Johnny Cash " How High is The Water Momma " rare video

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • ...When a man does not need his boots...
    Johnny cash, june carter and peter seeger.

Komentáře • 277

  • @TheMinnesnowtan
    @TheMinnesnowtan Před rokem +38

    I’m 19 now, he passed away 4 months before I was born. I would do almost anything to meet my idol. R.I.P. Johnny, I hope to see you someday

    • @imonlyareject
      @imonlyareject Před rokem +5

      I feel you. I just turned 21 i was a year old when he died. I wish i was born back then but at the same time im glad we can keep his memory and legacy alive 🖤

    • @TheMinnesnowtan
      @TheMinnesnowtan Před rokem +3

      @@imonlyareject you and I are in the same boat. I honest to god think I should’ve been born 3-5 decades before. But you’re right, we’ll keep their earthbound voices alive through our children, hopefully

    • @imonlyareject
      @imonlyareject Před rokem +1

      @@TheMinnesnowtan Definitely! 🖤

    • @markbouldin6513
      @markbouldin6513 Před rokem +5

      You know I'm 61 and I read that when JC walked into a room full of people or stepped off a plane on any continent there was a reverence for the Man in Black......

    • @markbouldin6513
      @markbouldin6513 Před rokem +5

      ​@@TheMinnesnowtanHey Thank's and savor your youth..... I'm 61 and as Charlie Daniel's sang "year's gone by like Whiskey over ice"

  • @Red_1911
    @Red_1911 Před 3 lety +54

    He’s keeping his cool even when higher than the water

  • @ericm4788
    @ericm4788 Před rokem +12

    Literally the best Johnny cash song to this date, what a story my god

  • @anombrerose6311
    @anombrerose6311 Před 2 lety +5

    I am 70 yrs old. I don't remember seeing johnny cash looking that young, but my folks were somewhat fans of his music, I most likely did. I have long memories of a lot of 1950's personalities, including this song which came to mind just a few minutes ago.
    I was thinking it went to at least 8 or 9 feet, but I guess not.
    Anyway, I was really shocked to see Johnny that young. Though I have memories of his contemporaries that young and even younger.

  • @briand3677
    @briand3677 Před 2 lety +43

    Completely stoned and still nailed the interview and song. One of a kind he was.

  • @floydblandston108
    @floydblandston108 Před 2 měsíci +1

    No one forget the huge thanks we owe June Carter for keeping Johnny true to himself. What I see here is a man tremendously burdened and fearful of his own upbringing and failures, turning them into the sort of universal truth that saves millions, and June made him strong enough to sing them out loud.

  • @deeway1963
    @deeway1963 Před 14 lety +58

    THE COOLEST MAN TO EVER GRACE THE PLANET EARTH!

  • @sharonwilfong503
    @sharonwilfong503 Před 2 lety +4

    Love that rich, low Cash voice, both speaking and singing.

  • @wegettinarabmoney
    @wegettinarabmoney Před 10 lety +127

    You can tell the grip that drugs had on John in this video. But it's more like he didn't use them to get high....more like to just get by....you can tell the pain he's going through with the drug struggle. June, gotta love you for saving that boy!

    • @adbirds
      @adbirds Před 8 lety

      yep

    • @TheKingEnoch
      @TheKingEnoch Před 8 lety +6

      He doesn't half kick up the voice when it's 5 feet high and rising, it's moments like this that made him a man in black... Personally I'd love to know what was going through his mind. Many a time he was lost but he never seemed to loose his way.

    • @madeleinehague648
      @madeleinehague648 Před 7 lety +10

      'Lots of love for Johnny Cash. A giant. June said no matter who was on stage - no matter how famous, glittering, hit-making - they just about disappeared when John walked on the stage.

    • @michellebond7971
      @michellebond7971 Před 6 lety +9

      You could tell she was upset with him in this video, though..even though she did save him..he made her angry, knowing she loved him is what made her angry..it does make you angry seeing someone destroy themselves..been through it myself and gave up on them because they cared more about their drugs and alcohol than me..

