The Legend of Johnny Cash, Vol. 2

Performer: Johnny Cash
Artist: June Carter Cash; Waylon Jennings; Hank Williams, Jr.; Bob Dylan
Producer: Gregg Geller (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Johnny Cash; June Carter Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr., Bob Dylan. The number of Johnny Cash compilations and best-of sets glutting the marketplace, especially since the death of the singer and the release of the biopic WALK THE LINE, borders on absurdity. But can one really complain when his music is so good, and the net result is that more people know and love the Man in Black than ever before? If THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH VOLUME 2 turns on even one unwitting listener to Cash's music for the first time, it will have more than justified its existence. VOLUME 2 of THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH provides an excellent complement to the first volume. The set ranges across Cash's career, spanning back to immortal classics like "Home of the Blues," "I Still Miss Someone," and "Long Black Veil," and to his late-period covers of songs by Tom Petty and Leonard Cohen. Duets are featured prominently; the ones with Waylon Jennings ("The Night Hank Williams Came to Town") and Bob Dylan ("Girl from the North Country") are highlights on an album full of highlights.

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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