[kj] - ot - 3 piece bands - r-billy - J cash

[fluw]

well gregg, that may be your perspective living in new england... but, 
i'm am also a *US* resident, yet have always known of *cash's* sun 
rockabilly heyday along with his country success. granted this may be 
due to the fact that people with family backgrounds in small towns (like 
myself), rural areas, or in the south, tend to have those /*rural and 
regional niche market*/ musics such as *rockabilly & western swing* more 
apart of their culture. however my guess is the opinion you have of 
*cash* was strictly, "*country"* might have come from the expansion of 
his marketing efforts that took place later in his career when cowboy 
chic spread to the mainstream in the late 60's, partly via *john's 
*brief tv show. i think the perspective you highlight is more of a 
yankee or urban/suburban thought, based upon that sudden late 60's 
mainstream awareness.

these marketing efforts were the course taken as *cash* proclaimed 
himself a *country and gospel* artist -, partly because of his 
upbringing and *faith* following the guilt he incurred from 
participating in the rock n roll explosion. this *"country*" status was 
promoted and obsessed upon by *cash* and contributed to the *country 
*pigeon hole trough from which mainstream america drank ignorantly.
-- ( such a tendency much of america has of being ignorant of goings on 
in general, huh? such as; when something comes to light in the 
mainstream, a majority of us think we understand the issue with our 
cursory, johnny [pni] come lately perspective, when we are really just 
responding to the propaganda being pushed yet we will only continue 
cultural focus on the issue as long as the *push* is in gear)--

later on..in the late 80's - *cash* came out to accept his 
*rockabilly/rock-n-roll* roots,- as his personal wisdom and the burdens 
of evangelical stigmas in US society began to wane some-what from the 
tennesee/US market mainstream. luckily music fans were rewarded with a 
reinvigorated master, who created more diverse music without the old 
stigmas and who reached an even more broad legend and understanding. of 
course, finally the newly enlightened hipster/punk/critic and coffee 
house crowd felt safe to praise him - and this reality, whether good or 
bad in anyone's opinion, helped keep *cash *on the mind of america until 
his death. thankfully *cash* took his rightful place at the upper 
echelon of american music lore, and not merely in some pathetic country 
wagon kiosk exhibition in the /country music hall of fame/...sadly that 
is the fate of a majority of *american folk music* greats!

  
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 GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/25/2005 12:49:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> fluwdot at earthlink.net writes:
>
>> no need for a movie--read the autobiog "the man in black"
>>
>
> True--the movie is based largely on that book. There's a good scene 
> early on where he auditions for Sam Philips, who tells him to stop 
> playing gospel and play what he'd written. It's just a little 
> confusing, because here in the US everyone always refers to Cash as 
> country, not rockabilly.

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