That’s surprising, since I never liked Johnny Cash. … Not until Rocco insisted I listen to one of his last albums, one of the Rick Reuben “American Recordings“.
The original DJ of the Beastie Boys, and co-founder of Def Jam Records, Reuben was the last person one might guess would decide to rejuvenate the failing career of a has been.
After his success with Johnny, …
… MTV called him “the most important producer of the last 20 years.” In 2007, Rubin was listed among Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. …
… Rubin introduced Cash to Nine Inch Nails‘ “Hurt“, and the resulting cover version of it on The Man Comes Around would become the defining song of Cash’s later years….
That biography and all the Rubin produced songs are highly recommended. Especially if you’re prone to reflect on death and loss. Cash is incredibly eloquent.
The Johnny Cash Project is a global collective art project, and we would love for you to participate. Through this website, we invite you to share your vision of Johnny Cash, as he lives on in your mind’s eye. Working with a single image as a template, and using a custom drawing tool, you’ll create a unique and personal portrait of Johnny. Your work will then be combined with art from participants around the world, and integrated into a collective whole: a music video for “Ain’t No Grave”, rising from a sea of one-of-a-kind portraits.
Strung together and played in sequence over the song, the portraits will create a moving, ever evolving homage to this beloved musical icon. What’s more, as new people discover and contribute to the project, this living portrait will continue to transform and grow, so it’s virtually never the same video twice.
Petunia, age-19, and her friends adore 1980s rock music. … That 1980s, the worst decade last century. Songs only worth chuckling over when GLEE covers them: AC/DC, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Joe Cocker, …
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
… If Thursday night’s Vancouver concert was Aerosmith’s last, the band went out with a bang: an over-the-top, gyrating display of rock and roll excess. In a good way.
But whether the Vancouver show – the last on their current tour – will enter into the rock and roll history books remains unclear; rumours of the legendary band’s impending death may have been greatly exaggerated.
The squabbling between lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry took on new life in August …
Once again I ended up watching Almost Famous at a hostel. It’s a feel good experience that strangers can share.
Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and telling the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself was a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.
The film is based on Crowe’s experiences touring with rock bands The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. In a Rolling Stone article, he talks about how he lost his virginity, fell in love, and met his heroes, experiences that are shared by William, the main character in the film. …
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