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Casey Jones's fame is largely attributed to the traditional song, “The Ballad of Casey Jones”, [7] [16] also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer", recorded by, among others, Billy Murray, Mississippi John Hurt, Harry McClintock, [17] Furry Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ed McCurdy, and played live by the Grateful Dead, as well as Jones' friend ...
"The Ballad of Casey Jones", also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer" or simply "Casey Jones", is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their locomotive to make up for lost time, but discovered ...
The Grateful Dead's song bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual train wreck, nor do most versions of the traditional song. Despite numerous songs mentioning Casey Jones, there has never been a song that tells the story accurately (although Johnny Cash's version of the traditional song comes closer than most). [citation needed]
The World of Johnny Cash is a compilation album released by country singer Johnny Cash on Columbia Records in 1970 (see 1970 in music). It contains some of Cash's minor hits, as well as several songs that were never released as singles. The album reached #2 on the Country charts. It was certified Gold on 1/23/1971 by the R.I.A.A. [2]
This is an alphabetical list of the songs known to have been recorded, written, and/or performed by Johnny Cash between the beginning of his career in 1954 and his death in 2003. Contents: Top
Blood, Sweat and Tears is the fifteenth album by singer Johnny Cash, released on January 7, 1963.It is a collection of songs about the American working man. This includes "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" and "Busted", the latter of which would become a single.
Destination Victoria Station is a 1975 album by country music singer Johnny Cash. It was offered as a Columbia Special Product and could only be bought at Victoria Station restaurants . [ 3 ] Cash re-recorded several of his old train songs for this album, including "Waitin' for a Train", "Wreck of the Ol' 97" and "John Henry", and one new song ...
Johnny Cash's America: 2012 My Father and the Man in Black: 2014 The Winding Stream: Johnny Cash: American Rebel a/k/a I Am Johnny Cash: 2015 We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited: 2019 The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash: 2020 My Darling Vivian: 2022 Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon