Introducing You To The Johnny Cash Roadshow

We've just uploaded our Introduction To The Johnny Cash Roadshow video to our YouTube channel. It's a compilation of 12 songs that we have performed live and gives a great impression of what we love to do - play our tribute to Johnny Cash!

Leave us a comment if you'd like to let us know what you think.

Elvis & Johnny Cash Perform Rare Duet

This is Elvis (Ben Portsmouth) performing Brown Eyed Handsome Man with Clive John and The Johnny Cash Roadshow Band.

We really enjoyed having Ben perform at our charity show, in aid of Acorns, and the audience loved him.

Discover more about Ben's tribute to Elvis at his website:
www.elvistribute-band.co.uk

Acorns' Song Lyrics - Make the Most of Every Day

Below are the lyrics from Clive's song that he wrote for Acorns Children's Hospice.

The début live performance of the song can be viewed on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bae-VwtdZNU

The CD, and MP3 downloads, are available to buy from MixdupStore, with all proceeds being donated to Acorns.



Make The Most of Every Day

Hope springs eternally they say
Life has a funny old way
Of bringing out the best in us and doing all we can
There is faith and there's a love that never fades

You are so beautiful to me
Just one smile is all I need
It brings colour to my life, like a sunrise on the sea
As they say all the best things are free

Make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

This world can really get you down
Inside your head, the questions spin around
And it just doesnt seem fair, and it just dont seem right
But at the end of this tunnel there is light

Make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

I'll be there for you I hope you know
Come rain, wind, thunder, sleet or snow
There ain't nothing in this world that I would not do
To make the most of every moment with you

Lets make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

Copyright Clive John

Make the Most of Every Day

We have uploaded the first live performance of Clive John's song "Make the Most of Every Day", which was written especially for Acorns Children's Hospice.

This wonderful charity provides much needed care for life limited children by running three hospices, and providing care in the community, in the West Midlands, UK.

This performance was recorded at the Johnny Cash Roadshow's grand charity concert, in aid of Acorns, at the Malvern Forum Theatre. We were joined on stage by the wonderful Sytchampton School Choir (6-9 year olds), who also performed on the recording of the song, and Richard Gibson on the piano.

If you would like to help us with our target of raising £10,000 for Acorns then please go to our Just Giving webpage. Thank You.

www.justgiving.com/acornsjohnnycashroadshow

Our total raised so far is £2511.78. This total does not yet include the money raised at our sell-out charity show on 15 January '09. We will add this when we have confirmation.

CDs of the song, which also include a country version of the song, are available to buy from the MixdUpStore with the proceeds going to Acorns. The song is also available to buy as an MP3 digital download.

Purchase your copy of Make the Most of Every Day at the MixdUpStore.

Discover more about the wonderful work that Acorns does by visiting their website:
www.acorns.org.uk

Remember What's Important

Clive, the singer of our tribute band, has just uploaded a video to his YouTube Channel in memory of his friend Chris.

Chris passed away in 2005.

We echo his thoughts at this time of year; remember those who we have lost and cherish those that we take with us into the New Year.

This is the YouTube page link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fUcJYFS4D4

A Merry Christmas Song!

Clive John has written his very first Christmas song entitled “If You Are Listening”.

We've put it up on our YouTube Channel for you to watch.

Hope you like it. This video, the songs first public performance, was taken at our Johnny Cash Tribute Band Christmas Show on 20th December.

Signing off now for a few days to be with family and friends.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Clive & The Johnny Cash Roadshow!

Ben Wants To Live

Have you heard of Ben (BENNANTYLAD) on YouTube? A lot of people are discovering how good this young guy is.

We came across Ben's videos a few months ago and were really impressed by his performances, which just keep getting better and better.

We wanted to give him the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and so invited him to sing at our Johnny Cash Tribute Band Christmas Show on 20th December 2008 at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove.

We have just uploaded the video of his superb performance of John Denver's song “I Want to Live” to our YouTube Channel and added it to our Top 10 To Watch playlist.

Well done Ben! Merry Christmas to you and your parents.

Jim's Christmas

The Johnny Cash Roadshow always look forward to watching Jim's videos (jimmymac30) on YouTube and his latest one, I Pray On Christmas (a Harry Connick Jnr. cover), definitely hits the spot yet again.

It's only the beginning of December but, after hearing this song, we're certainly getting into the mood for Christmas - thanks Jim!

We've added it to our Johnny Cash Roadshow Top 10 To Watch playlist.

How do you rate it? Add a comment to this post to let us know.

I Guess They Do!

Earlier today we uploaded one of Johnny Cash's great little numbers, Guess Things Happen That Way, to our Johnny Cash Roadshow YouTube Channel.

We love performing this song in our tribute to Johnny and it always goes down so well with the audience.

Let us know what you think by commenting and rating the video on it's YouTube page - we always appreciate comments about our performances.

Why'd You Do That YouTube???

YouTube is a fantastic service and, let's not forget, it's free!

We just wanted to say a BIG thank you to YouTube for updating there video size to widescreen (16:9) format. Change doesn't always go down too well as it's not what we're used to but, after the initial “Oh S@*%!!!!! Why'd You Do That YouTube???” shock response ;-), we're really happy.

