Def Americans

Name: Def Americans - Wonkapodia
Start: 2026-12-03T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-03T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Theater De Schalm

Muziek

No Dutch Required

The band’s name may not immediately suggest a Johnny Cash tribute, but to the seasoned music lover it’s obvious: around the time of Johnny Cash’s collaboration with Rick Rubin, the latter’s label DefJam was renamed the now famous American Recordings.

The band has since built up an impressive live reputation on the club and festival circuit and completed several successful theatre tours across the country. Whether it’s Johnny’s work at Sun Records, the prison albums, the gospel songs, the duets with June Carter or the American Recordings series – Def Americans manage to breathe new life into the songs that Cash himself delivered with such love and passion. From beginning to end, Cash’s work spans almost 50 years, and in the hands of Def Americans it stands tall: they render its unmistakable sound sincerely and authentically without losing sight of the raw, rebellious edge of The Man In Black.

That didn’t go unnoticed by Johnny’s younger brother Tommy Cash, who approached the band in 2013 to back him on his ‘My Brother Johnny’ shows in the Netherlands. So Def Americans make an impression abroad too, and the band is increasingly crossing borders for shows in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Norway and England.