I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY by JOHNNY CASH 1960

[TheTROJANMAN2014]

Todays music has gone to shit. We need to go back to easier and simplier times. People were happier then.

[KLUNKET]

I love this song so much... with all due respect to Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, Dean Martin did a version of this song that is so beautiful and over time has become my favorite version.

[mrlivingimpaired]

I've never heard this before. Simply beautiful. Johnny and Hank have to be rolling in their graves with the way country is ending up

[laneese1970]

I love this song! I love Johnny and Hank...Bless you for posting!!!

[rickard1177]

omg i get so sick of people comparing justin bieber to old school people bieber sucks ok we get it if you stop talking about him other people will too

[KLUNKET]

@rickard1177 - people make that comparison all the time because they are disgusted with what passes for music these days. To think that a talentless FREAKS like Beiber and Swift have become all the rage, and radio sweeps the true legends like this under the rug just turns my stomach. The only thing that makes me feel better is that 100 years from now people will STILL be talking about Cash and Hank, and those other idiots will be LONG FORGOTTEN.

[BradBrassman]

@KLUNKET Because the freaks you talk of are just the leaves who, after one season fall, dry up and blow away. Jimmie Rogers, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash are the trees.

[rickard1177]

i think hank moans it and cash sings it

[johnny2phatty]

i'll trade eminem lil wayne justin timberlake justin beiber for johnny cash hank williams and elvis ...not a fair trade i know.. but =)

[realsolutionnumber9]

this version is better than the one he did with nick cave .

[imthedorf1964]

@realsolutionnumber9 This is good, but I like the Nick Cave version better cuz it's so slow and brooding and sad.

[dave2806]

miss you johnny rip

[yabuddy90210]

R I P Johnny. great musician.

[MrAmerican40]

Grab on to this and hang on.... there won't be any more. the best in country music singers has come and gone !

[ElLocoIncrivel]

Him voice make any music feels perfect but togheter with a perfect music like this one, it make a very pleasure experience to heard

[TheDesertsItalian]

Why'd they have to go? Johnny was getting old, and although I miss him, his time had come

But Hank...Hank was so young. He didn't deserve to die...

[Zeratul723]

Johnny, why'd you die on us boy? You were supposed to be immortal.....

[deadleppards76]

Hank is king of country! but johnny cash is second for sure.

[Zeratul723]

Johnny, why'd you die on us boy? You were supposed to be immortal......

[CamillaCalamity]

This song (particularly the original Hank Williams version) expresses perfectly how I feel right now: being lonely, sad, crushed, defeated, and depressed...and all because of a damned man! They say fools fall in love and now I know why. I sure feel like a fool.

[alanyoung2]

@CamillaCalamity Dont worry you'll find the right one, it just takes time.:)

[HughGWrekshin]

The thing about Volbeat's new version, other than just being a great new take on the song, is that the uptempo of it adds hope that things might get better. This version makes you think life is over...

[1223339]

@HughGWrekshin Well thats the point of this song, and the original by hank williams sounds even sadder. Old country music usualy had sad slow somber music to it.

[BrightZtar1]

The saddest song ever sung....it makes me feel .... well.... You know.

[zeak62]

Hank is still KING.

[8770snake]

What a beautiful song. I like the hank version, but this one just gives me chills.

[heyhaila]

Well I know Johnny Cash as an icon. But it's a bit of thrill to hear the raw tomato before it was conformed to an aspic mold.

[nottooquickjonny]

Victory Bar and Grill norfolk V.A ........A good place to party ....good juke box

[MisterSlothfull]

I think Hank would be proud of Johnnys cover of this great song. That is the great Don Helms on the steel guitar. He was one of the main "Drifting Cowboys" during Hanks short time on this planet earth.

[MissSarcasmistic]

I do enjoy both William's & Cash's versions, respectively.

However, I will admit, at the danger of being virtually flogged, that I prefer Michael Poulsen's (from Volbeat) to either of the aforementioned singers...

[shinesinpines]

@MissSarcasmistic wow i justed listened to that cover, and, um, i can see why you'd think that now.

