Johnny Cash Would Have Celebrated His 81st Birthday Today; Check Out This Rare Picture Gallery!

Today, February 26, 2013, would have been Johnny Cash's 81st birthday! From picking cotton to help his impoverished, depression-wracked family; to his exhausting tour schedule; to struggling with a serious drug addiction; to his songs about guns, murder, revenge, punishment and repentance—Johnny Cash was a troubled man who sought redemption through his music.

Last year, in order to commemorate what was the county-music master’s 80th birthday, several celebrations, projects and events took place throughout this past year. Cash’s boyhood home in Dyess, Ark. is currently being restored. Additionally, Columbia/Legacy released a series of archived recordings, starting with a collection of his gospel and spiritual songs from 1970s and ’80s called 'Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth'. A Johnny Cash Museum opened this past summer in Nashville, in celebration of Cash's life.

Check out some more "rare and unpublished photos of the Country music icon" that Time Magazine just posted on "LightBox". Enjoy. And Happy Birthday, Johnny!

Click here to read more about Johnny Cash

Watch TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy Performing Johnny Cash's Version Of NINE INCH NAILS' "Hurt"!

As previously reported, on Monday, August 13th, TRIVIUM's front man Matt Heafy performed his first-ever solo acoustic set in New York City. The intimate event took place at The MOSCOT Gallery & Music Space, and all proceeds benefited The MOSCOT MOBILEYES FOUNDATION.

Heafy performed a couple of TRIVIUM songs, along with classic songs by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Opeth and even Depechemode. Here is Heafy covering Johnny Cash's Version Of NINE INCH NAILS' "Hurt".



Prior to this historic performance, we had the chance to chat with Matt Heafy about what fans can expect on the next TRIVIUM album and the bands recent festival performances in Europe and Canada. We also discussed his involvement with Moscot Music and TRIVIUM's musical philosophy. Sit back, grab a cold one, and enjoy!



Upcoming TRIVIUM tour dates

Latin American Tour:

- Sep 07: Complexo do Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil
- Sep 08: Via Marques in Sao Paulo, Brazil    
- Sep 09: Music Hall in Curitiba, Brazil
- Sep 11: TEATRO FLORES     in Buenos Aires, Argentina    
- Sep 12: Teatro Teleton in Santiago, Chile    
- Sep 14: Teleferico in    Quito, Ecuador    
- Sep 15: Teatro Metro in Bogota, Colombia    
- Sep 16: La Casa Del Artista in Caracas, Venezuela    
- Sep 18: Jose Cuervo Salon in Granjas Mexico, Mexico

TRIVIUM European Tour with AS I LAY DYING, CALIBAN & UPON A BURNING BODY:

- October 15, 2012: Manchester, UK at Ritz
- October 16, 2012: Glasgow, UK at ABC
- October 17, 2012: Birmingham, UK at Institute
- October 19, 2012: Bristol, UK at Academy
- October 20, 2012: Norwich, UK at UEA
- October 21, 2012: London, UK at Shephards Bush Empire
- October 22, 2012: Brussels, Belgium at AB
- October 23, 2012: Paris, France at La Bataclan
- October 25, 2012: Tilburg, Netherlands at 013
- October 26, 2012: Herford, Germany at X
- October 27, 2012: Stuttgart, Germany at LKA
- October 28, 2012: Köln, Germany at Live Music Hall
- October 30, 2012: Malmo, Sweden at Kulturbolaget
- October 31, 2012: Stockholm, Sweden at Arenan
- November 2, 2012: Helsinki, FI at The Circus
- November 4, 2012: Oslo, Norway at Centrum Scene
- November 5, 2012: Gothenburg, Sweden at Tradgarn
- November 6, 2012: Copenhagen, Denmark at Vega
- November 7, 2012: Berlin, Germany at Huxleys
- November 8, 2012: Hamburg, Germany at Docks
- November 10, 2012: Chemnitz, Germany at Südbahnhof
- November 11, 2012: München, Germany at Backstage Werk
- November 12, 2012: Milan, Italy at Live Club
- November 13, 2012: Solothurn, Switzerland at Kofmehl
- November 14, 2012: Wien, Austria at Gasometer
- November 16, 2012: Barcelona, Spain at Appolo
- November 17, 2012: Bilbao, Spain at Santana 27
- November 18, 2012: Madrid, Spain at Riviera

Related links:
Trivium
MOSCOT Music

100 Famous Rock N' Roll Songs Played In 1 Take - Full List Available!

Alex Chadwick, from the Chicago Music Exchange, came up with a very cool idea: to briefly demonstrate the history of Rock N’ Roll by playing 100 famous guitar riffs in one take, from oldest to newest. This is awesome. Check the video and the artist list below:

Songlist in order:

