The Johnny Cash Show (1969)

Genre

music television

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 58 episodes

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Johnny Cash hosts a music variety show with his family and touring band in Nashville. The show features performances from folk, country, and singer-songwriter stars of the era with occasional comedy skits.

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What happens

The Johnny Cash Show is an American television music variety show that was hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969, to March 31, 1971, on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, invariably preceding the first number with his customary "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" greeting, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash (his wife) and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. An instrumental version of "Folsom Prison Blues" was used for the opening credits. It featured many folk, singer-songwriter and country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, George Jones, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor, Tammy Wynette and Roy Orbison. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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