Celebrate The Man In Black

The Original Outlaw

This past weekend while everyone else was standing in line to see The Dark Knight, I pulled out my Best Of Johnny Cash Show DVD and relived some of the greatest music ever made. Despite the blockbuster biopic about The Man In Black (Walk The Line starring Joaquin Phoenix), and the subsequent renewed interest in his career, few in today’s generation have witnessed his groundbreaking TV variety show which aired from 1969 to 1971.

Always the rebel, Cash wasn’t afraid to mix genres and host acts as diverse (and potentially controversial in their day) as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Louis Armstrong and Stevie Wonder in an era when homogeny reigned supreme on network TV. Not to say Cash wasn’t proud of his country roots–George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings and the inimitable June Carter Cash all graced his show as well.

This incredible DVD collection features 23 live performances including Cash singing “Walk The Line,” and “Ring Of Fire,“ many of the guest stars mentioned above, and nostalgic, unpredictable variety segments. It’s recorded bona-fide proof that Johnny Cash was a pioneer in every sense of the word!

Need more Cash? Our tribute Johnny T-shirt features a majestic image of the larger-than-life figure on the front and his faux signature on the back. It’s a salute to country music, blues, and rock and roll. Johnny Cash made all three of them his own. And the world is a better place for it!