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In nashville at the ryman with all these songs and this band a few weeks ago. >> larry: the nashville sound, they always talk about the nashville sound. >> this is the cream of the crop. ronny mccry, his family, a great group of bluegrass pickers, chris charp, dennis krout, a great up right base player. these guys. stuart, the fiddle player. these are the real pickers. it's always comfortable to be able to look at anybody in the room and nod at them and know they're going to take a great chorus. >> larry: anybody you haven't worked with you want to work with? >> let's sing one. let's you and i...

Nashville pickers and we played in nashville at the ryman with all these songs and this band a few weeks ago. >> larry: are they the best? the nashville sound, they always talk about the nashville sound. >> this is the cream of the crop. ronny mccry, his family, a great group of bluegrass pickers, chris charp, dennis krout, a great upright bass player. these guys. stuart, the fiddle player. these are the real pickers. it's always comfortable to be able to look at anybody in the room and nod at them and know they're going to take a great chorus. >> larry: kind of fun when you sing with great pe...

So whenever he needed a laugh or pump it up or something, he'd always call me to get a new joke. >> larry: what was he like to sing with? if ever there were two distinct voices in american popular music, country or otherwise, it would be yours and johnny cash. you could not hear either one of you and say, who is that? what it was like to sing with him? >> it was great. you know, every night -- in fact, him and waylan and chris, i was their biggest fans. and i got to stand there every night and watch three of my heroes sing, and me standing over on the other side of the stage and joining in eve...

>> i like his singing. he's rock 'n' roll all the way. i like it. >> larry: you mentioned johnny cash, who appeared in that seat quite a few times. where do you rank him? did you see the movie? >> yes, i did. fantastic. >> larry: that guy was unbelievable. >> yeah. he did a great job, yeah. no. john and i were brothers. he used to call me a lot, you know, whenever -- because i'm always telling him dirty jokes. so whenever he needed a laugh or pumping up or something, he'd always call me to get a new joke. >> larry: what was he like to sing with? if ever there were two distinct voices in americ...

And chris would do one. john would do one. maybe we'd do one together. then waylon would do one. i'd do one. we'd do another one together. >> larry: you would all four sing together? >> oh, yeah. >> larry: did you have a big backup group? >> oh, yeah one of the best groups out of nashville. >> larry: never been a fan of government, right? you're a skeptic. >> yeah. very skeptical. >> larry: you don't trust. but you seem like a regular guy. but you -- most people look at willie nelson and say skeptical? but you are of government, aren't you? >> well, yeah. i think whenever you turn over your mo...