Johnny Cash (with Marty Stuart) sings "Rusty Cage"

[LilOlBigMan]

Love having this man as my cousin :D

[wthjrtx1]

@LilOlBigMan

I'm from Poyen and Pine Bluff. Just 20 minutes from Rison. So very nice to meet you here.

He has been gone for such a short time. What do you think Johnny would say about what is happening in our country right now?

I'm cousin to William Barret Travis and Mark Twain. We are America. God Bless ya!!

[TheBalkanBlitz]

Why would any Soundgarden fans take offense by this cover, including me??? Cash is an ICON, and Chris is probably honored by this. And it's great cover version btw. Love them both.

[gaiseric666king]

Mr Cash brakes the cages of any song and makes them legends just like himself!!!!!!!Thanx for giving us your musicaltalent Mr Cash!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[metledsabbsthica]

i love soundgarden and johnny, anybody badmouthing johnny f u. johnny is a god.

[metledsabbsthica]

i love soundgarden and johnny,

[WingmanUnited]

"Somebody shoot this motherfucker."

[devilrobbie25]

@WingmanUnited who

[wthjrtx1]

@WingmanUnited

Who are you talking about?

[DasGrausam]

Weird thing. I heard his version of this song awhile back - didn't like it. Then I heard "a song" on the trailer for Prey 2, and it was this song, now I love it - but as I'm listening to it now, I'm not really thinking about the Prey 2 trailer...

Cool song all the same, maybe I was just closedminded back then when I first heard it.

[dejavuman22]

This song just proves that Johnny Cash is the greatest Badass to ever walk the earth.

[RoryConwayAcoustic]

The man in black

[gudlaffy]

great song great cover great s....

[superbeziJ]

Wow jay had real guest

[lordsaddler89]

ektomorfs is better than this, but this is awesome, too

[mofoca22]

you can tell johnny wasnt well starting around this time cuz he dont sound quite teh same as he did on the album version

[SwampDaddy7]

Johnny was meant to sing this song.

[WolfmanJJJ]

Run Johnny Run :))

[johnnychopsocky]

Y'know, I'd say there's room for both versions in this universe. Each song has a right place and time where it shines.

Cash's version is a badass in a duster and cowboy hat roaming the wastelands while Soundgarden's version is a motorcycle screaming down an empty desert highway.

I think I have adequate room for both on my playlist.

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@johnnychopsocky Well said.

[McJeyd]

Please no one hate me, but i must ask, did cash cover soundgarden or did soundgarden cover cash?

[abargle]

@McJeyd This is Cash covering Soundgarden. A lot of Soundgarden fans take offense, but Chris Cornell is on the record as being honored to be covered by Cash. Used to work with someone who thought Social Distortion wrote "Ring Of Fire." Don't beat yourself up, that's what your fellow commenters are for!

[McJeyd]

@abargle Ok thanks! 

[deadenddude]

@McJeyd cash covered sound garden

[bigman300ful]

@McJeyd i don't know but Cash was the founding father of rock music,he started in 1955,he wrote rock songs before rock music was ever aired while serving in the Military,walk the line,cry cry cry and many others,now they claim he was the founding Father of Rock n Roll

[AKSKSMAN]

John Cash shows no personality while singing and is agonizing to watch. Not a very entertaining performer.

[radarlove007]

@AKSKSMAN I guess thats why he only sold a zillion albums.

[sbobfan8]

my dad use to go to his house all time and it pissed jc off

[hungsolow123]

Soundgarden was my favourite band in high school and probably still holds the greatest nostalgia of any music from my past. In my opinion, they were miles above any of the other grunge bands.

Having said that, Johnny cash completely owned this song. Just like "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails, it's now Johnny's song.

[myndwurx]

To Cash's eternal credit, He covered a great song. And then did it justice in his own style. I dig both versions for what they are, hard rolling music about indomitable will.

[abargle]

@myndwurx Far out! Somebody who gets it!

[CCRockit]

I got a crazy idea that just might work...

why dont we say Soundgarden is brilliant for creating the song Johnny covered and JC himself is brilliant for covering the song and giving it a different but similar edge.

think about it people, obviously Johnny liked Soundgarden enough to play their song.

[abargle]

@CCRockit Right on!