    • @reneebarone7484
      @reneebarone7484 Před 6 lety

      What year is this video? I think he looks good!

  • @sdmac007
    @sdmac007 Před 8 lety +10

    amazing video. Johnny wasn't well back then - thanks June, you lifted him from the depths

  • @mistyjump3155
    @mistyjump3155 Před 2 lety +2

    I love these old songs about their younger days. If you close your eyes and listen it's almost like you are right back there with them. Johnny, June and Elvis will always hold a place in my heart. When music was great. Side note, I have a picture of my Uncle with Jonny and June. It's something I cherish.

  • @user-fl6hh2gr5d
    @user-fl6hh2gr5d Před rokem +3

    Johny is the best country singer of all time

  • @dustinschoemaker5268
    @dustinschoemaker5268 Před 4 lety +51

    I love Johnny cash. You can tell he was tweaking on some speed in this interview.

    • @Popcorn_Kernel
      @Popcorn_Kernel Před 3 lety

      No can't be lol

    • @johnnyparker5163
      @johnnyparker5163 Před 3 lety

      heroin

    • @Colinshreds69
      @Colinshreds69 Před 3 lety +3

      @@johnnyparker5163 nope

    • @terjehansen0101
      @terjehansen0101 Před 2 lety

      @@santinocapone1080 Because you're a man. And you actually know stuff. Don't become a mouse. Sure you might have regrets, but don't let them show. Ha ! That might be a lyric of some sort.

  • @mrbeaverstate
    @mrbeaverstate Před 10 lety +15

    Perfect example of a country song, nothing more to be said.

  • @paulmarsh5325
    @paulmarsh5325 Před 4 lety +7

    What a sad, but gifted man!!!

  • @kmcwhq
    @kmcwhq Před 13 lety +20

    Thin, jaunty, wired, and AMAZINGLY TALENTED in a natural way.
    This is truly an amazing video, showing the raw, shy, TRUE talent of this man.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this

  • @t4texastom587
    @t4texastom587 Před 2 lety +3

    R.I.P.
    Johnny Cash
    Luther Perkins 🎸

  • @bearbryant3495
    @bearbryant3495 Před 9 lety +11

    My parents lived through the same flood. My dad lived a good way from the river so they just got stranded for a few weeks till the water went down. My mom however lived about 4 city blocks from the river and her house was completely under water. She spent a week living in a funeral home and everything they couldn't carry either washed away or had to be burned

  • @bobsch3902
    @bobsch3902 Před 5 lety +3

    Die Stimme unverkennbar. Er war ein Talent

  • @SafetyMentalst
    @SafetyMentalst Před 3 měsíci +1

    Rain rain and more rain
    All this rain is but a pain
    High water is to remain
    An now we must maintain
    I abstain from the profane

  • @maureenrickard2
    @maureenrickard2 Před 9 lety +3

    Johnny Cash has always been my hero such a legend and he helped so many people from all walks of life

    • @rogerhuff9556
      @rogerhuff9556 Před 9 lety

      +maureen rickard you wont find this one just anywhere

  • @myrac2011
    @myrac2011 Před 8 lety +4

    What a gem this is!! 3 of the nicest folks.....wow!!

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman Před 3 lety +13

    I love this song Johnny Cash is such a legend

  • @jcw999
    @jcw999 Před rokem +2

    The Great Johnny Cash.

  • @The_General_Owl
    @The_General_Owl Před 4 lety +8

    I gotta say this is all that I need to hear to feel whole.

  • @joemcmillan2089
    @joemcmillan2089 Před 6 měsíci

    I saw Johnny live at the Oakland Coliseum in 1969.
    Great show that included the Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Marty Robbins Sr and Jr.

  • @56grayghost
    @56grayghost Před 11 lety +3

    Always have liked this old song, but this video is the best version I have seen or heard. Too bad nobody is capable of writing anything like that nowadays.

