Complete Sun Masters [Box]

Performer: Johnny Cash
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Settle in for an American musical history lesson with THE COMPLETE SUN MASTERS. This three-disc set documents Johnny Cash's pioneering fusion of country and folk influences into his idiosyncratic blend of stripped-down honky-tonk and intense rockabilly. Almost as epochal as Elvis Presley's contemporaneous Sun Sessions, these tracks reveal a man driven equally by inner demons and religious convictions, and just as skilled at turning out soundtracks for Saturday night sinning as for Sunday morning confession. From the existential bleakness of "Folsom Prison Blues" and the vengefulness of "Cry Cry Cry" to the reckless abandon of "Get Rhythm," this is the sound of a man making country and rock-&-roll history simultaneously.

Johnny Cash was part rockabilly rebel, part campfire storyteller, part outlaw in black. Cash made country and rockabilly history on the Sun label in the 1950s. During the '60s, the ruggedly charismatic Cash rose to superstardom, ending the decade with both his marriage to June Carter and his own television show. In the '90s, Cash began his highly successful and acclaimed AMERICAN RECORDINGS series, reaching a new audience with an amazingly diverse set of songs, ranging from traditional tunes to alternative rock covers. With his lean, angular sound and hearty, passionate baritone, Cash forged one of the most unique styles in all of popular music, one that delved into gospel, folk, and rock, but also remained the essence of country music. Four months after his wife died, Johnny Cash passed away on September 12, 2003. And in 2005, the Oscar-nominated biopic WALK THE LINE brought Cash's music and legend to his largest audience yet.

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