[sizefam4]

Awesome! This tune will live forever because of Johnny!

[thehornypuppy]

God this is so fucking amazing! One of my favorite songs JC style! God damn man! Almost makes me cry of fucking awe! Too bad i'm in public...

[kevdoom2]

everybody please stop arguing on who did a better version. these are to different music genres. its like taking john lennon and making him perform in a guitar battle against bucketehad. its gonna be completely different. so stop arguing and put commens in a way that dont start arguments on youtube. so just enjoy the song please and lets all jsut agree both bands are very very good.

[rocmaven]

Marty Stuart rocks the watseka theatre watseka illinois on july 2, 2011. i have my tickets. thats where the party will be.

[tb7la]

This is awful. What an insult to soundgarden.

[abargle]

@tb7la Oh, here we go again...

[opiumrebel]

@abargle

don't listen to people who don't understand

Soundgarden is my Life, my decade, my everything, thanks Johnny (bowing down before you) for praising the youth.

To all the haters and pseudo Soundgarden-Fans

The mighty Chris Cornell introduced this song at the 96 tour with this words "I hope I don't fuck this up, this song is dedicated to Johnny Cash." 'nough said.

[opiumrebel]

@tb7la

How does it feel to be stigmatised as a complete Idiot.

[opiumrebel]

@tb7la

better you brake your "Rusty Cage" and run.

[thehornypuppy]

@tb7la I dare say Cornell changed the way he played it live because of Cash...go listen to the MSN version of Rusty Cage with Cornell...it has the same break. And all in all you comment is very stupid xD

[Lawldudz]

@thehornypuppy you're absolutely right. Johnny's cover of Rusty Cage opened Cornell's eyes about covers and he basicaly changed the way he looks at song covers etc

[RankAndFileGuy]

@tb7la You're an insult to Soundgarden. Your own idols would beat the shit out of you for talking shit about Johnny Cash.

[saltjunkie77]

I've always felt that Chris Cornell was a damn good lyrical poet. Hearing the always powerful and legendary Mr. Cash sing Cornell's words, well, it's heaven. I think that Johnny Cash had a very open mind about music, and thank god for that 'cause as a huge fan of the original Soundgarden version, I can say this is a great cover of it.

[rocmaven]

marty stuart is coming to the watseka theatre watseka illinois on july 2, 2011. i have my tickets. are u going?

[mihsathe]

Johnny Cash = Legend

Chris Cornell = Legend

We need absolutely no confusion about that !!

[squeak1964]

I love this man--sadly missed musically!

[randomfrostname]

entrancmusic of the grinder!

[Geoff327]

i see 4 sad mother fuckers.



[dsfddsgh]

Who's the babe in the orange Dress?

[jimitriskax]

soundgarden kicks cash's ass.

[abargle]

@jimitriskax Today it is true to say that Soundgarden rocks harder than Cash; 100 years from now, it will be safe to say, "Soundgarden who?" while visiting monuments dedicated to Johnny Cash.

[NevermindVzla]

@abargle Soundgarden who ? ;)

[Audioslave3]

@abargle No fucking way will anyone say that about one of the most talented and daring bands in the history of music!

[Lawldudz]

@abargle not necesarily. The grunge movement was a very significant thing in rock history. Soundgarden will always be credited as one of the chief architects and one of the big 4 of the Grunge movement.

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@abargle Stop underrating Soundgarden: Cash was an incredible artist but so were the chaps from SG.

[cuntrytrash]

@jimitriskax Soundgarden's version was good, I will give them that. But now this song will live on forever thanks to Cash.

[orrez74]

@cuntrytrash Cash's version has only 90K views, how is your statement viable? The original has 715K on vevo and it was uploaded a full year later.

[cuntrytrash]

@orrez74 Sorry, views don't mean shit. A video that pops up first in a search engine generally gets more views. Doesn't mean it's better, worse, or anything but FIRST in a search engine.

[vinylscience3D]

@jimitriskax you oughta ask Soundgarden about that first.

[JCHURP0]

@jimitriskax

in your dreams

[bareknuckles2u]

this just kicks ass!

[thenormog]

ok cover. Not best not better then sound garden.

