casey jones by johnny cash

[spart230]

"...he's a good engineer to be a laying dead " classic!

[WrathofKhanII]

I worry that in a few decades, nobody will know who this is

[oljefri]

@WrathofKhanII i think that you have to add a few centuries-millennium to that:) at least thats what i hope

[Kevin8942]

Wow the grateful dead is one of my favorite bands ever, theyre the reason I ended up on this video. But I think I like the Johnny Cash version more.

[mbabist01]

@Kevin8942 Oh for fuck's sake little boy, grow up and get a brain!

Casey Jones died in 1900, got it? The song was written by one of his close friends, got it? Cash sang the original version, got it? Greatful Dead wasn't even about the hero engineer, it was about some druggie, got it?

Get your fucking head out of those fucking video games and into some books, little boy!

[Thepatton420]

@mbabist01 actually they took the original an modified it to suit there style an old black man that worked on that train created the song

[giantcheesetaco]

@mbabist01 if you truly are talking to a little boy which you redundantly seem to hint at and especially if you are attempting to "educate" him then I suggest you watch your "fucking" mouth

[waywardsons67]

@mbabist01 what sort of low life animal are you? If you are talking to a little boy, then behave like a grown up adult and not some self righteous egotist who is deluded enough to think he knows everything. Clean up your act and get a life. Gutter mouth.

[mbabist01]

@waywardsons67 GET A BRAIN, COCKBREATH!

[fjcaron]

I like Johnny Cash's version best.

At any rate, as someone who was a locomotive engineer, who ran passenger trains, we all aspired to run our trains on time and be hard chargers. Certainly was never interested in taking trips to the promised land, but if it happened by way of an accident beyond my control, so be it.

[MountainMan323]

How many people sung about Casey Jones ill I know Grateful Dead, and Warren Zevon ( same version ) and then Johnny Cash.

[clintonearlwalker]

Jones shouted to Stevenson to reverse the train then told the girl to get off the tracks in almost the same breath. Realizing that she was still immobile, he quickly swung into action. He raced to the tip of the pilot or cowcatcher and braced himself on it as he reached out as far as he could to pull the frightened but unharmed girl from the rails. -Wikipedia

[JCSDisciple1]

a classic with a song about a classic.

[benlorenc]

Riding that train, high on cocaine!

[sunrecords56]

This was also done by Gene Autry in 1940. a really super effort in the early days of movie Music.

[Ace4929]

jc and cj coincedince?

[TrackMaster555]

6 people are morons

[TazewellFire]

My name is casey jones. Casey jordan jones

[hudsonline223]

Casey Jones=one of the best men to live on Earth. R.I.P. Engineer Jones.

[sirhonestharry]

Drivin' that train...high on cocaine... *sorry but its a much version

greteful for the Grateful Dead!

[coolman1558]

@sirhonestharry dude that's horrible, if that's what Grateful Dead says they have no CLUE what happened. Look up Casry Jones on the internet to see why that comment offended me

[colinclarke1000]

Brilliant 5 stars... big fan of johnny cash thank you for posting

[bigfatdoggs]

is this the same casey jones the Grateful dead sing about?

[urbanexplorer1996]

@bigfatdoggs i belive it is !

[ZXC5000]

111 Years Ago today. RIP Mr Jones

[eliotwilson1]

lol

[wcbbernie]

al good john r cash  the train man

[plurguy16]

RIP John Luther "Casey" Jones, 1863 to 1900, 2min behind schedule, "Short Flagged", loving husband and father of three.

"get her there on the advertised"

[12yearoldengineer]

you like casey jones dont you



[GreenIsForGo2]

I didn't know Johnny Cash was a TMNT fan. Turtle power!

[Roadkill807]

The class is pain 101 and the instructor is Casey Jones.

[geoffybellofiore]

JC and CJ!!

[MrPanterafan999]

@geoffybellofiore my name is CJ. It wouldve been cooler if casey jones was my real name hahaha!!

[PistolPete2]

Now ole Casey Jones was a son of a bitch.

He drove his train in a twelve foot ditch.

Ole Casey said before I die,

There's a few more things I wanna ride.

Tricycle, Bicycle, Automobile,

A bow legged woman and a Ferris Wheel.

[WickProductions]

There are 4 Justin Beiber fans

[cowboytony47]

Awesome music

[thekillertoaster]

i like the grateful dead's version so much better

[wowza191]

MY FRIEND IS CASEY JONES :OOOO

[MrBoyd1989]

Who came here expecting a cover of the Grateful Dead's dead song?

[divinegardner]

@MrBoyd1989 me hahah

[rareskee]

@MrBoyd1989 me.

