Comments on: RIP Punk Rock Johnny Cash

By: Jae

Jae — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:21:42 +0000

RIP PUNK ROCK JOHNNY CASH…MAY YOU FIND THE PEACE YOU DIDNT FIND HERE

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:10:11 +0000

Sad ending of a great performer.
A lot of skills down the drain..
He’s drinkin’coffe with JC now I guess.
(and that JC is not jezus christ

By: LateNightTransfer

LateNightTransfer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:29:55 +0000

Jessie caught the Westbound.

Respect.

By: james geppert

james geppert — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:10:29 +0000

so sad about this. like many i always enjoyed seeing him in whatever station i saw him in; 24th, powell, montgomery. i didn’t see him for ages & then about a month ago i saw him at the montgomery street bart & i too wish i’d bought his cd or at least told him how many happy moments he gave me. r.i.p. sweetie.

By: TC

TC — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:16:32 +0000

I only got to hear him once but I was blown away by how much he sounded like Johnny Cash.

Total shame, total waste, total bummer.

By: dembele

dembele — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:10:31 +0000

If you’d like to contribute a little something for his memorial service and get 7 unreleased songs in return, go here and kick in a whopping $5:

http://differentfur.bandcamp.com/album/i-wanna-take-it-all-back-in-memory

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:15:57 +0000

OK.

I’m in sort of a middle position — severely damaged, but almost happy with myself now. In therapy. Getting better. And yet, I still have to ‘struggle to make a connection with people.’ Want to — try to — but “need to” is still lacking.

By: Lil Danzig

Lil Danzig — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:33:20 +0000

I think it has a lot more to do with a ‘nothing to lose’ feeling — most people who are happy with themselves and their position in life don’t have many reasons to bare their souls to strangers but when you’re at rock bottom you don’t really have any reason NOT to.

i know that most of my ‘artistic motivation’ comes from struggling to make a connection with people, and that’s something people with more ‘normal’ brains can do in their day-to-day lives, without putting themselves through the rigors of ‘creation’ etc etc

By: Olu

Olu — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:46:00 +0000

He was great. I asked him to do some Waylon and he did. Such a nice guy. Sucks he took his own life.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:29:30 +0000

Which makes me wonder — is the kind of talent that makes people love you uncritically somehow tied to an inborn inability to make use of love? Sort of a “Kurt Cobain effect”?

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:02:40 +0000

Speaking from experience with depression, when the chemicals are out of balance, all the positive input in the world does no good. Once it gets inside your head, your brain fucks it all up. FWIW.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:35:16 +0000

NO!!! sad, sad news. I really appreciated his music on my morning commute.

By: Bucky Sinister

Bucky Sinister — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:49:20 +0000

Thanks for the writeup. Jesse was a pal of mine. We did two shows together, one at the Edinburgh Castle and another at 12 Galaxies. He had a big heart. Probably could’ve been a pro standup comic had his life path been different…absolutely hilarious. Miss ya buddy.

By: Bucky Sinister

Bucky Sinister — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:46:20 +0000

Yep. That’s him.

By: trixie

trixie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:00:38 +0000

i always wanted to put on a gingham dress (of which i have many) and jump in and do a duet of “jackson” with him. i never did because i don’t do those types of things and also i do not have the equivalent june carter voice to go with his johnny cash.

i’m regretting i never bought his cd, always trying to catch the damn train. i will so miss hearing him and like many others who posted here, when i would hear him in the bart station, no matter what kind of icky day i might be thinking i’d have, it always improved my mood significantly.

really sad.