Cash, Johnny - Luther Played The Boogie Lyrics

very cool and VERY old. im class of 1973 .and its older than me.

Luther Monroe Perkins.... Whose guitar playing Marty Stuart once called Johnny Cash's "secret weapon." Johnny Cash hit it on the nail when he once told Ralph Emery that "It didn't take us long to realize that Luther was something really special."

A whole song dedicated to his guitar player xD

One of my favorite records as a little boy
I wore it out. Great

dam good

Johnny Cash always sound so cool love his singing

Hard to believe Luther's dead 50 years today (5th August).

Those early early shows with Jerry Lee, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and JC all on the same bill must have some stories that go with them. All legends.

That last line always caught me off guard as a kid. It still does 17 years later.

Mighty fine a picking mighty fine

This sounds so much like Folsom prison blues

Game Geeks Inc. Luther played the boogie

This sounds better than the actual vinyl version I have.

Now didn't Luther play the boogie strange ?

Did Luther Perkins have social issues or was that just the way he was? Oh well, either way he's probably one the greatest guitar pickets to ever pick at a guitar.

GhostFire 689 yeah i know there jokes were weird and fucked up to us like they would cut huge holes into hotel rooms and they would take the legs off chairs and place them back so when the maid cleaned it would just fall to pieces

xero jt well that's an a hole thing to do

I think they were quite original pranks not like just throwing a tv out a window....

he was very camera shy

Working many years ago in Nashville, I was blessed to know and talk with Luther's wife (Margie) as well as the late Marshall Grant many times. I often asked about Luther's famous "stone face" countenance on stage and they both said it was something that carried over from the early days when Luther was usually unsure about his playing abilities. That famous "Luther look" just took on a life of its own as the years progressed, even as his playing abilities improved by the end of his life and fans just ate it up. Today, fifty-one years after his death, Luther's unique persona has become the stuff of legend. But the fact is that Luther truly loved being around people and people loved being around him. During Cash's worst days doing live show (especially the mass of shows he missed in the '60s but the TN3 would honor by playing instrumentals of Cash's biggest hits) huge crowds of fans would always gather around Luther either during intermissions or afterwards just to stop and chat with him - I know because I saw him perform "live" with the Cash Show more than a dozen times between 1963-68. Plus a lot of us older Cash fans who can still recall seeing Luther on stage or on TV were often amused (even entertained) by his famous deadpan look. In the end it didn't hurt ole Luther any since he and the late, great Don Rich (his constant grin was the exact opposite of Luther on stage) were arguably the two most visible, famous, and now legendary sidemen in country music...and today both men still inspire countless of pickers all these years later, which is one hell of a legacy! Pickers still TRY to emulate their sound and pick out their famous solos note for note, which pretty much says it ALL in my book. Unlike today, all it took was 2-3 notes at the start of any Cash or Owens record and you knew EXACTLY who the guitarist was and what voice you'd be hearing next! Buck and Johnny both admitted many times during their lives that they were lucky to have two of the most unique musical stylists playing by their side. And to quote Marty Stuart, "a Johnny Cash record without Luther's guitar playing on it was only half of a Cash record." I can't agree more.

My older brother had this & Listened at every chance I could, & when he wasn't looking! As I recall it was the B side to??? something pretty big. It is so much slower than how I remember it.

Yeah !!!

one of the best begginings ive heard

Luther Perkins

great song.

Thanks for the video and Thanks Johnny Cash! I love this sound!

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The man in black had the best music going!! I LOVE it

Mhm my name is Luther and to be honest i feel like doing to boogie woggie

I had this same record when growing up, from what I remember mine also had a skip near 1:28-1:28. :)

Play it Strange Luther!

I would love to hear the strange way Luther played the boogie woogie.

You just did.

Luther and the man :)