[MissSarcasmistic]

@shinesinpines yeahh. it's clearly a more modern band's take on the song, but it gives a nice balance of rock/metal and the soft lyrics. Amaaaazing, IMO.

[bajagreaser420]

as much as i love the man in black i have to say man, god meant for mr hank williams and only him to sing this song. this hillbilly in baja mx got reckon truth when he recknons it

[sunzsu]

way better than the newer version on american records

[ShamelessMan]

this is shit. a horrible Hank Williams cover that never flew. I like johnny cash, but this is no less that pitiful, and if this pisses a few hillbilly a holes off, so be it. i know where you live. in the hills. duh. and lol

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[MrStonedonweed]

This is great, but i must say good ol Hank is a head by a little=)

[juichiban]

Williams was Williams and Cash was Cash, and neither was meant to sound alike.

[cowboytony47]

I can can understand this song,johnny cash was one of the best

[basenjib123]

Well done...not like Hank but then again nobody is or was including Cash.

[jimbogs1]

Every bit as good as Hank Williams,thanks,this is great !!!!!!!!!!!

[hto1971]

cash one my fav butt this songs oly belongs to hank

[frankiem1988]

The fact that Johny Cash looked sooooo rugged is actually what made him so beautiful and easy to look at.

[derdelyi]

@frankiem1988 WHAAAT lol that was a rugged Cash god your smart guy lol he looked like a 18 year old farm boy!! Check out some Cash pics or history before you sound like a retard which is too late. He looked RUGGED WTF ????

[pblount5885]

Where are you at!!! The country music business is alive and well in the South.

[basenjib123]

Love Cash but he is not even in the same league as Hank Wlliams....sorry but its the truth.

[murchadha1]

@basenjib123 both johnny and hank r masters of country

[RealBigR]

This is awful. Nobody but Hank should be allowed to sing a Hank williams song.

[Grantrus71]

@RealBigR I hear you, Realbig, But I love JC...I still hear ya!!

[VilquinProductions]

Steel guitar on a Cash song? Crazy! Thanx fur sharin'!

[1943AngelEyes]

Wonderful singer although we miss him also he too will never be forgotten I remember as a child going to a neighbors house just so I could listen to her radio she played country music all day long however Hank Wiliams was the original singer I see you have his on here also gonna listen to him again next brings back good memories from my childhood good channel you got here. Hugs Bobbie

[julesoz1]

GORGEOUS

[MoonDoll69]

this song gives me chills

[straight2helll]

Hank the king of country Cash the king of everything else!!!!!!!

[PeakofPower]

This is such a sweet song. It always get to me every time I hear it. Those who see this should listen to it, even if you're not a fan of Johnny Cash, cuz you might like this song, though. If not, comment why. It's a high recommendation. This would be good for any sad scene or funeral scene in any move; heck, it may be even good for my funeral.

[RealBigR]

Ruined a truly great song.

[withpaul123]

how so?

[Anokpoet]

I like this version but I think the version he did later in life with Nick Cave just feels more emotional. It could be Johnny's voice and the sort of minimalistic feel of it but too me it feels more like the song should be. Hank's original and this version are great and of course props to Hank for writing such an amazing song but these two versions (Cash '60 and Hank '49) still have that country feel rather than the raw emotion it requires.

[tree1309]

this is a good version..cash did him proud..

[BigBrotherToby]

Cash dedn't write it but he sang it from his soul. Ole Hank wouldn't be disappointed bout how Cash sang it. he probably happy people still enjoy the songs he wrote.

[jdiggler1]

It's good,but it's still not hank.

[horbergaren]

no, it's cash you fool

[thismanonfire]

it would be like voltaire trying to write the Canterbury Tales. They were both classics, Hank and Cash, but different. This version is good, but no hank williams

[pepsiboy7]

All respect to Johnny, but Volbeats version is better...

[franksaninocencio]

I'm so lonesome, I could cry. :(

[pittresident]

Whimp. Crybaby.

[yeauxxx]

Way cool!

[CanadiaNecro1]

I finally checked wiki and Hank Williams wrote and recorded it. Johnny Cash did a recording of the song after Hank's death.

