Live from Austin TX

by Johnny Cash

Overview

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. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	02/28/2012
Label:	New West
UPC:	0607396504510
Rank:	34680

Tracks

1. Ring of Fire
2. Folsom Prison Blues
3. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
4. I Walk the Line
5. The Wall
6. Long Black Veil
7. Big River
8. I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs Again
9. Let Him Roll
10. Ballad of Barbara
11. Sam Stone
12. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
13. Where Did We Go Right?
14. I Walk the Line (Outro)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
June Carter Cash   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Jack Hale   Trumpet,Harmonica
Bob Lewin   Trumpet,Keyboards
Bob Wootton   Guitar
Jim Soldi   Guitar
Earl Poole Ball   Piano
W.S. Holland   Drums
Anita Carter   Guest Artist
Gary Menotti   Director

Technical Credits

Jay Woods   Audio Production
Cameron Strang   Audio Production,Producer,Executive Producer
Gary Briggs   Audio Production,Mixing,Producer
Stan Jones   Composer
Terry Lickona   Producer,Liner Notes
Chet Himes   Mixing
David Hough   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Jerry Tubb   Mastering
Merle Kilgore   Composer
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Guy Clark   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
Sharon Cullen   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Clare Surgeson   Project Coordinator
Steve Gustafson   Associate Producer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
John Prine   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
June Carter Cash   Composer
Scott Newton   Photography
Gary Laird   Editing
Don Schlitz   Composer
Katherine Delaney   Design
Paul Moore   Package Design
Bill Arhos   Executive Producer
Mary Jurey   Project Coordinator
Susan Caldwell   Associate Producer
David Loggins   Composer
Kat Delaney   Design
Jeff Peterson   Associate Producer