Most of the Johnny Cash Roadshow videos were filmed in 16:9 so they will now appear as intended. So, to answer the title of this post, we'd have to say they did it for the better.

We should have some great footage from our two upcoming Johnny Cash tribute band shows which we'll be adding over the next two months. Tickets for these shows can be bought online at the Artrix Box Office, Saturday 20th December 2008, and the Malvern Theatres Box Office for our Grand Charity Benefit Concert in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice on Thursday 15th January 2009.

Better get your tickets soon as they're almost gone! This is great news, especially for our charity concert.

Hope to see you there.

JCRS

Sorry Steve

We were pointed in the direction of Steve (FiremanOly) by Ben (BENNANTYLAD) and discovered his gorgeous version of Tracy Chapman's "Sorry".

We've added it to our Johnny Cash Roadshow Top 10 To Watch playlist.

How do you rate it? Add a comment to this post to let us know.

Ben's Hallelujah

Our good YouTube friend Ben (BENNANTYLAD) has just put up a lovely version of Hallelujah.

We thought it was so good that it had to be added to our Top 10 To Watch playlist.

See what you think and add a comment to this post to let us know.

Strewth!

Strewth was exactly the thought when I listened to 10 year old Brendan MacFarlane sing Ray Charles' I Got A Woman.

It's always good to discover talent from someone so young. Brendan's video is now in our YouTube Top 10 To Watch playlist.

See what you think and add a comment to this post to let us know.

Daddy's Prayer by Steve Robison, Jr.

Hadn't been over to our friend Steve Robison Jr.'s YouTube Channel for a while but glad I did this morning as this was the video that I watched.

Think that Steve's Daddy's Prayer is a gorgeous song and it has been added to our Top 10 To Watch playlist.

See what you think and add a comment to this post to let us know.

Cry, Cry, Cry for JohnnyCashRocks101

Our friend from YouTube, JohnnyCashRocks101, asked us if we had a version of Cry, Cry, Cry that we could put up onto our YouTube Channel.

We are happy to announce that we have now uploaded our version of this fantastic Johnny Cash track. Please let us know what you think.

Clive to Camera

Clive John, lead singer of The Johnny Cash Roadshow, starts his fantastic “Clive to Camera” series on 1st November 2008 - not long to go!

This video series is planned to run for 6 months, featuring songs from his albums, and each video will appear in the exclusive Members Area a month before being published to his YouTube Channel.

If you haven't already signed up for the Clive John / Johnny Cash Roadshow Newsletter, which will give you access to the exclusive Members Area, then sign up on Clive's or our website's homepage.

Do you have a favourite Clive John song you'd like him to perform for you to camera? As a member you can fill out the members only Request Form and get your request in asap! Clive is recording his first video tomorrow…

Sam Bradley Gives His Love To Rose

Came across Sam Bradley doing a lovely interpretation of Give My Love To Rose on YouTube and have added it to our Top 10 To Watch playlist. Singing with Sam is Avril Bradley.

Have a listen and see what you think.

Ring of Fire from the Audience

We have another version of our popular version of Ring of Fire and we've just added it to our YouTube Channel.

It was shot from the audience and also gets in closer to the action for more detail.

Hope you like it!

Darling Companion dedicated to tuktukskagal

Just added a video of Darling Companion to our YouTube Channel and we'd like to dedicate it to our lovely friends tuktukskagal (Tuktuk).

Tuktuk has been fantastic; huge Johnny Cash fan, they have been watching, commenting on, and sharing our videos with their friends.

We really appreciate it. Thank you Tuk.

Ring of Fire

Have added Ring of Fire to our YouTube Channel today - if you watch it please comment/rate it as we'd love to know what you think of it.

We especially like this version as you are introduced to all of the band.

Hope you like it!

Cocaine Blues, dedicated to JohnnyCashFan11

Just uploaded Cocaine Blues to our YouTube Channel.

Our friend from YouTube, JohnnyCashFan11 (Sean), came to this show and Cocaine Blues was dedicated to him on the night as it's one of his favourite Johnny Cash songs. We've extended that dedication to Sean with this video and thank him for coming to the show.

We really enjoyed meeting him backstage and are glad that he, and his father Carl, had a wonderful time. Fantastic guys and true Johnny Cash Fans.

Road Trip and Cigarettes & Coffee

We have just added two new videos to our YouTube channel:

Cigarettes & Coffee
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZhIhDHL5Y


This lovely song - written by Clive John and performed by Clive and the Johnny Cash Roadshow band - was inspired by the music of Johnny Cash.

Road Trip
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK5iQt-Iidc


Returning home after a long weekend of gigs, and very late nights, Nick captured this video on his mobile (isn't technology great?!?) inside the car.

If you'd like, please leave comments and rate the videos.

YouTube X2

We've just uploaded to YouTube two great recordings from our Evesham show in May - hope you like them!

I Got Stripes


Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man

YouTube & Flickr

Enjoy a taster sample of our forthcoming DVD & CD on our Video page or on our YouTube page (www.youtube.com/johnnycashroadshow) - more will be added soon.

Our Flickr page (www.flickr.com/photos/clivejohn/) is a great place to view our latest snaps from shows and behind the scenes.