[schism1986]

ahahha look at how he handles the guitar to the other guitar player by the end of the song!!! "just hold that, bitch."

[barstowron]

an indication of the quality of composition is the variety of genres a particular number is covered in, take Nothing Else Matters for example, from mainstream rock through country to classical orchestra.

[rocmaven]

Marty Stuart comes to the watseka theatre watseka illinois on july 2, 2011. i have my tickets. are you going?

[opiumrebel]

When the forest burns along the road...

It's rainin' ice picks on your steel shore......

Only a genious can write words like this.

Be praised Chris Cornell.

[2011rcm]

A lot of people don't know that CASH helped out punk bands get a start in the music industry, helping them meet the right people to financing and producing them. What a guy!

[e6e2e3e1]

3 guys can't break their own rusty cage.

[abargle]

@everybody: I posted this clip because I think Johnny Cash kicks ass. But Cash would be the first to say that, in America, people have a right to dissent and I would agree. As long as the discourse is respectful, there's room for everyone's view. Look at it from their POV: they're probably Soundgarden fans who prefer the original version. I can understand that—I like Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" better than I do Cash's. So what? God Bless the First Amendment!

[Airphel]

This one "smolders" with hate like none other. Yes metal and grunge and all the other good stuff is blatantly angry, hostile and what not, but this is just smoldering hate... I love it.

[666MASTEMA666]

3 people out there need to get the crap beat out of them

[abargle]

@666MASTEMA666 Maybe, but that's not what Johnny Cash would do...

[upyanuts]

Never knew JC covered this one, this is great.

[rags1488]

Marty Stuart and Johnny Cash two of the greatest players and singers period.

[rocmaven]

The great Marty Stuart will rock the Watseka Theatre Watseka Illinois on Saturday July 2, 2011.

[freqeist]

love Johnny cash.

[vaibanez17]

I love this song but it just seems like Johnny Cash is just having a small bit of trouble with some of his notes here. It's still great though just because it's Johnny Cash. I don't think he's missing the notes, I think the notes are scared of him lol

[jeevsrocks]

whoever just said cash wrote this song is mentally retarted. this is by soundgarden, on the album badmotorfinger, written completly by chris cornell..

I respect cash, but personally i like the original better

[pigsfood27]

he also sings "hurt" by nine inch nails

[WickedTRX]

More impressive than "rusty cage" is imo "hurt" he made it his own!

[oarcrazy2802]

Johnny cash wrote the song lol. Who are these idiots saying he was fan of soundgarden bahaah durrrr!

[animalhouse654321]

@oarcrazy2802 Chris Cornell wrote this song. Johnny Cash covered it

[Swampickle]

Leno's a stink finger.

[opiumrebel]

What a tribute to Chris Cornell, a guy who could be very well Chris's father performes an outstanding cover of his songs.

That's the true handing over the torch.

If I had written a song and Johnny would cover it I'd be ready to die.

[MrHypermoto]

Songs is transcendent, its totally up Cash's alley. Loving this version. Leno's a douche tho.

[MrHypermoto]

Songs is transcendent, its totally up Cash's alley. Loving this version.

[BAHZONE]

Hail Johnny Cash! Simply awesome!

[SaintJ44]

Johnny Cash had such a vast taste in music.

[illneverw84u]

sen fuckin sational

[CRAIGARRR]

Mr. Cash has got some class!! Thanks for posting this!

[curbshoppin]

Johnny knew what was good and he played it his way ....just a great video thanks for posting

[onstageagain]

My darling Johnny Cash... I rem the day when I would see Johnny anytime I wanted ... he floated all over the South in the 70s ... it was no big deal... but then BOOM ... couldn't get near him after John Travolta made that cowboy movie.

This man was the greatest... Johnny Cash use to say that George Jones was he best country ever to come out of Tenn...

I miss you my brother... Twyla in ca... from Arkansas...

[suckTTvapor]

That... kicked friggin' butt!

[pilleusw]

the 80-years old drummer is sooo kickass xDD

[Just4Meeeee]

Too bad Tom Petty's band couldn't make this show - the guys that they had fill in were REALLY sloppy and weak! Cash handled it like the PRO that he is, and kept it going. If I had been JR, I would have planted a size 13D boot in the drummer and keyboard players backsides!

