Tracks: 1) Run Softly, Blue River; 2) Frankie’s Man, Johnny; 3) That’s All Over; 4) The Troubadour; 5) One More Ride; 6) That’s Enough; 7) I Still Miss Someone; 8) Don’t Take Your Guns To Town; 9) I’d Rather Die Young; 10) Pickin’ Time; 11) Shepherd Of My Heart; 12) Supper-Time; 13*) Oh, What A Dream; 14*) Mama’s Baby; 15*) Fool’s Hall Of Fame; 16*) I’ll Remember You; 17*) Cold Shoulder; 18*) Walkin’ The Blues.
Johnny's "darkness" ie the man in black, is what made his "preaching" that much more palatable and secretly more piercing to the conscience. Much like his pal Jerry Lee he was a man with lofty reverance for the Sacred but all too easy a familiarity with the Profane. It's that dichotome that prevents him from being too preachy. In the end, I think Johnny was a live action storyteller, in that unlike a preacher would approach a bible text as an outsider and expound on it, he would inject himself into the narrative of the hero/villain, faithful husband/cold blooded killer, living legend/dead criminal and recite the story as sort of moralistic soliloquy. As it happened, I never really got this until my 40s, so your assertion about getting him when you're older is correct.
Johnny's "darkness" ie the man in black, is what made his "preaching" that much more palatable and secretly more piercing to the conscience. Much like his pal Jerry Lee he was a man with lofty reverance for the Sacred but all too easy a familiarity with the Profane. It's that dichotome that prevents him from being too preachy. In the end, I think Johnny was a live action storyteller, in that unlike a preacher would approach a bible text as an outsider and expound on it, he would inject himself into the narrative of the hero/villain, faithful husband/cold blooded killer, living legend/dead criminal and recite the story as sort of moralistic soliloquy. As it happened, I never really got this until my 40s, so your assertion about getting him when you're older is correct.