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Johnny Cash, wife win posthumous Grammys
Los Angeles, Feb 09: Late country music icon Johnny Cash has won a Grammy award for a heartbreaking video clip that served as a nostalgic farewell to his fans.
Los Angeles, Feb 09: Late country music icon Johnny Cash has
won a Grammy award for a heartbreaking video clip that served as a
nostalgic farewell to his fans.
His wife, June Carter Cash, last year, won two Grammys, and all the awards were accepted on
Sunday on their behalf by their son, John Carter cash.
It was not a complete sweep for the cashes though, as their duet
''temptation,'' was beaten in the country collaboration with vocals
race by James Taylor and Alison Krauss.
June Carter Cash won in the traditional folk album category for
her posthumous release, ''wildwood Flower,'' at the earlier,
non-televised ceremony. During the main event, her cover of the
Carter family's ''keep on the sunny side'' was named best female
country vocal performance.
''She's laughing and dancing somewhere,'' John Carter Cash said,
as he accepted the latter award.
Johnny Cash's clip for ''hurt,'' filmed at his home north of Nashville less than a year before he died last September, won the Grammy for best short form video, the first prize announced during the non-televised portion.
A funereal tune about depression written in 1994 by Trent Reznor of hard rock band nine inch nails, ''hurt'' was covered by cash on his last album, ''the man comes around,'' which has sold more than one million copies in the United States.
''My father, he can take any song and make it his own,'' John Carter Cash said. ''To take a song of such gut-wrenching potential and strength and fear and not lose his dignity is amazing.''
June Carter Cash died in may, before the release of her third solo album. Her son said she was able to hear the ''Wildwood Flower'' tracks, and review the artwork for the album, which he described as ''a real labor of love.''
Johnny Cash already had 11 grammys, including two he shared with his wife. She won a Grammy in her own name for her 1999 solo album, ''Press on.''
Filmed by director Mark Romanek in October 2002, the clip shows the frail, white-haired ''man in black'' sitting at a table at his Hendersonville home while June looks at him with concern. Some scenes were shot at Cash's nearby flood-damaged museum, complete with broken artifacts such as a shattered gold record.
The video includes old footage from cash's hellraising glory days, including a jailhouse performance at San Quentin in the late 1960s.
Bureau Report
Johnny Cash's clip for ''hurt,'' filmed at his home north of Nashville less than a year before he died last September, won the Grammy for best short form video, the first prize announced during the non-televised portion.
A funereal tune about depression written in 1994 by Trent Reznor of hard rock band nine inch nails, ''hurt'' was covered by cash on his last album, ''the man comes around,'' which has sold more than one million copies in the United States.
''My father, he can take any song and make it his own,'' John Carter Cash said. ''To take a song of such gut-wrenching potential and strength and fear and not lose his dignity is amazing.''
June Carter Cash died in may, before the release of her third solo album. Her son said she was able to hear the ''Wildwood Flower'' tracks, and review the artwork for the album, which he described as ''a real labor of love.''
Johnny Cash already had 11 grammys, including two he shared with his wife. She won a Grammy in her own name for her 1999 solo album, ''Press on.''
Filmed by director Mark Romanek in October 2002, the clip shows the frail, white-haired ''man in black'' sitting at a table at his Hendersonville home while June looks at him with concern. Some scenes were shot at Cash's nearby flood-damaged museum, complete with broken artifacts such as a shattered gold record.
The video includes old footage from cash's hellraising glory days, including a jailhouse performance at San Quentin in the late 1960s.
Bureau Report