Rick Rubin’s brilliant vision of putting a microphone in front Of JC with just his guitar and soulful voice of experience was genius, and we are fortunate to have the American Recordings as a result. Hey, Rubin’s the guy who put Run-DMC and Aerosmith together. Johnny was disgusted with the lack of interest shown by Columbia Records in the 80s, and recorded the very funny “Chicken in Black” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uM87NTFW4) in an effort to get away from them. It worked, and after short stint with Mercury Records, Mr. Rubin found him and rest is recording history. Great stuff, all round.
The Vigilant Lens
This is one of my favorite covers.
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It may be Trent’s song…but Johnny, I don’t know, his
version is very powerful.
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That’s a pretty powerful message there. You don’t want to be left with that kind of sadness.
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You could almost feel the hurt….
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Rick Rubin’s brilliant vision of putting a microphone in front Of JC with just his guitar and soulful voice of experience was genius, and we are fortunate to have the American Recordings as a result. Hey, Rubin’s the guy who put Run-DMC and Aerosmith together. Johnny was disgusted with the lack of interest shown by Columbia Records in the 80s, and recorded the very funny “Chicken in Black” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uM87NTFW4) in an effort to get away from them. It worked, and after short stint with Mercury Records, Mr. Rubin found him and rest is recording history. Great stuff, all round.
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I really like Johnny’s version…I’m familiar with some of Rick Rubin’s work with various bands, sounds like I need to check him out further.
Thanks Els
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