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- Date Released: November 1, 2005
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Live Country/Folk
- Label: New West Records
The Man in Black's only Austin City Limits appearance
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We Say...
In 1987, when Johnny Cash made his only appearance on public television’s long-running music showcase Austin City Limits, he was in artistic limbo. He’d just been dropped by Columbia Records after 30 years, and he hadn’t scored a solo hit in six years.
Understandably, his set-list relied on classics like “Ring of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk the Line.” But the best part of Live from Austin, TX comes when Cash proves he could still create new work that stands strong next to yet another version of “Big River.” His weighty baritone heightens the drama on Guy Clark’s “Let Him Roll” and slides into folk-hero mode on “Ballad of Barbara,” songs that later surfaced on Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town, his first studio album with Mercury Records. He also covers “Sam Stone,” John Prine’s harrowing portrait of a drug-addicted war veteran, changing a key line ("Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose") to suit his religious sensitivities.
Cash would rejuvenate his career seven years later with the American Recordings album. This live set shows he was ready all along. -
They Say...
Johnny Cash was fortunate enough to enjoy a massive resurgence of attention and respect in the last decade of his life, but while no one seemed to be paying much attention to him from the early '80s (when his contract with Columbia ran out) to 1994 (when the Rick Rubin-produced American Recordings reminded listeners that a great artist was still in our midst), Cash continued to make good-to-great records and play for fans around the world, and this album, taken from a 1987 taping session for the long-running television series Austin City Limits, shows the Man in Black was still in sterling form as he traveled beneath the radar of country radio and the hipster music press. With his long-time road band backing him up and his soul mate June Carter Cash joining him for a duet on "Where Did We Go Right," Cash sounds relaxed but utterly authoritative on this set, singing tunes he must have done thousands of times before with a genuine emotional gravity (particularly "I Walk the Line" and "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"), and lending the force of his remarkable voice to some songs not generally associated with him, including moving interpretations of Guy Clark's "Let Him Roll" and John Prine's "Sam Stone." At one point, while introducing his band, Cash tells the audience, "I don't even remember the bad times, there's been so many good times," but on the best moments of this performance, it's clear he never forgot the valleys of his life, and they informed his work even on what should have been just another television gig following the release of an album (Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town) destined to be lost in the shuffle. It's the strength of ordinary moments like this that serve as a reminder of how remarkable Johnny Cash really was, and while Live from Austin, TX is hardly his definitive live album (that honor would go to Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison), it's a potent and thoroughly enjoyable disc that fans will want to hear.
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| 01. |  |
Ring Of Fire |
2:57 |
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| 02. | |
Folsom Prison Blues |
2:45 |
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| 03. | |
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down |
4:59 |
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| 04. | |
I Walk The Line |
2:56 |
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| 05. | |
The Wall |
1:39 |
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| 06. | |
Long Black Veil |
2:45 |
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| 07. | |
Big River |
2:37 |
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| 08. | |
I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again |
3:43 |
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| 09. | |
Let Him Roll |
5:16 |
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| 10. | |
Ballad Of Barbara |
5:00 |
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| 11. | |
Sam Stone |
4:11 |
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| 12. | |
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky |
4:36 |
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| 13. | |
Where Did We Go Right |
3:08 |
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| 14. | |
I Walk The Line (outro) |
3:14 |
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14 Total Tracks, 49:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Johnny Cash - Guitar // Johnny Cash - Guitar // Johnny Cash - Vocals // Johnny Cash - Vocals // Anita Carter - Guest Appearance // Earl Poole Ball - Piano // June Carter Cash - Guest Appearance // June Carter Cash - Guest Appearance // Jack Hale - Harmonica // Jack Hale - Trumpet // Chet Himes - Mixing // David Hough - Engineer // Bob Lewin - Trumpet // Bob Lewin - Keyboards // Scott Newton - Photography // Jim Soldi - Guitar // Bob Wootton - Guitar // W.S. Holland - Drums // Katherine Delaney - Design // Jerry Tubb - Mastering // Clare Surgeson - Project Coordinator // Terry Lickona - Liner Notes // Gary Briggs - Producer // Cameron Strang - Producer // Cameron Strang - Executive Producer // Mary Jurey - Project Coordinator // Sharon Cullen - Engineer
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