The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971

I've got one word to describe this two disc set:  AWESOME!

Johnny Cash and Joni Mitchell

I'm the type that buys a ton of DVDs and Blue Rays and then never watches them.  Last night I finally got around to popping this DVD set into the player - WOW!

Johnny Cash's TV show ran on the ABC television network from 1969 until 1971.  It was broadcast live from the Ryman Auditorium (then the home of the Grand Ole Opry) in Nashville.  From the beginning Cash did what he wanted to regardless of what the network wanted.  If he wanted to talk about Jesus - he talked about Jesus.  If he wanted to talk about Vietnam - he talked about Vietnam - who cares what they think.  The show was broadcast live so there wasn't much the network could do about it.

Johnny Cash and Linda Ronstadt - after she put her panties on!

The sample of musical guests on these discs are incredible.  Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Pete Seeger, Carl Perkins, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, and, of course, Mother Maybelle Carter and the girls.

Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger

The performances are interspersed with commentary by contemporaries.  It was really interesting to hear about June Carter's outrage when Linda Ronstadt showed up in a mini skirt with no underwear!

Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison

This is really a great set of discs for music lovers and students of American culture.  10 out of 5 stars.