Ain’t This a Countdown: It Ain’t Me, Babe

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Lots of country music to come, but you get a quick break from it starting today. Well, asterisk. I don’t think many people would call this “real country.” But then, look who sang it. Enough of that, here’s today’s “ain’t” song. It Ain’t Me, Babe - Johnny Cash With the trumpets and Bob Dylan as a writer, you kinda figure this wouldn’t be “up there” with Faron or Webb. I’ve mentioned this before: growing up watching Johnny Cash’s ABC television series was my first real education beyond country music. Cash had Homer and Jethro opening the show with a silly skit, then Katy bar the door. Have you ever looked at the guest list on his show? The Monkees, the Guess Who, Odetta, CCR, ad OC Smith on the same episodes as Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, the Statler Brothers, and Johnny’s brother, Tommy??!! Lots of folkies, too, including Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, and, of course, Dylan. Cash was a huge Dylan fan. It wasn’t long before my dad would look at the guest list on the screen and decide whether or not we’d watch that week’s episode. That’s okay: by then I had a TV in my room. Anyway, here’s Johnny doing Dylan. And that’s all I really need to say. It Ain’t Me, Babe Written by Bob Dylan Recorded by Johnny Cash From Orange Blossom Special, 1965 Someone to die for you and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBHXUOogpOg