The Johnny Cash Show — Season 1, Episode 30: Episode 30
Talk • 60 min • 2 seasons, 58 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
Johnny Cash sings "Delia", "Black Wind", "California Cotton Fields" & "In the Jailhouse". Chet Atkins does a medley of "Back Home in Indiana", "Country Gentleman", "Mister Sandman", "Wildwood Flower" & "Freight Train". Ricky Nelson performs "Come on In" & "Easy to Be Free". Loretta Lynn sings "I Know How". Johnny duets with Kris on "The Pilgrim". Johnny duets with June Carter Cash on "It Ain't Me Babe". Doug Kershaw duets with Johnny on "Louisiana Man". Johnny sings "No One Will Ever Know" and I'm Moving On".
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.