  • @paoloboniardi7398
    @paoloboniardi7398 Před 3 lety +1

    JOHNNY CASH TE BEST IL PIÙ GRANDE INARRIVABILE UN GIGANTE DELLA MUSICA COUNTRY ROK

  • @christopherhurley223
    @christopherhurley223 Před rokem +2

    This song hits me deep for some reason..

  • @TruegrassBoy
    @TruegrassBoy Před 12 lety +95

    How high is Johnny Momma?

  • @darrinconnor7
    @darrinconnor7 Před 10 lety +23

    1:19 Can't tell you how many times I've done tha lol!! and getting the evil glare from the old lady. June aints to happy with John here. Unbelievable how you can totally relate to certain people you have never known. John feeling absolutely no pain here.

  • @strafrag1
    @strafrag1 Před 2 měsíci

    I always heard that one should write about what one has experienced in life. Johnny sure had done that.

  • @angelamarcotte3623
    @angelamarcotte3623 Před 5 lety +3

    This song came to me this morning when I thought of the snow this year and I knew it was Johnny that sang that song

  • @gregorymichalski4411
    @gregorymichalski4411 Před 6 lety

    Brings me back to to the big flood on the old Miss. Back in 1965 I think it's still a record ... Everyday the difference on the radio played this song and everyday the river rose higher ...Think of this song every time I'm in or see footage of floods ...

  • @mj8900
    @mj8900 Před 4 lety +6

    Legend Icon! 🇺🇸2020 still got Johnny playing Hell Yea! RIP

    • @jasonvanhook1456
      @jasonvanhook1456 Před 2 lety +1

      That ledgen is still playing herein Ohio 4/7/2022 my birthday

  • @peterjason731
    @peterjason731 Před 4 lety +2

    1st Class☺️.RIP Johnny

  • @mollymindfreak
    @mollymindfreak Před 7 lety +2

    I love his stories and songs

  • @AliceMulle
    @AliceMulle Před 8 dny

    I love this ❤❤❤

  • @za7mya
    @za7mya Před 4 lety +3

    how high is johnny momma? five feet high in the clouds 😭.

  • @danielhackman8115
    @danielhackman8115 Před 5 lety

    Mississippi River flooded this year the last two years it's been flooding up north to so the song does really mean something to me right now

  • @DanDDirges
    @DanDDirges Před 11 lety +3

    Johnny Cash wrote some great songs but He also sang alot of great covers! I always admired that about Him. He wasnt so proud as to not sing other folks songs.

  • @ZaraHell666
    @ZaraHell666 Před 9 lety +13

    how high? very high.

  • @ericperkins4221
    @ericperkins4221 Před 4 lety +1

    That was awesome.....so real

  • @chrisloewen2994
    @chrisloewen2994 Před 2 lety

    Every spring we sing this song as we watch the red River flooding.

  • @3155DOGMAN
    @3155DOGMAN Před 4 lety +1

    Talented Arkansas Boy.

  • @goat8252
    @goat8252 Před 2 lety +1

    There will never be another man in black

  • @Breakbeats92.5
    @Breakbeats92.5 Před 4 lety

    His ability to craft a strong narrative was second to none, and I grew up on rap music.

  • @jcw999
    @jcw999 Před rokem +4

    Nobody sings like that anymore!

  • @1965sgtrock
    @1965sgtrock Před 12 lety +3

    Absolutely fantastic! Yes, although wrong titled, thanks for posting. What a voice.

  • @undertaker131313
    @undertaker131313 Před 14 lety +1

    to bad hes gone i loved everything about this man

  • @reedhryals7007
    @reedhryals7007 Před rokem

    Joiner Arkansas is my hometown I went to school at Wilson from 1st to 12th. Dyess is about 6 miles from joiner going gravel roads. I new a man who lived in his house for a few years. Joiner is hometown to alvin bennett who started the chimkmonks. His farm benwood was next to our farm . Him and my dad were friends so everytime they had a new album he would bring us one.

    • @reedhryals7007
      @reedhryals7007 Před rokem

      Now joiners claim to fame is JJ da boss hometown to

  • @3155DOGMAN
    @3155DOGMAN Před 4 lety +8

    Johnny is speeding on speed for sure.

