Singer, songwriter and guitarist Dick Nolan was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland in 1939, and by the time he was a teenager he'd already sung on local radio and appeared on CBC-TV. At the age of 19 he moved to Toronto, where he performed throughout the '60's with the Blue Valley Boys, who often backed up visiting U.S. country stars, and cut 11 albums on Arc Records. Towards the end of the decade, Nolan moved back to Corner Brook and continued to record throughout the '70's, '80's and '90's, scoring his biggest hit in 1972 with "Aunt Martha's Sheep." He also became the first Newfoundlander to be nominated for a Juno Award, perform at the Grand Ole Opry and receive gold and platinum records (it's estimated that his more than 40 albums, the last of which was released in 1999, have collectively sold over one million copies). He was also given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador shortly before his death in 2005.

All Over Again
The One On The Right

Honky Tonk Girl
Time Changes Everything

I chose some of Cash's less well-known songs from these two tribute albums, of which "The One On The Right," an amusing number about the members of a folk group whose incompatible political beliefs lead to fisticuffs and the band's breakup, is particularly good. Nolan's voice is fairly similar to Cash's, although not nearly as deep as The Man In Black's rumbling baritone, and the playing and arrangements are quite similar to Cash's '50's and '60's recordings.