Johnny Cash's Grandson Takes Stage Performing Song 'Ring Of Fire'
Sep 03, 2020 by apost team
If you loved Johnny Cash's music, you're going to love his grandson singing Ring of Fire. The crossover music star lives on through Thomas Gabriel, who has a similar baritone voice — deep, rich, and undeniably attention-grabbing. What's not so obvious, however, is how similar Gabriel's background is to his late grandfather. A life filled with difficulty — plus the bond with his grandfather — helped shape his music to include Cash's hits as well as his own songs in The Thomas Gabriel Band. And that's certainly on display this video from Gabriel's 2018 live performance in Folsom, California for Good Day Sacramento.
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As far as inheriting features go, you can hardly tell a difference between Cash's booming tones and Gabriel's. It's a wonder that Gabriel made it to the music industry, considering everything he had been through. Gabriel had a period of working as a cop, then he got arrested, serving ten years in prison, according to Forbes. However, only time would tell what was to result from all the hardship.
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Cash battled addiction, as did Gabriel. Gabriel hit rock bottom but was helped by his mom's phone call along with a complete stranger, as Forbes reports. That stranger was named Brian Oxley, who ended up buying Cash's farm. He noticed Gabriel and decided to support his going to rehab and encouraged him with the promise of a music career.
“I said I just want to get back to music," Gabriel told Forbes. "I went to prison, wrote all these songs, they’re not doing anything, but sitting there and neither am I. I want to get back to my music.”
Fast forward to a few years later, and Gabriel is honoring his late grandfather. In Gabriel's rendition of Ring of Fire, pretty much the only difference is using the guitar instead of horns. Otherwise, the chug-chug beat and voice are uncanny. If you listen to it, you can't help but think of Johnny Cash.
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