[LuvItachiWeasal]

The ballad that brought to tell a story of Casey Jones into an great American tall tale.

I love trains of steam locomotives and railroads.

[peglegpeggy]

Damn, I only ever knew that tune as the "Good and Plenty" song!

[borncountryful]

John Luther Jones, nicknamed for his birthplace, Ky. Cayce

thanks , great song.

[PaulieRomanov]

Reminds me of Tweetsie Railroad!

[awesomemidget47]

He's my great great grandfather actually

[shaeshae1323]

ur lucky to have someone that legendary in ur family

[icecoldhubbas]

Wow. Very nice.

[ant67hony]

omg.what a blast from the past,we used to sing this at school when i was 9 years old(im 42 now).what memories.thanx 4 da post

[texasdustfart]

thnx

[bartmatton]

i like the grateful dead's version better

[WiiGeee]

@bartmatton uhh two different songs there.

[KonradAdenauer]

@WiiGeee

Yeah. You'd think the lack or references to cocaine would have clued him in.

[CitySlickerHillBilly]

I love it.

[texasdustfart]

Due to Casey staying on the brake to the very end there was only one death and that was Casey, pierced through the neck by an Iron rod.

[zeak62]

lol

[zeak62]

laugh out loud

[KonradAdenauer]

I thought he died from a piece of wood through his head. (?)

[texasdustfart]

According to 0812201 it was the throttle lever. He corrected me three weeks ago (see below) and viewing his web page I am confident in his expertise.

[KonradAdenauer]

Thanks. I'll check that out.

[lee11991964]

Superb version by Johnny, I agree with HJMC3345 you could almost be on the foot-plate with Casey....great stuff.

[HJMC3345]

This is one of my all time favorites. Highly stylized arrangement.

You can almost hear that big steamer flying through yards with the wistle wailing, engine moaning with the big greasy fireman moving tons of coal.

And Oh god, what a commotion the collision made in south miss that night.

You can feel it all in Mr. Cash's voice.

[WadeBlazingame34]

Nice description. I agree... I love it when they sing about trains and the whistles and traveling across the country. Nothing better...

[americanfighter77]

wow, i've been listenin to johnny since high school and somehow never heard this song. whats the story behind it?

[zacharymich13]

JOHNNY CASH THE BEST

[Bortherhood]

did he write this song?

[bigfishcatcherdw]

No, Cash did not write "Casey Jones". It originally written by Jones' fireman Sim Webb, (mentioned in the song).Webb was a black man and recorded it first I believe. But soon though the song was stolen from him by various others to the point where Webb was forgotten as the composer. Others have tried to take credit as the composer but it was Sim Webb that actually wrote it.

[mtchair4me]

Must be a good song - it still lives.

[beowulfcicero]

No, I think it was written by Wallace Saunders, another black man who worked for the railroad and knew Casey Jones. I don't think he ever recorded it; this was in the earliest part of the 20th century when sound recording was not yet done commercially. Mississippi John Hurt recorded it in the 1920s.

[ONRrailfan]

Johnny Cash and Johnny Cash are sitting in heaven singing this song together

[sportsbra]

" R I P " SIR JOHNNY CASH !!"

[lazlowithguitar]

Friend you were so tough...

may you rest in peace casey jones .

[intercity735]

i like wreck of the old 97

[brendanpig7]

its amazing that he was the only fatality

[justanotherdeadhead]

great old music that is distinctly american. oh, johnny cash playing doesn't hurt either...really, how can you not like johnny cash?

[bdr910]

Just heard this song while ridding the train at Dollywood.

[nicholasbreeden]

i heard it again today :) at dollywood

[sethallenevans]

Yea it does

my favorite part is "well be on time or were leaving the rails" thats great would have been nice to see trains run in the days of a non FRA regulated enviroment

[nicholasbreeden]

mine is "a hand on the whistle, a hand on the brake. North Mississippi was a-wide awake"

[hudsonline223]

all hale casey jones

[stuntman7769]

cassssseeeeeyyyyy jjjjjooooooones

[anthony1962]

From the truly underappreciated yet classic Cash concept album BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS from 1962. - which also had one of the coolest looking "burning red" album coverrs as well!

[mccatey]

i <3 thys song

[phoenix1916]

Great tune thanks for posting!

[01AlyandAj10]

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[rick5653]

classic cash and song=5*****

[seanybiker]

Johnny Cash and Casey Jones. both legends.

[J44ns]

i agree

[locomotion60]

@seanybiker I also agree

[wippudaeu]

@seanybiker legendary visuals

[Jennyfermc]

Great!

[CARASPANO]

great version is best johnny cash

[KubilayKerkuklu]

super super casey jones casey jones