[CanadiaNecro1]

Did Hank Williams write this song?

Or was it traditional or...?

Who has the rights to it now?

It's such a beautiful and sad song! How come country music is so good at breaking my heart?!

[amd87]

johnny cash orginally wrote it

[irishzeppelin187]

No. He didn't.

[Hotoldmen99]

Hank Williams Written and recorded in 1949!! august 30, 1949

[NakedGirlsRCool]

Johnny was Hank's heir apparent...Johnny did a great rendition. Of course not as good as Hank's, but come on...no one was Hank, but Hank.

[GeorgeStrait1986]

Awsome! I really Love his version, & Elvis' too!~ I Love Johnny & Elvis....

[fassbender1979]

This is yet another great example of Johnny's great talent for making songs written by other artists truly his own.

[jessearon123]

elvis does good job at this song too

[kitkatjoe50]

Don Helms who played with Hank recorded this lp with J.C.

[GreenGreenGrasOfHome]

Very close to Hank's original. Sounds older than the original and is very good, but not as good as the original.

Just J.R. Cash was able to record a Hank Williams song in a perfect way.

[ThomasDeLello]

He sticks very close to the Hank Williams origional arrangement, just without the violin. part.

[sillykidssong]

Johnny Cash's voice with this arrangement sounds wrong, because Johnny never had a very "country" sound in his voice like Hank did....Johnny was more like a crooner set to rockabilly - think about his music esp. after Sun Records.....he was basically crooning maple syrup, not singing honky tonk music like in the 30's-40's....not to take away from Johnny, he was the best, but lets face it, he didn't sound like a hick, like the way most people sterotype country artists.....

[DevilDiablo13]

Sillykidssong - it seems like some people might disagree with your comment but I would have to agree with you. Johnny wasn't a country voice like Hank... Johnny Cash was just simply being Cash. What drew people to him was that he represented the working class, the blue-collared folk, henceforth why so many Country lovers embraced him so much...

[iloveclassics50]

i love that photo -its so cute!

[baybeebluz]

Love Johnny, but the best version is Hank's. Johnny doesn't have the twang in his voice that this song needs. Good version of it though!

[theemusic92]

@baybeebluz So true ! Cash seems as if he's moaning the song but Hank actually sings it ! I like both equally !

[sebastianthe4th]

5/5 with fav! lol love this song, reminds me of my grandpa.

[Eaglehawkfable]

I love older songs!!

[bigamusky]

wow its me

[JMAZZ80]

Hank III is a real rebel motherf*cker!

[LiamS92]

lol just like his dad and his grandad before him

[billabongsur]

Wish the music now a days still had the same soul and meaning behind it. I love this music, just born in the wrong time era..

[AndyFromOkee]

@billabongsur

I agree.The country music now is nothing but rock with some twang added.

[CFJAS]

did yall know Johnny Cash recorded two verisons of this song. This one, in 1960. and just resently in 2007 in his album American IV The Man Comes Around. Both very good versions.

[LiamS92]

yeah, i love everything John done throughout his life, yet i maintain that the music he made in his final days was some of his best

[LongHairRocker]

@CFJAS Yeah, the one off of IV is absolutely amazing. You can tell it really was his goodbye. It is the last song on the cd, I believe. It is truly amazing and haunting at the same time. JR Cash will never die. He may be gone in body, but he will always live on. The man was amazing!

[valleylad12345]

jhonny cash died in 2002

[bigmathafaka]

@valleylad12345 2003

[valleylad12345]

@bigmathafaka yea im wrong, it was 2003

[dwilli48]

@CFJAS I don't want to hear his 2007 version.

[CptTritium]

@CFJAS Johnny Cash couldn't record a song in 2007. He passed away in 2003. It was a remaster.

[shaldana]

@CFJAS

Honey - Johnny Cash didn't record anything in 2007. He died in 2003. It was probably a 3rd party album in which the 2nd version was recorded many years before.

[mrbadguy91]

@CFJAS he recorded another one in 07?? pretty cool since he died in 03 must have been interesting !

