THE last few years have seen Daniel Thompson as the man in black.
Night after night, he spends his time on stage recreating the Johnny Cash experience for audiences across Australia.
But despite repeatedly doing the same thing, Thompson is still not sick of it.
On the contrary; he said he still considered himself lucky to be in the gig.
“I just don’t get sick of singing these songs,” Thompson said.
“I love them.
“I am more than happy to be recognised as Johnny Cash.
“When I started singing 20 years ago, before I was playing in the show, if you had a voice like mine, people expect you to sing Johnny Cash.”
Following the success of his national tour of Johnny Cash the Concert, Thompson is back with a brand new show, Golden Greats of the Man in Black.
The show focuses on the finest moments of Cash’s stellar career both as a solo artist and as a member of 1980s supergroup, The Highwaymen.
Joined by Golden Guitar winning Stuie French, the show will present songs spanning Cash’s entire career; from Hey Porter to The Highwayman and Folsom Prison Blues to American Recordings, as well as collaborations with some of his most iconic contemporaries.
“We take Cash’s songs and present them the best we can,” Thompson said.
“They were all big hits and we give people a chance to relive them.”
Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line and Folsom Prison Blues are all tracks which Cash fans know and love but there is one track which Thompson said epitomised the country singer.
“The Man in Black is the stand-out Cash song,” he said.
“Every line in the song is a sign to who he was.
“But his whole body of work is good.
“Certainly that song very much revealed his character however.
“If we can learn his songs we can learn who he was and where he was coming from and where he was going.”
Golden Greats of the Man in Black will be at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on October 18. For more information go to manpac.com.au or call 9550 3900.
