He even spoke to the Danish people in Danish, which I, as a Dane, finds so amusing and really gives me the idea about what a loving, wonderful and talented man Cash was. That really astonished Cash that a whole nation would be watching him friday night. He then asked the journalist after the concert what channel the concert would be in.īut the journalist replied that there only was 1 Channel in Denmark. The whole concert shows a laughing Cash that goes out of the limelight to hide a grin sometimes, and just performing more vividly. In America, Johnny said they would normally do 3-4 rehearsals before recording the program or concert, and then the performers would be exhausted. chart history (after '(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding). singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No.

But they already did the recording they answered and both Cash and his manager were very surprised by this, since they thought it was just a rehearsal he performed.īut the footage showed a much more living and smiling cash because they just filmed it right away. 'Me and Bobby McGee' is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and songwriter Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller.A posthumously-released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. When they were done recording the concert (this footage) Johnny asked when the real recording would begin. The journalist asked how long Johnny had been locked up in San Quentin (this is before google) but Johnny kindly refused to ever have been doing time. In the airport a journalist who spoke a proper english, was sent to meet him (he didn’t like cash, because, as he said: i only knew him as a prison performer who was doing drugs, so i didn’t expect nothing but a bully) but he said he was the kindest man he ever met, and especially when he looked into his eyes he knew that this man (Cash) is a loving and kind soul. He came by plane, landed in Kastrup near Copenhagen. Composio de: Fred Foster/Kris Kristofferson Cifra Club - seu site de cifras e tablaturas. I have a fun story to attach to this performance he did in Denmark in ‘71.

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