Johnny Cash - The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971
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Artist: Johnny CashEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- I Walk The Line
- Flesh And Blood
- Stand By Your Man
- She Thinks I Still Care / Love Bug / The Race Is On
- I've Been Everywhere
- Detroit City
- Ring Of Fire
- It's Too Late
- Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Only The Lonely / Oh, Pretty Woman
- Belshazzar
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Girl From The North Country
- Fire And Rain
- Daddy Sang Bass
- Closing Monolgue - I Walk The Line
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Free Music Review: Terrific audio sampler from Cash's rich television program
Hit: 5 Stars
This single-disc CD provides sixteen highlights of the musical performances that fill the like-titled two-DVD video anthology of Cash's 1969-71 television variety program. The DVDs themselves can only sample the riches of Cash's 58 episodes, but both collections give you a strong dose of Cash's eclectic tastes, the artistic will that brought Mother Maybelle Carter and Eric Clapton to the same national network stage (though, sadly, not playing together), and the personal depth that fueled both his own work and his ego-free sharing of the spotlight.
Cash was both the star and emcee of his show, and he excelled in both roles. His introductions to his own songs and to guest acts are both professional and heartfelt. His personal renown introduced some of country's greatest acts to those beyond Nashville's reach, and his taste for non-country innovators informed middle-American audiences who might not otherwise have listened. Cash's own performances are backed by his regular performing troupe, including The Carter Family (Mother Maybelle and her daughetrs June, Anita and Helen), The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three. They accomplishment as a well-oiled road unit is evident throughout.
The guest performances are both excellent and fascinating. George Jones swings through a medley of hits with an ease that's truly astounding, and Lynn Anderson ably keeps up with the mile-a-minute lyric of "I've Been Everywhere." Ray Charles' slow, soulful arrangement of "Ring of Fire" is astounding, and Waylon Jennings, fresh off a Grammy? win for his cover of "Macarthur Park," reprises his rock 'n' roll roots with a cover of Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man." Tammy Wynette, Bobby Bare and James Taylor each give performances of hits that recount the original records, showing how well those hits were already arranged for live performance.
Taped in front of a live audience at Nashville's then-home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, the show featured the requisite country stars, but also attracted a wide array of non-Nashville acts, from the mainstream and from the worlds of outlaw country, rock and soul. Several of the shows most legendary (and outr?) guest are missing from the CD, including Cash's first featured artist, Bob Dylan. The DVDs include several of these landmark performances, including Dylan's solo shot and his duet with Cash on "Girl from the North Country." Oddly, Cash's duet with Joni Mitchell on the same Dylan tune is included here, but not on the DVDs.
The sound is generally very good, if perhaps a bit pinched towards mono. Columbia's engineers have done hero's work in rescuing these treasures from the haphazardly produced multi-track originals. The sound is surprisingly intimate for live performances made on a television stage, particularly in an era before there was any notion of the audio's archival value. The occasional flub or cough marks these tracks as cameras-rolling first takes, and the heart and soul poured into each performance makes them an essential part of the Cash legacy. [?2008 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]
The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971 Poster
During the late 1960s and early `70s, Johnny Cash introduced country fans to hand-picked artists they might not have otherwise encountered and variety show watchers to some of the best of contemporary country, all while raising his popular stature through his weekly TV show. This "best of" anthology is a little more random than its title suggests, omitting the duet with Bob Dylan from the program's debut (perhaps the best remembered highlight from the series) in favor of a duet with then-emerging Joni Mitchell ("Girl from the North Country") and a hokey arrangement of "I've Been Everywhere" with Lynn Anderson. Yet Ray Charles' soulful recasting of "Ring of Fire" is a revelation, and a roster ranging from Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominoes to Roy Orbison, George Jones, and (separately) Tammy Wynette made for some memorable television. --Don McLeeseCountry Music CDs
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