{"id":18132,"date":"2019-09-01T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811323"},"modified":"2019-09-01T07:00:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T13:00:39","slug":"cue-johnny-cashs-first-music-video-the-baron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/cue-johnny-cashs-first-music-video-the-baron\/","title":{"rendered":"Cue Johnny Cash\u2019s First Music Video, \u201cThe Baron\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:681062?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">4m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Johnny Cash\u2019s imposing presence fills the room in this 1981 music video for \u201cThe Baron,\u201d which co-stars his wife, June Carter Cash, and future son-in-law Marty Stuart. It\u2019s one of those music videos that lets the story unfold in its own time, so listen closely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiaqJtHAIDI?start=2&amp;feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiaqJtHAIDI?start=2&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Baron\u201d proved to be Johnny Cash\u2019s 51st and final Top 10 hit, until his resurgence with The Highwaymen in 1985. He\u2019d go on to film several other memorable clips, including the peculiar \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DTP9__vi3d4\">Chicken in Black<\/a>\u201d and the devastating \u201cHurt,\u201d but \u201cThe Baron\u201d holds up for its full-circle narrative, composed by Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill, and Jerry Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>As it\u2019s explained in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1459774\/johnny-cash-a-man-for-all-videos\/\">this 2003 story<\/a>, CMT.com contributor Edward Morris wrote: \u201cThe Man in Black\u2019s first concept video came with the picturization of his 1981 hit, \u2019The Baron.\u2019 In both the song and video, \u2019The Baron\u2019 is a wise and elegantly attired pool shark who teaches Billy Joe, a rising young hustler, how the game is really played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he\u2019s taken the upstart\u2019s last dime, the desperate Billy Joe bets his last possession of value, his mother\u2019s gold wedding ring. Instantly, the Baron recognizes the ring as the one he gave his wife years ago before he abandoned her. That\u2019s it! Game called on account of tears. An ideally cast Marty Stuart plays the role of Billy Joe. (In 1984, the video evolved into a made-for-TV movie, <em>The Baron and the Kid<\/em>.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1811323\/cue-johnny-cashs-first-music-video-the-baron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 4m ago Johnny Cash\u2019s imposing presence fills the room in this 1981 music video for \u201cThe Baron,\u201d which co-stars his wife, June Carter Cash, and future son-in-law Marty Stuart. It\u2019s one of those music videos that lets the story unfold in its own time, so listen closely. Embedded from www.youtube.com. 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