Longing For Old Virginia

Longing For Old Virginia
- Brand: All Access
- Longing For Old Virginia The 1976 Broadcast
JOHNNY CASH LIVE IN 1976 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE CARTER FAMILY The mid-1970s were a generally fallow time commercially for Johnny Cash. The hits had dried up (with the exception of 1974 s One Piece at a Time ), his TV show had gone off-air and he was criticised for his friendship with the disgraced President Richard Nixon and for making commercials for the likes of Amoco and STP - at a time when oil corporations were seen as the enemies of the people. But the country audiences kept the faith and his 1975 autobiography Man In Black sold over a million copies. The superb 1976 recordings on this CD, from a performance on the Jamboree USA Radio Concert series, suggest that the old faithful had it right all along and Johnny Cash, far from having lost any of the old magic, was as vibrant and potent in this era as he ever was. With a little help from members of the legendary Carter Family - not least Johnny s wife and life partner June - he storms through a set of both oldies and more recent tunes to rapturous applause from a clearly delighted audience. Things remained fairly low profile for Johnny Cash during the 1980s and with the exception of the tours and records he made with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, his records were barely promoted by Columbia he would later describe himself during this period as invisible in his second volume of auto-biography. Cash s fortunes did change for the better in 1993 when Rick Rubin s American Recordings offered him a contract and under Rubin s supervision Johnny attracted a new audience not normally associated with country music. For the remainder of Johnny Cash s life he was an iconic figure whose body of work was reassessed and attracted music fans of all genres.
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer All Access
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2015-11-13
UnitCount 1
Format Live
UPCs 823564664927
EANs 0823564664927

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	All Access
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2015-11-13
UnitCount	1
Format	Live
UPCs	823564664927
EANs	0823564664927

Longing For Old Virginia

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