The music and the life of the artist Johnny Cash is known by his fans around the world and many people have sung the songs that he has become so known for. He was able to convey his emotions like pain in every song with his poignant lyrics all with a voice that is simple but effective. When Johnny Cash was wowing audiences with his work, he likely wasn’t performing at elementary school talent shows, but this is exactly what a young fan who has become known as “Little Johnny Cash” did when he took the stage. The seven-year-old stepped on stage while holding a guitar and the audience knew that they were about to see a special kind of performance coming from the young boy, but they had no idea what would come next. While the guitar may have been about as big as him, he introduced himself with confidence as John and told the crowd that he would be playing “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash.
While the idea of a seven-year-old boy being able to express the emotion behind a song written about a depressing time that Johnny Cash spent behind bars, he still was brave enough to take the stage and the audience was excited to see what he would be able to do with it that night. It may have been ironic that a child sang a song about shooting a man in Reno and blowing his blues away, but he was able to pull it off in a way that had the audience cheering and on their feet. Not only was “Little Johnny Cash” able to astound them with his young but powerful voice, he was also able to impress them with the skill that he had on the guitar. One of the things that really sold the experience was that Little Johnny even sported a southern twang like his counterpart and the whole thing just delighted the audience. While singing about what Johnny did to the man in Reno was impressing enough and had the audience clapping, when he hit the guitar solo in the middle they went crazy and cheered him on for the rest of the song.
This magical performance was captured by an audience member who was in attendance and he went to post it on YouTube. The uploader made the decision to turn off comments for the video but there were still over a million people who watched Little Johnny Cash singing and strumming his heart out to one of the classics. Eventually, more videos of the talented young musician were uploaded to the platform and people shared comments about his musical skills. One commenter stated that “This lil bit has stolen my heart! So talented!” when they watched a video of him performing Flatt and Scruggs and it’s hard to disagree that Little Johnny is anything but incredible when it comes to music. If he is already this talented now, who’s to say where his musical career will end up in the future. No matter what happens, here’s to hoping Little Johnny takes the time to enjoy being a kid. Are there any talented kids in your life or others that would be inspired by his delightful performances?
