Def Americans

Muziek

The band name does not seem to directly refer to a Johnny Cash Tribute, but for the experienced music fan it is obvious: At the time of Johnny Cash's collaboration with Rick Rubin, his label DefJam was renamed to the well-known American Recordings.

The band has now built up an impressive live reputation on the club and festival circuit and several successful theater tours throughout the country. Whether it concerns Johnny's work at Sun Records, the prison records, gospels, duets with June Carter or the American Recordings series - Def Americans succeeds in breathing new life into the songs that Cash himself managed to perform with so much love and enthusiasm. Cash's work spans almost 50 years from start to finish and remains intact in the hands of Def Americans by creating its unmistakable sound sincerely and authentically without losing sight of the raw and rebellious edge of The Man In Black.

Johnny's younger brother Tommy Cash also noticed this. He approached the band in 2013 to accompany him during his 'My Brother Johnny' shows in the Netherlands. Def Americans is also making an impression abroad, and the band is increasingly crossing national borders for shows in, for example, Belgium, Germany, Norway and England.