The Music of Johnny Cash [Box]

Performer: Johnny Cash
Producer: Gregg Geller (Compilation)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Liner Note Author: Sylvie Simons. Photographer: Don Hunstein. Johnny Cash is Johnny Cash, and in a way, that's all one needs to say in reviewing one of his collections, and there are hundreds of them out there. This three-disc set covers 1956 to 1984, and includes most of Cash's key commercial tracks from those three decades, starting with the early Sun recordings of the classics "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues" and continuing through the equally classic and undeniably lovely "I Still Miss Someone," the ominous "Five Feet High and Rising," the oddball, tongue-twisting, and completely delightful "One Piece at a Time," and the later-era Cash versions of Bob Dylan's "Wanted Man" (from 1970) and Bruce Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman" (from 1983). The end result is a nice, concise look at this American legend. Again, Johnny Cash is Johnny Cash, and that's what you get here, and that's a good thing. Hey, it's Johnny Cash. ~ Steve Leggett

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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