Bob Dylan and George Jones walked into a bar called 1969. It actually happened.
The Best Of The Johnny Cash Show 1969-1971, collects some of the top performances from the man in black's television show. If you're unfamiliar with the show, all you need to know is that it features Cash, his wife June Carter, and artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, George Jones, Neil Young, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Loretta Lynn, Ray Charles, and Roy Orbison performing some of their classic hits. Both as individuals and occasionally as duets with their host Cash. Highlights include Cash's opening "I Walk The Line", young Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away", George Jones' "She Thinks I Still Care", Neil Young's "The Needle & The Damage Done", CCR's "Bad Moon Rising", Loretta Lynn's "I Know How", and Cash's rousing finale of "A Boy Named Sue".
Production
Cash somehow made hippies and cowboys share a stage
Acting
Dylan's visibly nervous 1969 TV appearance is pure gold
Sound
Raw, unpolished performances that modern shows fear
Director
Michael B. Borofsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cash fought ABC network executives to book counterculture acts like Dylan, reportedly telling them 'the hippies watch TV too.'
The show aired during the peak of Vietnam War divisions; Cash deliberately paired country conservatives with anti-war folk singers to force conversations.
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