^Johnny Cash kicked ass.
Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Knock Three Times
A lot of people don't get John. I'm sorry to admit that I have less than half of his work in my collection.
I had the privilege of working with him on two occasions and seeing him one more time at one of the many celebrity fund raisers I worked for MDA. I always gave the people I worked with nicknames, partly to show that I was not "star struck" by their presence and that I was as much a professional as they were, but mainly it was my way setting myself apart from all the people sucking up to them. I called him "JC" once and he stopped in his tracks, turned to me head on, his face cracked a little with a crooked smirk and said, in a scratchy whisper, "Son (he called everyone, Son), I can't let you call me that. Those initials are reserved for someone we could not keep step with. You can call me John."
In his last years he recorded a few interpretations of modern music, including some from Kurt Cobain, Nine Inch Nails, Rolling Stones, JJ Cale, Eric Clapton and revived some old songs from Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison.
Bono, of U2 is credited for the tribute line in reference to Cash:
"He was more than wise. In a garden full of weeds - the oak tree."
I had planned to relate a couple more stories, but I can't just now.