  • @kaladse6858
    @kaladse6858 Před 7 měsíci

    Der coolste Sänger aller zeiten❤

  • @heyoldman2003
    @heyoldman2003 Před 4 lety

    And we have high water today 😲. Our favorite flood song 👍🏼👍🏼 Skagit County . Washington State 2/6/2020

  • @tristannoonan1206
    @tristannoonan1206 Před 5 lety

    Wicked tune by a great storyteller

  • @dayzztrippert
    @dayzztrippert Před 12 lety +2

    wow johnny unplugged and alwayz a storyteller almost lit the wrong end of his cigerette, but played and sang like only he can

  • @eternalwytch1313
    @eternalwytch1313 Před 13 lety +3

    He was still addicted then, June was still fighting to clean him up and save his life.

  • @theguitarczar
    @theguitarczar Před 11 lety +16

    as a kite, Papa!

  • @Chrisamos412
    @Chrisamos412 Před 2 lety

    My parents saw Cash in concert, it was in his early days, not sure when but it wasn’t long after I was born which was ‘62. They said that when the curtain opened, he was sitting on a stool, he was so stoned that all he did was sit there, apparently people started booing him and that was about it for the concert. My mother was annoyed and my Dad said he could of cared less anyhow.

  • @haveabarryniceday238
    @haveabarryniceday238 Před 6 lety

    Beautiful

  • @maryanneweldon8040
    @maryanneweldon8040 Před 5 lety

    Man..Johnnys all pilled up

  • @lisastephan434
    @lisastephan434 Před 4 lety

    Wow. Thank you for this. This is the world I used to know.

  • @marklaechel4537
    @marklaechel4537 Před rokem

    I was waiting for him to play De La Soul's "Three is the Magic Number"

  • @colmoreilly1323
    @colmoreilly1323 Před 2 lety

    What a treat of a video

  • @ianpaterson7225
    @ianpaterson7225 Před 6 lety

    A True,"Rare Hidden Gem!"

  • @waiteswaite
    @waiteswaite Před 2 lety

    Watching in a pineapple 🍍 express rain storm the Sacramento river delta oct24 2021 happy heavenly birthday dad.

  • @DanDDirges
    @DanDDirges Před 11 lety +4

    Little did Johnny know at the time that it was the Ford Model T that made the waters of the mighty Mississippi rise. (according to Al Gore)

  • @GayleJonez
    @GayleJonez Před 11 lety +9

    Its sad to see how drugs can mess people up. He's barely functional but he had a great talent. Probably could have done so much more with himself! Interesting to say the least.

    • @jettzzyz
      @jettzzyz Před 4 lety +2

      Personally, I feel like it helped him with imagination oh wait you commented 6years ago lol

  • @TarsoTiffany
    @TarsoTiffany Před 10 lety +1

    Great video, thank you !

  • @StooGP
    @StooGP Před 3 lety

    Phil Ochs used this melody when he did the sharp topical parody in 1974 called "How High's the Watergate Momma?"

  • @Backsta88er
    @Backsta88er Před 12 lety

    Thanks for posting this

  • @lornebain3831
    @lornebain3831 Před 3 lety

    Still. Good today.....👍👍

  • @jahanindianern
    @jahanindianern Před 13 lety +15

    he is just about to light his cigarette the
    wrong way. :)

    • @torker25k
      @torker25k Před 4 lety

      How highs the bottle pop it's half full son

    • @zeexenon2240
      @zeexenon2240 Před 4 lety +1

      This boy in the late '40s remembers folks tapping their cigarettes on one end or the other before lipping the top and lighting up. They are all mysteriously dead now.

  • @jeremygoins7115
    @jeremygoins7115 Před 3 lety

    All great musicians were troubled and had problems that let them write the songs that you all listen and judge today. But said. If you dont have emotion you can't write a good song.

  • @jeffmarvell1950
    @jeffmarvell1950 Před 8 lety

    The legend!