1) Mr. Sandman by Chet Atkins (1953): A Key
2) Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash (1955): E Key
3) Words of Love by Buddy Holly (1957): A Key
4) Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry (1958): A Key
5) Rumble by Link Wray (1958): E Key
6) Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran (1958): E Key  
7) Pipeline by The Chantays (1962): E Key
8) Miserlou by Dick Dale (1962): E Key
9) Wipeout by Surfaris (1963): B Key
10) Daytripper by The Beatles (1965): E Key
11) Can't Explain by The Who (1965): B Key
12) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones (1965): E Key
13) Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix (1967): E Key
14) Black Magic Woman by Santana (1968): D Key
15) Helter Skelter by The Beatles (1968): E Key
16) Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac (1969): E Key
17) Crossroads by Cream (1969): A Key
18) Communication Breakdown by Led Zeppelin (1969): E Key
19) Paranoid by Black Sabbath (1970): E Key
20) Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970): G Key
21) Funk 49 by James Gang (1970): A Key
22) Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin (1970): F# Key
23) Bitch by Rolling Stones (1971): A Key
24) Layla by Derek and the Dominos (1971): Eb Key
25) School's Out by Alice Cooper (1972): Eb Key
26) Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple (1973): G Key
27) Money by Pink Floyd (1973): B Key
28) Jessica by Allman Brothers (1973): A Key
29) La Grange by ZZ Top (1973): A Key
30) 20th Century Boy by T. Rex (1973): E Key
31) Scarlet Begonias by Grateful Dead (1974): B Key
32) Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974): E Key
33) Walk This Way by Aerosmith (1975): E Key
34) Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (1975): Eb - C Key
35) Stranglehold by Ted Nugent (1975): A Key
36) Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy (1976): B Key
37) Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult (1976): A Key
38) Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas (1976): A Key
39) Blitzkreig Bop by The Ramones (1976): A Key
40) Barracuda by Heart (1977): E Key
41) Runnin' with the Devil by Van Halen (1978): Eb Key
42) Sultans of Swing  by Dire Straits (1978): A Key
43) Message in a Bottle by The Police (1979): C# Key
44) Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) by Neil Young (1979): A Key
45) Back in Black by AC/DC (1980): E Key
46) Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne (1980): F# Key
47) Spirit of Radio by Rush (1980): E Key
48) Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983) :E Key
49) Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes (1983): A Key
50) Holy Diver by Dio (1983): C Key
51) Beat It by Michael Jackson (1983): E Key
52) Hot For Teacher by Van Halen (1984): A Key
53) What Difference Does It Make by The Smiths (1984): B Key
54) Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen (1985): A Key
55) Money For Nothing by Dire Straits (1985): G Key
56) You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi (1986): C Key
57) The One I Love by REM (1987): E Key
58) Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 (1987): D Key
59) Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses (1987): E Key
60) Sweet Child 'O Mine by Guns N' Roses (1987): E Key
61) Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue (1987): D Key
62) Cult of Personality by Living Colour (1988): G Key
63) Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue (1989): D Key
64) Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty (1989): E Key
65) Pictures of Matchstick Men by Camper Van Beethoven (1989): D Key
66) Thunderstruck by AC/DC (1989): B Key
67) Twice as Hard by Black Crowes (1990): G Key
68) Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson (1990): E Key
69) Enter Sandman by Metallica (1991): E Key
70) Man in the Box by Alice in Chains (1991): E Key
71) Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (1991): F Key
72) Give it Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991): D Key
73) Even Flow by Pearl Jam (1991): D Key
74) Outshined by Soundgarden (1991): D Key
75) Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine (1992): D Key
76) Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots (1993): E Key
77) Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz (1993): E Key
78) Welcome to Paradise by Green Day (1994): E Key
79) Possum Kingdom by Toadies (1995): E Key
80) Say it Ain't So by Weezer (1995): E Key
81) Zero by Smashing Pumpkins (1996): E Key
82) Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters (1997): B Key
83) Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground (1997): D Key
84) Smooth by Santana (1999): A Key
85) Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999): F Key
86) Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake (2001): D Key
87) Turn a Square by The Shins (2003): E Key
88) Seven Nation Army by White Stripes (2003): E Key
89) Hysteria by Muse (2003): A Key
90) I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness (2003): F# Key
91) Blood and Thunder by Mastodon (2004): D Key
92) Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet (2004): A Key
93) Reptilia by The Strokes (2004): B Key
94) Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand (2004): E Key
95) Float On by Modest Mouse (2004): F# Key
96) Blue Orchid by White Stripes (2005): G Key
97) Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day (2005): F Key
98) Steady As She Goes by The Raconteurs (2006): Bb Key
99) I Got Mine by Black Keys (2008): E Key
100) Cruel by St. Vincent (2011): F# Key

Related links:
ChicagoMusicExchange.com

Johnny Cash Would Have Celebrated His 80th Birthday Today; Check Out This Rare Picture Gallery!

Today, February 26, 2012, would have been Johnny Cash's 80th birthday! In celebration of Cash's 80th birthday, a year-long celebration of the Man in Black's birthday begins this Sunday with ground-breaking on the restoration of his Dyess, Arkansas boyhood home - The Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project.

