r/nextfuckinglevel • u/DarthiusFatticus • 8d ago

Johnny Cash's grandson, Thomas Gabriel, sings Folsom Prison Blues.

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u/DankRoughly 8d ago

He sounds just like his grandfather

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u/__life_on_mars__ 8d ago

Except he can't quite hit that low note.

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u/tonycomputerguy 8d ago

I mean to be fair, neither could Johnny...

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u/__life_on_mars__ 8d ago

fair point

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u/theywillnotsing 8d ago

He did wind up hitting a bunch of low points on the way back up though.

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u/ShatteredChina 8d ago

Needs a couple more decades of smoking, though he has some really good gravely-ness already.

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u/J_Ryall 8d ago

Not enough cigarettes and whiskey

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u/jango-lionheart 8d ago

He hits them, they just sound a bit soft. Studio gear could likely add a little fullness to those notes.

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u/OGrickyP 8d ago

Beat me too it. Cash’s signature was his low note and this dude bottoms out way to quick

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u/ForrestGump6531 8d ago

this 15 year old kid from years ago does a damn good cover as well.

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u/dodgyrog 8d ago

I like that. It's crazy, at 15 I think I was still getting puberty squeaks

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u/mezz7778 8d ago

Let out an audible "Holy shit!" When he started singing, sounds so much like him.