste of everyone's time. I also sadly must inform you that i do not have a bone for you this week, my butcher is on holiday, he needed a break from slaughtering a lamb.

p.

Mutual admiration, partisan, is not too bad, if there's something to admire. However, what you're referring to as "Mutual Admiration Societies" is but a figment of your mind. Real people in real life with real opinions sometimes agree, and it is quite normal outside your brain, if they say so.
If I ever should happen to agree with you, my dear guerilla, I'd probably form a "Mutual Admiration Society" with you (that's a promise, or a threat), or I could even found a Club to celebrate the Partisan Cult, if you prefer it that way.
The real problem seems to be rather with the "Leagues of Pure Destructiveness" (LPD - like partisan demonstrates, sometimes a league can be a lone fighter)...

Tom sweetheart i must agree that there was some destructive behaviour on this board a while ago, however i had absolutely nothing to do with it. As for me having my own cult now, well i feel honoured.

p.

Oh Partisan - how could you - calling someone else sweetheart when you know you're first on my list (of course we still haven't quite established what list that is)
Just like a fickle man....
Sweet heart indeed....
and you talk disparagingly of 'mutual admiration societies'?
Jo