The Johnny Cash Show — Season 1, Episode 10: Episode 10
Talk • 60 min • 2 seasons, 58 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
O.C. Smith sings 'Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife'. O.C. & O.C. Jr. sing 'For Once In My Life'. Johnny, O.C. & O.C. Jr. perform 'Hickory Holler's Tramp'. Johnny sings 'Remember the Alamo', 'Strangest Dreams', 'The Big Battle', 'So Doggone Lonesome' and 'Seasons of My Heart'. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition perform 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'. Melanie sings 'Baby Guitar'. Melanie & Grandpa Jones perform 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles'. Grandpa sings 'Mountain Dew'. June Carter Cash sings 'Tall Lover Man'.
About The Johnny Cash Show
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show 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, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash 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. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.