Music: Sunday Mornin’
JC doin' Sunday Morning Coming Down. Written By Kris Kristofferson.
Have a good one.
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Music: Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time
You know they built that car - the one from "One Piece At A Time." They built her for Johnny Cash. The song was written as an homage of sorts to the Detroit auto workers who built Cadillacs, but could never afford to purchase one. Wayne Kemp wrote it. He played lead guitar for George Jones and wrote a buncha great tunes, including "I'm The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised" for Johnny Paycheck. According to blogger Ted Baylis, Bruce Fitzpatrick, (standing far right in the pic) owner of Abernathy Auto Parts and Hilltop Auto Salvage in Nashville, TN, was asked by the promoters of the song to build the vehicle for international promotion. Bruce had all the different models of Cadillac mentioned in the song when it was released, and built a Cadillac using the song as a model. The car was presented to Cash in April of 1976.
We stumbled upon a video Johnny did for that thing - and well, maybe a video wasn't quite the right thing to do at that point. Starts out real cool with a performance, and then at about the 45 second mark, the home movie clips start. I don't know what 'ol Johnny was on but he's shakin' it on the hood like a gal in a Sir-Mix-Alot video. But man, he's still Johnny freakin' Cash. As for the car, they had her parked out in front of the House of Cash (check out Steve Menke's great Johnny Cash site) for a few weeks way back when, wonder where she is now.
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Music/Film: The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show
Who don't love the Man in Black? Thanks for readin', Loststar! There's this great DVD/CD (If ya don't know already) for sale at Starbucks of some of the best of Johnny Cash's TV Show from 1969-1971. Here's Twang Nation's take on it: (BTW - check out the Twang Nation blog if ya haven't. It's top shelf.)
"Now the cover is different from the one I’ve seen on the notoriously difficult to find version (at least difficult to find in Manhattan, where all the stores are sold out. No country music fans in New York? HA!) so I’m a little suspicious, but I’ve had a hard time finding the other version and it was the last one, so I snatched it up with my Grande of the day. The Starbucks version has only one DVD where the Sony Columbia Legacy has two. So, the Starbucks version omits some pretty tasty bits like Creedence Clearwater Revival playing “Bad Moon Rising” and Waylon Jennings doing “Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line” and “The Singing Star’s Queen” with Johnny (Waylon’s “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” did make the SB cut.) But the Starbucks version does come with a CD containing some performances not found on the original DVD. Brenda Lee doing “Johnny One Time” and Johnny Cash, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers doing “Belshazzar” are some highlights. Alas, the Starbucks version comes in a cheapo snap-case with no liner notes and I haven’t watched the DVD yet, so i don’t know if there are any interviews or features left out, but if you're like me and finding it hard to find the original and want a CD of some of the selections, the Starbucks version is a nice make-due while waiting on the other to arrive in the mail."
I snatched up a copy as well, and I'm enjoyin' the hell out of it! I have not seen the other version, so I can't compare 'em, but I look forward to gettin' my hands on a copy.
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Livin': Melanie Hill Guion’s Shoeshrines
I stumbled across Melanie Hill Guion's work a couple weeks ago at the House Of Blues in Orlando. I must have seen her work many times before on trips to the HOB in New Orleans and L.A., but just didn't know it.
According to her site, Shoeshrines.com, "Melanie is a self-taught artist and musician. Originally from Arizona, she did some traveling before deciding to call New Orleans home in 1994. New Orleans opened her eyes to some amazing music, art and people, and it was there that she met people who were creating without rules or pretensions. After years of doing decorative painting for the House of Blues, she began doing installation pieces on shoes. At first they were strictly design, but soon she began to sneak in some portraits as well. Now the shoes have taken on a life of their own as the musicians and faces that Melanie likes to paint continue to grow. Melanie began creating her Shoeshrines about 3 years ago. Hundreds of shoes later, she is still obsessed with getting the best likenesses she can in her portraits, and finding new and unusual ways to incorporate great junk into her designs. Melanie recycles shoes from thrift stores, and each is reborn as a one of a kind creation. Each shoe is embellished with beads, glass, vintage jewelry, and/or hardware depending on what she has found most recently. The shoes are fitted with self-hanging eyehooks, or can be displayed on a shelf or table. Portraits range from musicians and deities to artists in all fields of creative work. Melanie's work can be seen at the House of Blues venues across the country, the documentary Roadside Attractions, PBS’ Tennessee Crossroads, Memphis' Blue Note Restaurant, and the houses of all the cool people who have bought her work."
I snatched up three and look forward to adding to my collection very soon. She also does commissions and works on other objects such as guitars as well as traditional flat canvases.
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Music: A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
"A Boy Named Sue" was written by Shel Silverstein. Johnny Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded this song live at San Quentin State Prison in California. The concert was recorded for broadcast by Granada Television on February 24, 1969 for the Johnny Cash At San Quentin album, it shot to #1 on the Country Charts and #2 on the Pop Charts in the U.S. It tells the tale of a young man's quest for revenge on a father whose only contribution to his entire life was naming him Sue, a girl's name. The name was the cause of endless ridicule as he grew up. As the years went on, Sue grew big, strong and fearsome from all the fights he got into with bullies. Eventually Sue finds and confronts his father, and the two get into a vicious brawl. After the two have beaten each other almost senseless, Sue's father admits that the name was given to him as an act of love: because he knew he would not be there for his son, Sue's father gave him that name to make sure that he grew up strong.
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