Fun fact. Johnny Cash played his first concert at San Quentin in January 1958, and in the audience was a 20 year old convict named Merle Haggard, he took inspiration from seeing Cash, and later became a famous C/W singer in his own right.

@757optim

3 ай бұрын

The line in Merle's song "Momma Tried" that says, "I turned 21 in prison", was true. ; )

@donnaewe3692

3 ай бұрын

Facts ❤

@ceejay1794

3 ай бұрын

Love Merle!❤

@kelleewolfe2834

3 ай бұрын

Love Merle Haggard! Mama Tried is a great song..

@donnaneville192

3 ай бұрын

Johnny encouraged Merle to tell his story before someone found out and broke the news and Merle would have lost everything. Without computers etc, it took longer for the dirt to get told but eventually someone would have uncovered it.

There is only one nickname for Mr. Johnny Cash, "The Man In Black". Period.

For some reason, this version omits a few lines of lyrics: "Some gal would giggle and I'd get red Some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head I'll tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue."

@brigidsingleton1596

21 күн бұрын

Yes thank-you, I was waiting for those lines...and yet they didn't bleep out "son of a bitch"!

This was done at San Quentin prison Somewhere in that crowd was a 21 year old convict that got out of prison and became one of the best country music singers a man by the name of Merle Haggard

@MariaJobson769

3 ай бұрын

Didn't know that ! Wow

We named our pitbull Sue, after this song. It’s immediately disarming. A lot of people are scared of him at the sight, but he’s the sweetest.

The writer of this song wrote childrens books, drew cartoons for Playboy magazine, and had songs recorded by many artists. He wrote the lyrics to "Cover of the Rolling Stone" and a few other songs recorded by Dr Hook and the Medicine Show, hits for Loretta Lynn and others. His name is Shel Silverstein

@lisaagoston5162

3 ай бұрын

I did not know this. Love Shel Silverstein books.

@dennystewart3238

3 ай бұрын

He also wrote Sylvia's Mother and some other Dr. Hook songs. There is actually an interview with the real Sylvia's mother on youtube.

@TheRokjok

3 ай бұрын

I believe Shel also penned "Sylvia's Mother"

@RonnieG

3 ай бұрын

Fake news, guy never existed, trump 2024 beyotches.

I was sitting at a bar in Phoenix listening to a couple of dudes next to me. The older guy told the the other that he and his teenage son almost got in a fist fight recently. He said he told his son "I may hurt tomorrow, but you're going to hurt today". With that his son backed down. It's funny what you hear in a bar if you just listen.

I'm 46 years old. When I was 7 years old, my grandpa put on a Johnny Cash cassette while grandpa and I got the fire pit going for the day and this song was the first one I ever heard from Johnny Cash. I immediately fell in love with Johnny Cash.

One of my favourite songs of the late Johnny Cash. You may not have noticed that the audience is entirely male. That's 'cuz it was filmed live at a concert he gave at San Quentin prison. Thanks for playing this & your comments.

his "One Piece At A Time" is a must hear.

And the crazy thing is he’s singing to inmates at San Quinton prison!!! How many of them were killers? And the fighting that happened in that prison!

@MariaJobson769

3 ай бұрын

And sooo many ,looked like most were white!

We named our son, who's 21 now, Maxwell Martin Power. "maximum power" MaxMPower... pronounced phonetically this way. I tricked my wife.😂

Just remember that he was performing this song for a group of guys that were in hard time at San Quentin. You were usually in for 20 years or more and many of them had similar problems with absent fathers.

I love this young man! He should be a regular on the reactions 😄. His reactions are great and it's fun seeing him get exposed to great music

@donnaewe3692

3 ай бұрын

Agreed 😊

The humour in this is what gets me every time. One of my favourites from Johnny Cash.

Those men in the audience were inmates behind bars. How many are guys with father issues? How many have sons back home that they can't be present for? How many had to deal with bullying or were the bullies? How many are in there because of the attitudes and fighting like Sue and his father? Cash was one of my late father's favorites. He especially would always laugh with Cash at the end of this song.