  • @MrDanee22
    @MrDanee22 Před 4 lety

    Great video 👍👌❤️

  • @charleswilhelm7653
    @charleswilhelm7653 Před 4 lety

    Leaders, lead us forward. We must Bridge all obstacles???

  • @richardfreel1311
    @richardfreel1311 Před 5 lety

    Thank you

  • @marketwizz
    @marketwizz Před 11 lety

    Seen the water. Thanks Johnny!

  • @greghoing1
    @greghoing1 Před 12 lety

    the future of rock n roll

  • @freedomlikesummer
    @freedomlikesummer Před 11 lety +3

    Watch this video and then watch Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line. Phoenix got Cash's mannerisms down perfectly.

  • @056024
    @056024 Před 4 lety

    HE WAS HIGH, BUT WHAT A SONG

  • @bretmaverick879
    @bretmaverick879 Před 7 lety +11

    Tweaking Johnny! He was "gritting his teeth" good! How High is Johnny Mama?

  • @kaladse6858
    @kaladse6858 Před 7 měsíci

    Johnny be Cool 😅❤

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer Před rokem +2

    June is looking really worried ,,

  • @LARmdpc1
    @LARmdpc1 Před 8 lety +11

    Ironic that some drugs bring out inborn artistic ability in some to a higher level. But thank goodness he eventually kicked it.

    • @stephenmendoza1357
      @stephenmendoza1357 Před 7 lety +2

      OR YOU WIND UP ON THE LIST MJ, JANET, HENDRIX... AND ON AND ON!

  • @richardthweatt1994
    @richardthweatt1994 Před 3 lety

    Jesus Christ is our Savior! I was laying here my head was hurting boy . I said Jesus make my head stop hurting ? Why is it hurting?I am supposed to ask Why or be able to answer . Why my head be hurting!

  • @michellerosemarieflynn8897

    my sons gramma has june carters banjo they knew johnny and june said they were alot of fun to be with another perfect couple

  • @AlexParez
    @AlexParez Před 12 lety +17

    Wow! Yep, Johnny was pretty "high" in this clip and for this show, yikes! And he looks AWFUL. What a difference between this and his live performance on his TV show later on in the 70's after he got off the drugs, at least for a time. Great clip though of course and thank you so much for posting this!

    • @irplane
      @irplane Před 3 lety

      Looks like the real Johnny here, a few years later he became old johnny.

  • @darlalawley
    @darlalawley Před 10 lety +31

    How high is Johnny right now??

  • @jesusisreal7398
    @jesusisreal7398 Před 3 lety

    Johnny cash the legens

  • @topdroog
    @topdroog Před 13 lety +1

    @123213184 More than that, in my opinion. The work of Johnny Cash is truly "Americana," in a gender-defying way few artists can manage. I know rock fans, metal fans, punk fans, hair band fans, dance club music fans, etc. They ALL dig Johnny Cash.

  • @gyorgyolah7649
    @gyorgyolah7649 Před 5 lety

    Hi Hi's a Wather , Papa ... What a greeeeedat SONG - master !
    from
    Hungary,
    Igen .
    J R Rules 4 Ever !

  • @MikeListon
    @MikeListon Před 8 lety

    Nice interview wish you had the whole thing ♡

  • @prongs97
    @prongs97 Před 11 lety +4

    John is wasted in this video. Good post.

  • @pootietang22
    @pootietang22 Před 12 lety

    EVERY RAPPER TALKS ABOUT SWAG. THIS IS SWAG. THIS IS WHAT THEY TRY TO DO.

  • @frontporchanarchast
    @frontporchanarchast Před 5 lety +2

    I love Johnny Cash's music. But I hate that he was tweaking in this video.

  • @cark4065
    @cark4065 Před 4 lety

    He’s four feet high & rising. Damn 😁

  • @theresevohnoutka7672
    @theresevohnoutka7672 Před 5 lety

    BAM!!

  • @tylerkessler4021
    @tylerkessler4021 Před 25 dny

    He was super high here