God Bless You Johnny and June!!!

[darlene3351]

love you

[shagmydog]

its hard to believe that he liked sound garden but then hes such a rebel and open to music that it shouldnt be!

[thefatpiggytail]

him singing hurt......timeless.

[NewMexicoSunset]

Legend. The man who sings for the down-trodden. Country music, and this nation, will never have another like him.

[CCRockit]

Wow

Johnny Cash not only had a strong influence on punk rock

but hes also a Grunge fan (or atleast soundgarden)

[jul150]

His performance is great as always, but the short interview with Jay at the end is priceless.

[powerimprint]

I'll be seeing you soon Johnny. Thanks for the memories

[HurtFamily1]

I love this!!!! I don't think anyone could have made a better cover of this Soundgarden song!!! This is why Johnny Cash is/was awesome!!!!

[RaNk323itsmynamegeez]

better without those gay keyboards plus the electric guitarist sux here.

[MyJarOfFlies]

he cant compare to crises vocals :)

[opiumrebel]

@MyJarOfFlies

Who wants to!

[mjd2314]

is thier anyway to down this version on a ipod or somthing?

[sharqi666]

this is why johnny rules, he gets the idea of a song and runs with it in his own way. cheers to you johnny wherever you are in the cosmos

[Hotdog40404040404]

Soundgarden version kicks this version's ass

[SebaChannel]

i think that this is a good version but cornells voice is better

[N8Core14]

These people had no idea just what they were watching.

[SovietTelevision]

I had low hopes for this but this is an awesome version. Sounds great as a strummy country-ish song.

[sittnonchrome]

a legend covering legends.

[crodrigo]

We need a willing musical genius to convert this to a soul and R&B song. Those gospel like lyrics would do such a version justice. Where is Donny Hathaway when you need him? R.I.P.

[Thekahn45]

1:44 gives me chills. Such a bad ass moment.

[jarson69]

What does Johnny said at the very end of the video about the President´s wearing a 12 shoe size??? around minute 6:10 I mean. Thanks.

[jarson69]

What does Johnny said at the very end of the video about the President´s wearing a 12 shoe size??? around minute 6:10 I mean. Thanks.

[CCRockit]

I love how Johnny has the most intresting taste in music

i can't see Johnny headbanging to Soundgarden and June probaly looking at him like "Has he lost his mind?"

Whats funny is he dresses like a metal head he influenced alot of alt and punk rock

[fossilman01]

Cash said it like it was!!!

[transltion]

Jon Fitch is the best. He gets way to much hate fav WW

[doricrazy]

LEGEND doesnt even BEGIN to describe him

[sisusuomi]

Johnny, Willy, Waylon, David Allen Coe, Merel etc. We are approaching an end to some great country artists. Maybe some of the more traditional youth coming up and the not so in the lime light will shine as the oldsters fade away.

[AlexTronic777]

Rusty Cage gives me the courage to do anything.

[oaxacadream]

Both Johnny and Marty are my Idols in mind, "Youth , plesae , look upon them as much , as all the others like Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, Paco de Lucia.......You are the "NEXT GENERATION " !!!!!!"

[bseltd]

Marty used to be married to Johnny Cash's daughter. Cindy Cash I think it was. Not sure about the name but they were married but later divorced. Yep, not much better than those two together. Marty is my all time favorite. Not for all the music but just the cool guy he is and the respect he shows for country music tradition. Need more like him!

[thedoc2224]

u r completly rite something about what they produced...amazing i miss the man so much...

[jlslreyn]

Is that Santa on the drums?

[codymax21]

Thats Don Rich's Silver Tele Marty is playing - Cooler than COOL!!!!

[johnfright]

Hell yeah, I hear that.

[Waymore15]

@codymax21, It's actually Buck's tele, he gave it to Marty and kept Don's, you can tell by the neck on it.

[myrickman]

oh God I love you Johnny Cash : ) great video.

[shidi55]

@myrickman

Of course I love Johnny Cash too!!!!!

[funlivelife]

Wow....The Johnny fucking Cash was a fan of Soundgarden?.....Cash was a metalhead believe me.....prolly head-banging to Jesus Christ Pose in his shower.....J Cash knew good music and was a legend RIP!

