Def Americans
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Thu 3 Dec '2620:15Grote Zaal
1e rang Normale Prijs € 29,00
The band’s name doesn’t immediately suggest a Johnny Cash tribute, but to the discerning music lover it’s obvious: at the time of Johnny Cash’s collaboration with Rick Rubin, Rubin’s label Def Jam was renamed the well-known American Recordings.
The band has since built up an impressive live reputation on the club and festival circuit and has completed several successful theatre tours across the country. Whether it’s Johnny’s work at Sun Records, the prison records, gospel songs, duets with June Carter or the American Recordings series – Def Americans succeed in breathing new life into the songs that Cash himself performed with such love and passion. Cash’s work spans almost 50 years from start to finish and remains true to form in the hands of Def Americans, who present its unmistakable sound with sincerity and authenticity without losing sight of The Man In Black’s raw and rebellious edge.
This also caught the attention of Johnny’s younger brother, Tommy Cash. He approached the band in 2013 to accompany him during his ‘My Brother Johnny’ shows in the Netherlands. Def Americans are making an impression abroad too, and the band is increasingly crossing national borders for shows in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Norway and England.
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