Johnny Cash – The Legend (2005)

Johnny Cash might be remembered most for his black outfits and his deep voice. “The Man in Black” sang for almost five decades, and I’m glad to say that this 4-CD set does the country music legend honor. The set is divided into four disc themes: Win, Place And Show – The Hits; Old Favorites And New; The Great American Songbook; Family And Friends.

Win, Place and Show – The Hits: His most famous song “I Walk The Line” is the first track of CD One, and is well-placed. Many of his best tracks on here include the surprisingly heartfelt “Without Love,” the western “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town” and his masterpiece “Folsom Prison Blues”- – the live version.

Old Favorites And New: Cash’s versatility is almost unmatched. His songs ranged from the textbook traditional country song “Cry, Cry, Cry” to the gospel-like “Forever Young” to the more contemporary country “Highway Patrolman” to the classic rock “I Will Rock And Roll With You.”

The Great American Songbook: His ode to America and its culture. He pays tribute to the musical genres of blues in “Walking The Blues,” of jazz in “Waiting For A Train” and of classic western in his rendition of “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad.”

Family And Friends: He recorded many duets with his wife June Carter including “Jackson” and “If I Were A Carpenter.” He has also recorded with Bob Dylan (“Girl From The North Country”), Waylon Jennins (“The Night Hank Williams Came To Town”), and Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson (“Highwayman”).

Johnny Cash loved to make music and in this set includes only a fraction of his music recorded from 1955-2002. To those who have never heard a Johnny Cash song, but always wanted to experience him – this is a collection to get. It’s sad that he is no longer with us, but at least he left his music.
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Track list:

DISC ONE

1. I Walk The Line
2. There You Go
3. Home Of The Blues
4. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
5. Guess Things Happen That Way
6. Ways Of A Woman In Love, The
7. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
8. Ring Of Fire
9. Matador, The
10. Understand Your Man
11. Ballad Of Ira Hayes, The
12. Orange Blossom Special
13. One On The Right Is On The Left, The
14. Rosanna’s Going Wild
15. Folsom Prison Blues
16. Daddy Sang Bass
17. Boy Named Sue, A
18. What Is Truth
19. Sunday Morning Coming Down
20. Flesh And Blood
21. Man In Black
22. Thing Called Love, A
23. Kate
24. Oney
25. Any Old Wind That Blows
26. One Piece At A Time
27. Ghost Riders In The Sky

DISC TWO

1. Hey Porter
2. Cry Cry Cry
3. Luther Played The Boogie
4. Get Rhythm
5. Give My Love To Rose
6. I Was There When It Happened
7. Big River
8. I Still Miss Someone
9. Pickin’ Time
10. Man On The Hill, The
11. Five Feet High And Rising
12. Tennessee Flat Top Box
13. I Got Stripes
14. Troublesome Waters
15. Long Black Veil, The
16. Dark As A Dungeon
17. Wall, The
18. 25 Minutes To Go
19. Cocaine Blues
20. Doin’ My Time
21. I Will Rock And Roll With You
22. Without Love
23. Big Light, The
24. Highway Patrolman
25. I’m Never Gonna Roam Again
26. When I’m Gray
27. Forever Young

DISC THREE

1. Wreck Of The Old 97, The
2. Rock Island Line
3. Goodnight Irene
4. Goodbye Little Darling
5. Born To Lose
6. Walkin’ The Blues
7. Frankie’s Man, Johnny
8. Delia’s Gone
9. In The Jailhouse Now
10. Waiting For A Train
11. Casey Jones
12. Legend Of John Henry’s Hammer, The
13. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad
14. Sweet Betsy From Pike
15. Streets Of Laredo, The
16. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prarie
17. Down In The Valley
18. Wabash Cannonball
19. Great Speckled Bird, The
20. Wildwood Flower
21. Cotton Fields
22. Pick A Bale O’Cotton
23. Old Shep
24. I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight
25. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
26. Time Changes Everything

DISC FOUR

1. Keep On The Sunny Side – (with The Carter Family)
2. Diamonds In The Rough – (with The Carter Family)
3. Peace In The Valley, (There’ll Be) – (with The Carter Family)
4. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord – (with The Carter Family)
5. Another Man Done Gone – (with Anita Carter)
6. Pick The Wildwood Flower – (with Mother Maybelle Carter)
7. Jackson – (with June Carter)
8. If I Were A Carpenter – (with June Carter)
9. Girl From The North Country – (with Bob Dylan)
10. One More Ride – (with Marty Staurt)
11. You Can’t Beat Jesus Christ – (with Billy Joe Shaver)
12. There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang – (with Waylon Jennings)
13. We Ought To Be Ashamed – (with Elvis Costello)
14. Crazy Old Soldier – (with Ray Charles)
15. Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – (with Tommy Cash)
16. Who’s Gene Autry – (with John Carter Cash)
17. Night Hank Williams Came to Town, The – (with Waylon Jennings)
18. I Walk The Line Revisited – (with Rodney Crowell)
19. Highwayman – (with Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Kris Kristofferson)
20. Wanderer, The – (with U2)
21. September When It Comes – (with Rosanne Cash)
22. Tears in the Holston River – (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
23. Far Side Banks Of Jordan – (with June Carter Cash)
24. It Takes One To Know Me – (with June Carter Cash/Carlene Carter/John Carter Cash)