[21Assasin]

@funlivelife soundgarden is good but their cover of this song is SHIT

[oleander2882]

You're joking, right? Soundgarden didn't cover this song. It IS their song. Johnny Cash covered it.

[21Assasin]

@oleander2882 yeah i just learned that today actually. i just assumed because usually you don't see shit songs get covered and then have a better cover than the original usually it's the other way around

[Eifler121]

@21Assasin They wrote this song dumbass

[bittlepops]

@funlivelife I thought soundgarden did the cover

[bojanks15]

@bittlepops no

[cuntrytrash]

@funlivelife It was more or less Rick Rubin damage. Cash covered many artists that Rubin produced. In the liner notes to this album Cash mentions never hearing about these amazing songwriters Rubin introduced him to and says something to the tune of "I love songs about God, trains, prison, murder, misery and love. Rusty Cage must be in there somewhere..." paraphrased, loosely.

[Walpat2008]

@funlivelife I would have picked him as a Blow up the OUtside World man myself. Johnny and Soundgarden, what a combination!!

[Kaylos911]

@funlivelife It was actually Rick Rubin's idea to cover the song. He liked it, but he didn't think he'd be able to cover it because of the "height" of Chris' melody line

[quikfax]

@funlivelife I once heard a story that Johnny and son John Carter went to a Metallica show, and the got backstage after the show. Allegedly Metallica themselves practically quaked in their boots when Cash showed up.

[craig4465]

@funlivelife I think that Soundgarden was a fan of JC

[CannibalKlok]

i saw marty stuart here in texas tonight talking about johnny cash, heartbreakin shit. marty is still a badass

[shidi55]

"and run"

[JUNSKI517]

Cash knows great music..

[TheProlific1980]

I says I wear a 13 D...wicked lol

[capufool]

YEA JOHNNY! Sound garden is awesome. so is cash

[wvmtnr]

This show has to be during or after the year 2001 because President Bush was in office when Cash won the Kennedy award.  Thanks for uploading!

[thiagoariel69]

NICE PERFORMACE HELL YEAH

[110berserker]

omg!

i thought that was from Soundgarden,since i heard that first...

Okay,text is same but the style and voice is way different xDD

Good song

[jesseamato]

It is originally written by Soundgarden. Johnny just covered the tune. There is a video with Chris Cornell talking about how he liked Johnny's version.

[glencoe6305]

Killer !!! we didn,t know what we had, now it's gone ! God Bless Marty Stuart for getting this going ! Also, check out Marty's show every Sat. nite on RFD-tv on satallite tv. He has a variety of performers-Rock, rock-n-roll, bluegrass, hillbilly, gospel, what a true American legend !

[hvymtlfn]

two of the greatest in all of music Marty and John.....it doesn't get any better than this...

[lgwelsh1]

So powerful and so much soul. Johnny definitly made this song his own. Wow

[caine931]

I deeply respect Johnny Cash, but please...dude...not this song... Cornell 4-ever!

[morphinlounge101]

After this cover Chris introduced "Rusty Cage" on the subsequent Soundgarden tour " I hope I don't fuck this up". So good ol' Chris deemed this cover higher than his original.

[qwer4o]

Excuisite. The great baritone is gone but the presence is there 100%.

[tnredskins]

Great to see Johnny and Marty Stuart. Johnny is gone but I still follow and enjoy Marty Stuart. Johnny sounds wonderful.

[RoseShattuck]

Thanks for posting. This keeps the music alive forever.

[DarthSeptic]

Cash is amazing. I always wanted to see this live! Thanks for uploading.

[calbaptist08]

You can see, if you watch closely, the very early signs of the disease that would evnetually kill him. And yet, even as he was starting to go downhill (as it shows a little in this vid), he shows that he's still got what it takes.

THAT is what separates him from "the rest".

[milvagochimango7]

he's got problems to get into the song, problems to hold the aggressive, revolutionary mood of the song... but he succeeds, he gives fever to the listener's bones, he's a legend!

[marcjames86]

what year was this please?

[pipipwpw]

GREAT COVER!!

[jhadrovic]

Just awesome!

[highwayman012]

Excellent

[Armstrong112]

Awsome video, great!

[Cortexmelon]

More great video, thanks for posting.