The annual Oxford American Music issue has been on the stands for a while. It's packed with fascinating articles about musicians both famous and obscure. Best of all, the issue comes with a CD of 24 songs by the issue's featured artists. Their website has additional features, including a duet between Johnny Cash and an infirm but enthusiastic Louis Armstrong, from Cash's television show in 1970: stream the video
The Oxford American is a quarterly so you still have time if you want to snag a copy of the music issue. The performers featured are widely divergent from Tex Williams to Richard Hell (he's from Lexington, Kentucky) and many in between, including Big Star, Uncle Dave Macon, Sun Ra (Saturn by way of Birmingham, Alabama), Eartha Kitt, Drivin' and Cryin', Sam Cooke, Gary Stewart and many more.
Johnny Cash passed away the day my family and I moved into our new house. Consequently, we named the music room, "The Cash Room," in his honor.
Here, from my CD of original Johnny Cash tribute songs, is a duet I wrote called:
The Ballad of Johnny and June
Dr BLT ft. Alyssa Kaes
words and music by Dr. BLT (c) 2007
http://www.drblt.net/music/Johnnyandjune.mp3
Here's a tribute based on one of Johnny's own big hits:
(We) Still Miss Someone
Dr BLT
new words by Dr. BLT (c) 2007
http://www.drblt.net/music/MissSomeone.mp3
Posted by: Dr BLT | March 09, 2007 at 05:47 PM