Fun fact: Shel Silverstein, the author of the kids' books, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and The Giving Tree, wrote this song for Cash and won a Grammy for it. If you've read his poems, you can definitely hear his style in it when listening to this song. Lol. Love your content! Thanks for sharing! 😁

I worked with someone who had as a job in college they they worked at a hotel reception desk. This person told me that Johnny and June Cash (his wife) were super nice people and treated hotel staff very kindly.

A favorite of mine! Also love the one where he’s stealing a car at the factory where they make them, one piece at a time over YEARS!! It hilarious 😂❤❤❤The Man in Black!! I’m 61 and grew up listening to him . I feel SO BLESSED to have grown up when I did with SO much talent in all kinds of music 🎶

Shel Silverstein also wrote a song “Father of a Boy Named Sue”. It is hilarious!

"A Boy Named Sue" was written by a Jewish man, Shel Silverstein.

One of the things I love the most about country music are the lessons that are usually told - forgiveness ❤

you need to introduce this young man to the Highwaymen, he would love it

@JenO-ut1vn

3 ай бұрын

Elvis Costello, specifically The Delivery Man album, worth listening to if you appreciate well written lyrics. Also Old dogs, children and watermelon wine I think that song by Tom T Hall.

More great story telling songs: *(Tennessee) Ernie Ford.........."16 Tons" *Kenny Rogers........"Ruby" *Jerry Reed........."East Bound and Down", "Amos Moses" *Jim Croche......."Bad Leroy Brown", "Don't Mess Around With Jim" *Arlo Guthrie......"Alice's Restaurant". ( this is a long long way to tell a story) 😄 *Gordon Lightfoot...."The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" *Jimmy Dean......."Big Bad John" *George Jones....."He Stopped Loving Her Today" You may have already done these songs, I can't remember. Love your channel and like when you bring on other people.

@MariaJobson769

3 ай бұрын

All GREATS ...Edmund Fitzgerald is a POWERFUL story being true as well !!

@karleen74

3 ай бұрын

"Alice's Restaurant " is an absolute must hear. I play it every Thanksgiving. As a young teen in the late 80s, I made friends with my neighbor, who was a Vietnam Vet. He introduced me to Woody & Arlo Guthrie, & I learned more about the war from that gentleman than I learned at school. He also helped me understand what protests were. My upbringing was very structured & controlled. I'd always been told that protests were evil acts.

Enjoyed this reaction a lot. First, because Johnny Cash is one of my favorites. Second, because it's always terrific to be able to intro older music to younger generations and listen to their take. G Colo - nice to see you back on the channel!

This is a classic banger of a song by Johnny Cash.

Check out the studio version because in this live version he missed out a whole verse.

The best fact about this track is ,,,,,, this is the only recording of Johnny singing "a boy named sue" he learned it a few hrs before the gig and never got round to re-recording it.. he actually only sang it a few times over his career...

@russallert

3 ай бұрын

That's why the band sounds lost at certain times. They never rehearsed it, other than Cash telling them the chord sequence, and everyone just ad-libbed as best they could.

@lauraclark427

3 ай бұрын

Untrue. Here's him singing it in Denmark, and he also performed it on a TV show. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i35n1qiJhLjOcag.html

@littlegrandadoutdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@lauraclark427 wow !!! I stand corrected.. Though I did see it on an old documentary. The fact about him learning it a few hrs before the prison gig is true? and he never went into the recording studio to record it is true... so thank you for bringing that to my attention... I must admit I watched intently to see if they were miming...

@daz_n

3 ай бұрын

@@littlegrandadoutdoors You can see he's reading the lyrics as he goes along. What a performer! 😁

There's a verse missing. Before he says "I made me a vow..." It went "some gal would giggle and I'd turn red. Some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head," then he'd go into "but I made me a vow...)

Thought you'd mention he was playing in a prison and it impacting the audience

If you havent heard it yet, I would recommend 'Jackson' also by Johnny Cash. Pretty sure it is right up your alley.

I remember this one all too well. 😎

Boy named Sue was written by Shel Silverstein. Who also wrote hits for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, plus was a renowned poet and children's author.

I grew up playing with older kids, my brothers age as there were none my age in the neighborhood. I learned be tough really quick, and I am grateful for the experience. Hardship at the time, reward when its over.

Can't wait to see his reaction 😂 His face is always so expressive ❤ he's cute when he's shocked! ❤️

A Boy Named Sue was written by author Shel Silverstein, who wrote the children's book Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Excellent reaction from Gen Z and what a lovely, understanding and caring young man. Thank you ❤

Johnny Cash the Man in Black was my favorite singer when I was only about 5 years old until his last song.

Captive audience.

BP theres a really old song I think its Ballads of Green Beret. I would love to now your reaction to this one.

I could never hear this song too many times as a teenager. I had memorized every single word, and still do know them today.

This was written by shel Silverstein the author of children’s poetry “Falling Up” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends” in the 7s and 80s

The guy with the dark hair on guitar with him is Carl Perkins. He sang and wrote “Blue Suede Shoes”

Doing a concert in a Prison? Johnny Cash was the man!

I love how you help to promote your friends. It shows that you are a generous and loyal soul. I like this guy, he has a great personality.

I hope to see you 2 for more reactions. You are so good together ☮️👌

I had the live at San Quentin 8 track...I listened to ot multiple times a day for quite sometimes

Gangsta Johnny Cash 💰

Johnny is an artist artist

Plus Johnny Cash liked to sing funny stuff to the prisoners to try and give them a little bit of fun & making them all come together over music! I always say, music is medicine!! 💯

I like this kid. This reaction and paradise by the dashboard light, he has a joyousness about him

You need to check out Kenny Roger's The Coward of the County...amazing storytelling

Bruce Lee's mother named him Sai-fon 'little phoenix' a girl's name to confuse the demons she believed were after him. The first time I heard a boy named Sue I wondered if this was the reason Bruce's family say that when he was young he kept getting into street fights and other trouble which convinced his parents to send him to train in martial arts.

Old country music singers are story tellers. Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley PTA is a good one

I came here to say this. Oddly enough this was on the very first record we ever bought. JOHNNY CASH LIVE FROM SAN QUINTON. I say odd because I'm not sure why my mom chose that Album. Also I learned from watching an in-depth documentary about Tom Petty that as a totally famous person in his own right played as part of Johnny Cashes backup band while J. C. was touring (along with other members of THE HEART BREAKERS) just for fun. I viously he held J. C. in high esteem. Tom Petty was also a pretty great story teller/songwriter. He wrote many many great hits! And besides all that I believe he was a really great real person.

The song San Quinton is great for maximum inmate reactions.

1963 Judy Garland singing OLD MAN RIVER from her tv show. You need to see this for your own benefit. It’s on KZread.

You either have to jump that hurdle or run straight through it!

"One Piece at a Time", "Cocaine Blues" (which I know you've reacted to) and "The Man in Black" would be great for a Gen Z reaction!

G seems like an old soul! I enjoyed this!❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

One parent family was unheard of back the. Listen to Jennie c. Riley sing harper valley pta, single mom in the 60's who wore her mini skirt too high! Peace from Northern Michigan!

Long Black Veil was one of Johnny's best songs. He did a duet with razzy bailey, with Johnny singing backup and bass. I sent a link. It's on a Best of Cash album.

Johnny Cash "The Man Comes Around

Song was written by Shel Silverstein...look him up. He was one interesting character.

May 1 is the first anniversary of the passing of Gordon Lightfoot, one of the great lyricists of the folk-rock era (Bob Dylan said he was his favorite). You might want to start with to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is the story of a shipwreck in Lake Superior in November 1975.

