It's like they were made for each other, even the songs came out nearly 25 years apart. you think you are hearing Folsom Prison Blues, but then you realise the lyrics aren't right. The resulting mashup is quite something and works so well it's alarming.īecause when you start listening, the lyrics suit the jangly tune so well you don't even realise that they're not actually the original ones. You know the one, it's the song that features the classic line '' But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.' How Puddles Pity Party Tops Folsom Prison Bluesīut it doesn't stop there because Puddles goes one better, because he somehow seamlessly manages to merge the music of Cash's country blues track with the lyrics of The Who's power rock ballad 'Pinball Wizard,' taken from their Rock Opera Tommy. But once you do listen to a mournful-looking clown mesh together Cashs Folsom Prison Blues and The Whos Pinball Wizard youll be totally glad that you did. So looking like that, and with a great voice too, it would probably be enough to see and hear Puddles Pity Party just perform a cover of the signature Johnny Cash song. Puddles Pity Party performs a mashup cover of the classic Johnny Cash song, Folsom Prison Blues, and Pinball Wizard by The Who. But it isn't.īecause Big Mike Geier has an incredible voice, a voice that reminds you of the great Johnny Cash no less. Puddles Pity Party - Folsom Prison Blues / Pinball Wizard Mash Up (Official Music Video) Watch on.

Pinball Prison: Puddles Pity Party: April 12, 2017: First release: Folsom Wizard written by unknown author(s) English music. And, of course, he does this while dressed up in the iconic Pierrot white clown costume, complete with red nose and face makeup. The song Pinball Wizard was written by Pete Townshend and was first recorded and released by The Who in 1969. As Puddles he also posts videos to his YouTube page performing various covers of popular songs. Puddles Pity Party, if you don't know, is a 7ft singing clown and the chosen persona of musician Big Mike Geier who heads up the Georgia-based band Kingsized. But once you do listen to a mournful-looking clown mesh together Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' and The Who's 'Pinball Wizard' you'll be totally glad that you did.īecause it's something else. It's a mashup that you probably didn't know you wanted to hear.

Today is the day you get to hear Puddles Pity Party perform a mashup of Johnny Cash and The Who. Folsom Prison Blues/Pinball Wizard Shmoosh Up (Cash/Who)

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