From November 11, 1970, Cash remembers Armistice Day with an impassioned, poetry-riddled version of Bob Dylan's immortal "Blowin' In The Wind." I'm not sure if it's weird in a powerful way, or powerful in a weird way, but you'll either love it or you'll hate it.
From Nov. 18, 1970, this is one of Maybelle and Sarah Carter's last public performances together. Included are "You Are My Flower" and "I'll Be Satisfied" with the host. Although originally broadcast in color, the copy of the show I have is in black and white, and for this clip it really works.
From "The Johnny Cash Show," May 13, 1970. The second-season finale of his TV show, Johnny brings his mom on stage to accompany him on the first song he ever sang in public, as she did when he was 12 years old. "Powerful" doesn't begin to cover it.
Hell's House Band The Fauntleroys explores one of their most hideous, ear-splattering non-hits, "Oh Baby, I Love You" at some length. Thanks to Zach and Michelle for making the ending so beautiful.
An tossed-off rendition of one of the 20th Century's most brilliant and underrated songwriters' lovliest compositions. By all accounts as lovely (and complicated) a man as he was talented a performer.
Another installment of Cash's beloved "Ride This Train" segment, this time featuring memories, footage and songs composed during Cash's trip to Israel in the late 1960s. Features the songs "He Turned the Water Into Wine" and "God Is Not Dead." One of the best "Ride This Train" segments ever!
More than 30 years before he recorded it for Rick Rubin, Johnny performed Rod McKuen's "Love's Been Good To Me" on the March 25, 1970 episode of his TV show. This is from the same show that he opened with "Hello, I'm John Carter Cash's Daddy!"
Weirder than weird. You know you're in uncharted waters when Bill Shatner is the voice of reason. The show only ran from 1998 to 2000, and Roseanne's comments make it sound like this clip may have come from later in its run.
From the November 18, 1970 Johnny Cash Show, guest Lorne Greene (Pa Cartwright of TV's long-running "Bonanza") channels his inner Robert Goulet, mixing an earnest cover of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" with a dramatic reading of the hippie call-to-arms "Desiderata." You will believe it's 1969 again, and you've accidentally eaten some of the brown acid.
Let's duet! Johnny and June sing "The Loving Gift" and a second song I'm unfamiliar with on this performance from the second-to-last episode of his show's 3-season run. From March 24, 1971.
You know Michael Parks as one of the grizzley old farts Quentin Tarantino always casts in small roles in his films. Quentin remembers him from "Then Came Bronson," a terribly popular show in the late 60s. Here he is on "The Johnny Cash Show" from March 25, 2970, singing a couple numbers on his own and dueting with Cash on Woody Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills."