American Man

Johnny Cash is gone, not a surprise after long illness and the hole in his heart where June used to live, but he left behind some immense, moving works. Check out his video of Hurt, his last video. A dark and heavy ballad, this is actually Johnny’s take on a Nine Inch Nails tune transformed into slow country blues. The video compares and contrasts Cash at 70 with his younger self and since it was made a while back, June was still alive and is touchingly behind him, a profound presence.

A sad second loss this week indeed.