Bobbie Gentry Johnny Cash Duet

[kenzadelphia]

perfect beautiful Americana, lots was wrong in 1970 and lots more is wrong today but stuff like this fills me with pride and wonder at the potential of our great country. Two great American artists casually as hell making perfect timeless music.

[wsidechris]

As sweet as Tupelo honey!

[pyrofella]

It doesn't get much better than this..... love it

[gary1961]

What a women Bobbie Gentry is, she is gorgeous.

[cfhincal]

fucken beauitful songs like this should b world wide.awsum

[robi2000]

she's about as gorgeous a woman that there is

[musclecarluvr1]

Wow i could listen to these two forever. Absolutely amazing voices from two legends. And Bobbie Gentry was such a FOX! This video should have more views.

[onebaud]

A boy named Sue was easily the greatest person born in my lifetime. I miss him and others of his time.

[Anrainerstaat]

He was one great flirter.

[robi2000]

@Anrainerstaat oh man i think June got jealous as heck at 1:50 seconds

[rabidx]

This is really wonderful...these are the days of music I am sad that I missed... This is what true country, folk, blues whatever you want to consider it sounds like....NOT the stupidness of today! -_-

[rebelsurfer90]

Shes so hot!!

[possumtail]

Listening to her talk she has the softest most soothing voice I've ever heard......can you imagine laying down for a nap on a hot afternoon and being lulled to sleep with that voice?......Sheer ecstasy!

[1tadders]

Johnny and Bobbie sound better than any other female artist I have heard. Handsome and beautiful and voices of angels.

[Cartercash4ever]

That is very true. However j. R. Always seemed to flirt with his female guests! Yes I do know that j. R. And June loved each other!

[windsong1a]

@Cartercash4ever Yes, John and June were love birds for sure. But John did flirt a lot. Did you ever see him with Jonni Mithchell on his show? Oh boy!....they BOTH were so smitten with one another

[Cartercash4ever]

I'm sorry to tell you but hurt was orignally by Trent reznor. J. R. Did the cover!

[danielrdrown]

I am well aware that Trent of Nine Inch Nails wrote' Hurt', but it was the Johnny Cash interpretation with its self reflective look back of a career ,life and mortality, its meaning to him, that blew me away.

[danielrdrown]

My favorite two country songs of all time are Johnny Cash's ' Hurt' and Bobbie Gentry's 'Ode to Billie Joe'. It's great to see both of them singing Hank Willams.

[Cartercash4ever]

Yes this is really good. I remember when this first aired but I always thought j. R. Was better!

[FlyVeeGuy]

this is just awesome,,grew up listening to this stuff,,love both of them,,as a musician,,at 47 I would love to play with either of them,,or both,,,I just love the song Fancy and till now only thought Reba did it,,she does a great job ,,,,,being that I,m a hard rocker with a Gibson Flying Vee ,,This is great music

[Cartercash4ever]

He looks that way cause he's trying not to hit on bobby gentry! I don't think he succeeded! He flirted with all the female artists! R. I. P. J. R. Cash!

[walleyrt69]

LOL Ol Johnny looks a little Horned Up !

[walleyrt69]

WoW! Where did you get this stuff ?

[Cartercash4ever]

Its a good thing that June wasn't the jealous type! R. I. P. J. R !

[bigdogmaniac72]

June knew Johnny was hers for keeps.

[roanoke703]

I'm a huge Bobbie Gentry fan. I didn't know this duet existed. I always hear where Jonny Cash was a great guy. This is a good combination.

[vidaricks]

we miss you Bobbie

[zombielust1969]

Everytime I hear the legend that is Johnny Cash, I think of my Dad, who passed 2 years ago. He loved Bobbie as well, she has a beautiful voice, he would have loved this....

[bottleblondieuk67]

Same here

[whh01]

He is definitely flirting with her. She has a beautiful voice.

[mnmn59]

he flirted with all atractive female guests God love him

[roanoke703]

Yeah, I thought the same thing (O:

[g9rocks64]

I'm not a big country fan, but this is a great duet and their voices blend perfectly! Gives me a whole new respect for both of them!

[bluegsp]

I love to hear her talk. I wish there were more interviews and conversations with Bobby Gentry, she has lost a little of her mississippi accent but she is still a joy to listen to.

[danieldrownr]

happy birthday Bobbie, July 27th...

[willyscj]

johnny must had a hard time keepin it his pants with this one,,,

[nice1kid]

Dam... that bobby gentry is hot...wish i had lived in chickasaw county (hope i spelled that right), when she was growing up...XXX to hot bobby gentry...!!!

[Pokechoppah93]

Yeah, and she had a voice that could melt your soul...

[spartaeus]

They sang really good together.

[MissSusieQue1]

wow..is it me...or does Johnny Cash's voice sound like hes singing when hes merely talking. Now that is pure........sighs happily.......:o)

[baddernoff]

Oh yeah!

