JOHNNY CASH on Rhythm Oil



 Terry Clarke - Michael Messer - Jesse Taylor

In December 1992, Johnny Cash, having spent time listening to Rhythm Oil,
wrote the liner notes for the CD package. What he wrote was a poem based 
on lyrics and images from the songs, followed by a statement of how he 
heard the music on the album, Rhythm Oil - The Sessions.


Written by JOHNNY CASH ©December 1992
This was written by the late Johnny Cash for the CD booklet of the album Rhythm Oil
©Cash/Messer/Clarke/Taylor 1992


Johnny Cash ( photo ©Alan Messer )
 

The beat, the beat
The beat, the beat
Wheels, heavy metal, pig iron,
Rhythm Oil
Southern soil, troubles and toil
Wild, ragged, rolling, flowing, scattering
Everything in the way.
Mississippi catfish, Miss`ippi, Miss`ippi
Get on board or get out of the way
Rhythm Oil
Rub it on your bones, rub it on your baby
Ohhhhhh……

She had such fine cheek bones
Her eyes looked a scene from "War and Peace"
Purple dress……

"Word pictures playing through my mind as I listen to the refreshing, 
earthy, panting sound of Rhythm Oil.
 I believe that Michael Messer and Terry Clarke didn't do a lot of
vocal overdubbing. What I hear here is the real thing.
Bare-bones blues gut-bucket rural rock. This record carried
Me away to a long time ago, down a delta dirt road 
to a land of my musical good-old-daysing."

"PS…Don't squeeze the trigger, if you can't stand the recoil."
Johnny Cash

Written by JOHNNY CASH ©December 1992
This was written by the late Johnny Cash for the CD booklet of the album Rhythm Oil.
©Cash/Messer/Clarke/Taylor 1992
This Johnny Cash quote and original manuscript cannot be used in connection with any other artists,
bands or albums trading with the name Rhythm Oil, Rythm Oil, or any other name.
It is the property of Michael Messer, Terry Clarke & the estates of Johnny Cash & Jesse Taylor.
Originally released 1993 Minidoka Records. Re-released 1999 KOCH UK
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE


Sunday Express newspaper - July 1993


"RHYTHM OIL"
Terry Clarke + Michael Messer + Jesse 'Guitar' Taylor

Michael Messer & Jesse Taylor, July 1993 (photo ©Alan Messer)

Texas Oil - 1992 (photo ©Alan Messer )

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