Two rays of sunshine 🌞🌞🫶🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Name him anyyyy thing but Sue

That was old TV. Black and White TV era. Sounded great!!.

I was horribly bullied in 9th grade mostly because I was short and smart. Over that summer I grew just under a foot and added 45lbs of muscle. So from 10th through 12th I roamed the halls between the classes hunting down bullies. I really wish the UFC had started earlier because I know I would have been in it.

This young man is so sharp.

Now you have to look up "A Girl Named Johnny Cash"!

Y'all are so cool together, I'm loving it 😊

Got that "45" of a "A Boy Named Sue", in 1959 when I was 10. I still play it! Check ourt "San Quentin" was on side two of the same 45.

This is what people need to do you cant just focus on one genre so many people who ONLY rap or listen to it never give anything else like rock or country a chance and they are missing alot

This young man is very mature for his age.

Nice reaction. Great song.

Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers is definitely one of the greatest storyteller songs ever written.

Love the Man in Black! He was the very first concert I ever saw, Johnny and June actually. I was 13yrs old, lol:)

In the 70's there were a few boys actually named Sue. I don't know the number of them, I just remember meeting one who was Native American and no, he was not from the Sioux.

I been trying to get someone to react to Johnny cash's song Chattanooga city limit sign. If you love a great story song in love to laugh try listening to this one it is so funny .

Man you getting a good taste for music, from Johnny, Waylon, Hank Jr, Eddie Van Halen, etc. ... Great reactions... Ready for you to check out Guns and Roses and explore Axl Rose's voice range

You might also like "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, or "Sink the Bismark" by Johnny Horton.

Cash would change the names of who he'd name his son according to who was on stage with him at different times.

Not sure you’ve seen it but check out the movie walk the line. It’s a great movie about Johnny cash!!🤠

Tom T Hall is a great on3 for story songs. He was known as The Storyteller.

Just watched your react to RoyClark. To see the real talent of Roy watch his Dueling Banjovideo or also Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley - Orange Blossom Special. This will blow all of your fuses!!!

Love this gentlemen, thank you! Hey @BP im waiting on your reaction to Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time" 🤞 I really think ull dig it fam-its one of those ;-) 😁❤

This is an abridged version of the song btw.

My father's name was Ruby Joy, when he played college football his teammates got ribbed about having a girl on the team, many years ago.

You gotta react to Johnny cash-one piece at a time

Please react to Kenny Rogers...Lady. Incredible song from an incredible artist.

Y’all should react to ‘One PIece at a Time’ by Johnny Cash. It’s a great story song!

Lovin everything you're doing with G-Colo would love to see you guys react to " Take What You Want - One Ok Rock live Ambition Tour Japan Dome 2018" Its absolutely amazing and by far the best live performance I've ever seen.

This was 3 years after Andy escaped from Shawshank

Welfare Cadillac. I once saw it in Nashville. Listen to the song.

I'm just watching this and thinking how could they have all these prisoners wearing sunglasses... they could be deadly weapons in this day and age.

I do find it interesting that the problem is perceived as some kids being "soft" or "weak" because they can't handle bullying, and not that the problem is that some people raise their kids to be assholes and bullies. You could argue that bullies will always exist no matter what, but I would counter that, no matter what, some people are never going to be "hard," and "hardness" cannot just be beaten in to everyone, nor is it a good thing to do so.

@emerald1805

3 ай бұрын

Which explains from where the term “survival of the fittest” comes. This poem (song) was just an observation of life.

If you ever find yourself in a position of never knowing if or when you will see your kids again. It's a very desperate moment of knowing you need to give something impactful that will stay with them and help them through. You never know unless you are ever in that position. Obviously, it's something no true parent ever wants to experience.

You need to show him bill idol rebel yell I'm guessing he love it as well He seems a good lad has his head screwed on right Cheers guys 🦘🇦🇺👍

It’s just a song,story telling is as old as people - laughing at pain is just what they did