[JsgHair71]

@mrbadguy91 It was released in 07' and recorded in 03'. Rick Rubin had the good sense to get him in the recording studio in the months before his death and it is some of the most heartfelt and beautiful stuff to ever come out of Johnny Cash.

[mongol63]

@CFJAS Whoa how did he do that when he past away in 03?

[mayhemmarine]

@CFJAS I think it was released in 07 not recorded in 07 because he died September 13, 2003

[ToddGustafson]

Hank 3 is todays real country

[brimstonefoxfur]

true but i still prefer Jr

[conductorron]

and Sr.

[thewrathofthegrayfox]

my grandpa has a picture of himself standing next to hank in front of hanks packard

[runalong223]

what a good looking man.

[choachi2]

This is my song... (sigh)

[BIBOLO12]

A poor lonesome cow boy? May be........

[derekkeary]

Excellent version by Johnny Cash.

[SerralSnear]

johnny is der grösste!!!!

[iceravenii]

wow

[Nomed38]

I've often tried to sing this song, but I aleays get to choked up to finish. The songs out there nowadays just don't come close to this. I guess most country singers nowadays just don't know about sorrow and woe.

[ParkerAllen2]

One of the things that killed country music was the music video biz.  Suddenly everybody had to be very good looking. How many talented people we never got to hear because they couldn't get a recording contract we'll never know. Give me people like Johnny Cash whose experiences showed on his face, or someone like Ernest Tubb who looked like he just climbed off a tractor. Those were the authentic glory days of country music.

[schwarzamber]

Word

[JOHNRAMBO2012]

amen!

[laslos3]

agreed bro! I mean look at johnny paychech, waylon, willie all thise guys fit into people that prolly would not make it today....no matter how much beter they are than today's music.

[yathatisgood]

sea sick steve is brining it back.

[dsrtflwr]

@ParkerAllen2 Wasn't Cash considered handsome in his younger years?  I always thought he was.

[ParkerAllen2]

@dsrtflwr I would agree with you. Handsome and incredibly charismatic, but not the pretty boy, cover model type handsome that's favored today in country music. Like Merle Haggard, I think Cash had a lived-in rugged look. Part of his appeal is that he looked like a man who'd actually lived and knew something about life's ups and downs.

[dsrtflwr]

@ParkerAllen2 Yes, you're right. He had had a hard life, especially when he was kid. He definitely know about life; maybe even at a younger age than most.

[ForeverAnalog]

@ParkerAllen2 Well Patsy Cline was pretty good looking. And Johnny Cash wasn't ugly or anything. They had a lot good looking country singers back in the day. Loretta Lynn was gorgeous, so was Emmy Lou Harris

[ilovedjs2]

@ParkerAllen2 Johnny was hott when he was younger!! his voice is better but i get your point!! Just had to argue the point of a girl in her earily 20's lol

[Sniperhound4]

@ilovedjs2 oh wow lol

[StuffedMannequin]

@ParkerAllen2 That's the beauty of country, friend. It's honest, and it shows on the singers face.

[TonyB08]

@ParkerAllen2 The words you have spoken here are the truth, and it is truth that just don't seem to matter much anymore. That is too bad, so much talent goes unnoticed because they are not considered marketable. Too bad the execs don't realize that people are deeper then they give us credit for, we can and do look below the surfice.

[111Chance]

@ParkerAllen2

So very true. I don't think the music of today will ever have the staying power of the true country greats.

[EveAngela]

OMG Johnny Cash is fantastic. I miss him.

[JoeCamelCigg]

I love this song, its so great with the steel guitar!

[beeswaxer]

me to lonesome when she's not near. thanks alan

[CNS2]

The only version I like, by the only singer I like as much as Hank, Johnny made it work too... Thanks for posting this.

[powerrangerguy]

I've always loved this song, I guess the first time I heard this song was from this record.

[Jake939393]

i love this song exactly how i feel

[zaaritha]

So good!

[pmb003]

5* great video & awesome song

[jtls8]

Next to Hank, this is the best version I have

heard*****

[claysjavelin1]

Welcome back GREAT 5 stars