[55SciFiGuy]

i wonder if big john tapped that ass, i think so

[mspratz]

They could have given Les Paul and Mary Ford a killer Chorus!!

[waltztherock]

Incredible. This is great! 5 stars!

[Reservoir1951]

i am the ultimate johnny cash fan, as we all are. this song hit me, i never heard it, it slipped past me, anyone know where i can find it?

[danieldrownr]

There is a rumor out that Rick Ruben has approached Bobbie to record for American Recordings. Her last televison appearance was in 1980 on an NBC special for Mothers Day.

[easygrip]

i know hank williams recorded banks of the old pontchartrain but this version has extra stuff in it that seems to be more of a medley and i don't know where the stuff about the katydid serenade comes from. i wish someone could tell me that.

[captainsmith1]

The beauty of this song cannot be denied, and cannot be classified by time period. Johnny and Bobbie sound unbelievable here, both in their prime. Bobbie is beyond fabulous, with her ten feet tall hair and eye make up from heaven, which was totally the style of the day. I have always loved the frankness, candor, and raw sexuality of her voice and eloquently composed songs. If any of you youngster want to see 'how it's done', this is it. And of course anything Hank writes is gold.

[charmedforever333]

This is the best thing ever!

[Sibelius19]

Two of the greatest voices ever recorded.

[doowaditti]

@Sibelius19

AMEN

[digitalpenis]

that's cool

[digitalpenis]

Those are some of my deepest roots of who I am, these kind of people don't exist anymore

[charmedforever333]

no but kids like me who are a heck of a lot like that do exist. Im only 15 and i sing all my own material that is a style people have called "Bobbie Gentry meets Peggy Lee". This music will come back!

[digitalpenis]

Your probably right, but it's hard to find people that can express them selves on a deep level with a that sort of innocence, I guess now adays only people of your age are able to feel this way, before adults were able to feel like this......... people today have seen to much and for them nothing is new, we are kind of dead inside, sad to say.....

[charmedforever333]

Yes i suppose so, but i too have seen a lot for my age, im an active member of the millennium campaign and I try to do all i can for Darfur.... that is my current goal, to bring the genocide in darfur to peoples attention. I do have hope that my generation will fix things...

[Bobb9999]

But the songs she wrote were far from innocent:

-"Ode to Billy Joe': The narrator's boyfriend makes a suicidal jump off the Talhatchee Bridge out of guilty despondence after the two have thrown their aborted love child off the bridge! It's not explicit, but that's the subtext.

-"Fancy": A girl of a poor white trash mother

is groomed by Mom to become a high class

hoe, to raise the family's financial, if not social standing! This one's almost explicit.

[YesClickHere]

that's heavy where'd you come up with those juicy details, never even heard about all that?

[booblikon]

read the lyrics, dumbass!

[YesClickHere]

all-right bootlicken cool

[guinnevere]

the lyrics don't state that's what they threw off the bridge, it's highly open to interpretation. at the end of the song, she throws flowers off the tallahatchie bridge... maybe he was just a depressed person and they were only ever throwing flowers off the bridge because they picked them together... they were lovers. there are many possibly explanations and the movie interpretation says he killed himself because of a homosexual encounter (which i dont agree with.)

[booblikon]

but all the greatest art is open to various interpretations. sorry for being so harsh.

[mjdoyza]

Amy Winehouse and Nick Cave?

[charmedforever333]

I LOVE BOBBIE GENTRY

[GenericGene]

Anything Cash does its dam good. R.I.P.

[jrcash999]

ol John is starting to look old there..

[snottyfufu]

He was just 1 month shy of his 38th birthday when this aired.

[BrockMasters9]

It's amazing the performers, all with different styles, who have performed with Bobbie and who count themselves as big fans of her's. And yeah that was the style back then. I love seeing pictures of my mom looking like that. Anyway it beats today's muffin tops.

[Diana5230]

Yes, that was the look back then and Bobby wore it very well. Love her accent!

[karentex]

OMG! that hair! HERS not HIS lol I love this song,,thanks for posting!

[CandyKane1]

Bobbie was the most glamorous performer of her time. Double false eye-lashes were where it was at!

[tennisaa]

aahh 40 pounds of makeup and jumpsuits

[Bellyflops2]

too much makeup

[danieldrownr]

It's 40 years ago luv(that was the style)

[daveschick00]

And I followed you, Big River, when you called.

[jitterbug121]

very nice...Thanks 4 posting :)

[danieldrownr]

Anyone who doubts that Bobbie was a real country singer needs to watch this duet performance of the Hank Willams classic with Johnny.

[richardrockstar]

How lovely!!! Ms. Bobbie "Smokin' Screamin' Hot" Gentry, everyone. 

I love the duet with Joni Mitchell as well.