JOHNNY CASH SHOW, THE {ROY ORBISON, KENNY ROGERS AND THE FIRST EDITION, SHEL SILVERSTEIN} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of music/variety programs hosted by Johnny Cash. Guests include Roy Orbison, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, and Shel Silverstein.
Cash opens with "Rock Island Line" and then introduces longtime friend Orbison, who performs "So Young (Love Theme From 'Zabriskie Point')" from the 1970 film, "Only the Lonely" and "Pretty Woman." Next, Cash welcomes Silverstein, who briefly discusses his work as a children's author and joins Cash on "A Boy Named Sue," which he wrote, followed by "Daddy, What If."
Cash discusses the history of the famous Carter Family singers, touching upon their first-ever recording, "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow," and the prolific songwriting career of patriarch A.P. Carter, uncle of Cash's wife June Carter Cash. He also performs "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," "Worried Man Blues," "Keep on the Sunny Side of Life," and "My Clinch Mountain Home."
Next, Cash performs "Folsom Prison Blues," after which Kenny Rogers and The First Edition perform "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," "But You Know I Love You," and "Reuben James." Cash and the audience are then invited to join the band on "On My Journey." Cash sing "I Got Stripes" and "The Long Black Veil," the Statler Brothers perform "Oh Happy Day," and Cash and the Carter Family join Rogers and The First Edition on "Johnny Christian." Cash then sings "How Great Thou Art," and closes the program with "I Walk the Line." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: April 1, 1970 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:54
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:78926
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Country music; Folk songs
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1969-1971
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Harold D. Cohen … Executive Producer
- Joe Byrne … Producer
- Stan Jacobson … Producer, Writer
- Jack Thompson … Associate Producer
- Allan Angus … Director
- Les Pouliot … Writer
- Merle Travis … Writer
- Bill Walker … Conductor
- Johnny Cash … Host, Performer
- Shel Silverstein … Guest, Performer
- Roy Orbison … Guest, Performer
- Kenny Rogers … Guest, Performer
- First Edition, The … Guest, Performer
- Statler Brothers, The … Guest, Performer
- Carter Family, The … Guest, Performer
- A.P. Carter
- Kenny Rogers and the First Edition