Jesse Morris

I’ll be damned! It turns out there was a street performer in San Francisco who went by the name of Jesse Morris. I’m someone who respects the street performer, if I hear a tune I like I will most definitely drop in a dollar or two. Few have ever made me stand and watch however it seems as though Jesse Morris would have.

Unfortunately though I’ll never get the chance to watch him play his guitar. It’s been reported he passed away on his birthday, no explanation for the cause of death but he apparently had been struggling with depression. It’s sure sad to hear this after watching just one of his videos.

He was a true Johnny Cash sound-a-like. When I first played this video I was stunned, I was positive it was either a lip dub done with some video editor or he was simply using a recording of Johnny’s voice. Closer inspection shows that it truly is him singing and there are more videos of him doing covers of songs in the style of Johnny’s voice.

I’m sadden that I didn’t find out about this man until today and in such a bad way. If I had known I would of certainly paid the guy a visit and requested my JC favorite A Boy Named Sue.