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It Ain't Me, Babe
I recently bought and re-watched the 2005 James Mangold film "Walk the Line", a Johnny Cash biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. The story charts the meteoric rise of Johnny Cash (Phoenix) amid the Rock 'n' Roll explosion from the southern states of the USA. The plot focuses on the relationship between Cash and June Carter (Witherspoon), a country singer whom Cash pursues, destroying his young family in the process. We follow Cash through his addiction to prescription and eventually harder drugs and, eventually to his now famous live performance at Folsom Prison.
I've never been a hugh fan of Rock 'n' Roll or country music, in fact, I've never really paid much attention to either genre. Sure, they would eventually evolve into the Rock and Indie scenes of which I am a hugh fan, but, I suppose, I've always been ignorant to it's history and heritage. I have since started listening to Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis et al. on Spotify and am becoming a big fan. I suppose this was perpetuated by the fantastic performances of Phoenix and Witherspoon who sang every song featured in the film (and accompanying soundtrack) and learned to play, from scratch, the guitar and autoharp respectively. An impressive feat. I'm now trying to work out if it's wrong that I prefer Joaquin's version of some of Cash's songs...
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