From picking cotton to help his impoverished, Depression-wracked family; to his exhausting tour schedule; to struggling with a serious drug addiction; to his songs about guns, murder, revenge, punishment and repentance—Johnny Cash was a troubled man who sought redemption through his music.

To commemorate what would be the county-music master’s 80th birthday on Feb. 26, several celebrations, projects and events are scheduled throughout the year. Cash’s boyhood home in Dyess, Ark. is being restored. Columbia/Legacy will release a series of archived recordings, starting with a collection of his gospel and spiritual songs from 1970s and ’80s called Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth, which will be available in April. A Johnny Cash Museum is scheduled to open this summer in Nashville.

Check out some more "rare and unpublished photos of the Country music icon" that Time Magazine just posted on "LightBox". Enjoy. And Happy Birthday, Johnny!

Click here to read more about Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash's 80th Birthday, this Sunday, 2/26; Rare Images By Time Magazine Available

This Sunday, February 26, would have been Johnny Cash's 80th birthday!

A year-long celebration of the Man in Black's birthday begins this Sunday with ground-breaking on the restoration of his Dyess, Arkansas boyhood home - The Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project.

Time Magazine just posted this beautiful "LightBox" of "rare and unpublished photos of the Country music icon." Enjoy. And Happy Birthday, Johnny!

Click here to check out some VERY rare photos of JOHNNY CASH

Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Celebrations - Tributes To The Man In Black Announced!

America's much-treasured icon Johnny Cash, who would have turned 80 years old on February 26, will be the focus of a series of tributes and celebrations in 2012, starting with the official ground-breaking of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project in Dyess, AR. 'A number of family members including Cash's children Rosanne, John Carter, Cindy and Kathy Cash Tittle, plus at least seven of his grandchildren, will be on hand for the launch event scheduled to take place February 26, 2:00PM at the Dyess Community Center, followed by a birthday tribute.

Said Rosanne Cash, "February 26th, 2012 marks the 80th anniversary of my father's birth. On that day, the extended Cash family will gather at his boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home project: an undertaking long in the planning, and a great honor and thrill for our family. This entire year we celebrate not just his roots and history, but the breadth and depth of his artistic legacy, his spirit and authenticity, and the love and rhythm he brought to all our lives which continues to inspire millions of people around the globe."

The Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project will be a permanent tribute to Cash's early life and that of his family's, as well as reflect an historical slice of American life during the 1930's Great Depression. Arkansas State University is spearheading the restoration of not only the house that Cash grew up in and its various outbuildings, but has taken under its wing several other Dyess historic buildings in an effort to preserve the town's rich heritage. ASU's end-goals include the establishment of a Johnny Cash museum, a space for educational workshops, classes, and demonstrations, the creation of tourism-related jobs in the town, and providing scholarships to ASU for deserving students from the Dyess area.

ASU's Dr. Ruth Hawkins, who initiated Arkansas's Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and other Arkansas heritage sites, is overseeing the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project. "We are working very hard to achieve authenticity in this restoration," said Dr. Hawkins. "Based on photos and the recollections of family members, the house will be furnished as it was during the 1930s and 1940s when the Cash family lived there. We've gone so far as to take core paint samples from the house and send them for lab analysis to ensure that we have the correct colors.

Fundraising for the project began last August with the first annual Johnny Cash Music Festival held on the ASU Jonesboro campus. The concert featured performances by John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, and many others, all of whom donated their time. The Cash family is committed to hosting the Festival yearly, and has earmarked all proceeds for the Dyess restoration project.

Johnny Cash, known as "J.R.," grew up in Dyess Colony, an agricultural resettlement community in Arkansas that was part of the "New Deal," the government's economic program that provided relief to desperately poor families. In 1935, the Cash's were one of 500 original families who received a brand new Colony house, 20 to 40 acres of land, a mule and seed for farming (less than 40 houses remain). Life in the Dyess Colony served as a tremendous influence on the young J.R., with the back-breaking work he did in the cotton fields, and the music he sang in church and heard on the radio providing the inspiration for many of the songs he would later write, such as "Five Feet High and Rising" and "Pickin' Time."

Also set for this year-long birthday celebration is the opening of the new Johnny Cash Museum in downtown Nashville. On display will be many items from the legendary House of Cash that closed in 1999, as well as additional memorabilia endowed by the Cash family. Details will be announced shortly. Also in celebration of Cash's 80th birthday, Columbia/Legacy will release a series of archive titles beginning with Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth slated for April 3. More information will be announced shortly. In addition, three documentaries on Johnny Cash's life are in various stages of development.

Separate from spearheading their father's 80th birthday celebrations, John Carter and Rosanne Cash are each busy with their own projects. Rosanne, whose book "Composed: A Memoir," was released in hardcover last August and called "one of the best accounts of an American life you'll likely ever read" by the Chicago Tribune, is currently writing a new album of original songs based on Southern themes and people. In March, Simon & Schuster will publish "Cat In a Rhinestone Suit," the third in a series of critically-acclaimed children's books written by John Carter. His "House of Cash: The Legacies of My Father" was released last October.



Related links:
Official Site of Johnny Cash