''Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden'' (Johnny Cash at MSG) is a 1969 recording of a Johnny Cash concert at Madison Square Garden. It was released in 2002.

Description

The album featured Cash and other musicians and singers including W.S. Holland,

Marshall Grant Marshall Garnett Grant (May 5, 1928 – August 7, 2011) was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became k ...

Bob Wootton Robert "Bob" Wootton (March 4, 1942 – April 9, 2017) was an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist Luther Perkins died in a house fire. He remained Cash's guitarist for n ...

, the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins,

Tommy Cash Tommy Cash (born April 5, 1940) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. His elder brother was Johnny Cash. Biography Cash was born in Dyess, Arkansas, United States, the youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie (R ...

and the

Carter Family Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. ...

. Absent from the show was Cash's wife

June Carter Cash June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter and dancer. A five-time Grammy award-winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prio ...

, who was home pregnant with their son

John Carter Cash John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970) is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. He is the only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and the grandson of Maybelle Carter. Biography For several years after his birth, his fathe ...

, a fact referenced during the recording. As with most Cash shows, the genres covered ran the gamut from

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

rockabilly Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blu ...

to even some

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers s ...

. Similarly to the extended releases of both the ''San Quentin'' and ''

At Folsom Prison ''Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison'' is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records on May 6, 1968. After his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a p ...

'' that had been made available around the same time, ''Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden'' includes numbers performed by Perkins, the Statlers and the Carters while Johnny was offstage. During this particular show, however, Cash introduced his father Ray and also

Shel Silverstein Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer / songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before ...

, who wrote Cash's biggest pop hit, "

A Boy Named Sue "A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by humorist, children's author, and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's San Quentin State Prison for his ''At ...

". Silverstein is the subject of some good-natured ribbing by Cash as he performs an uncensored version of "A Boy Named Sue". At the time of the recording, ''

The Johnny Cash Show ''The Johnny Cash Show'' is an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969, to March 31, 1971, on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

'' was in production and a popular TV series; its weekly "Come Along and Ride This Train" segment is referenced in the introduction to "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow."

Track listing

#" Big River" (J. Cash) – 2:21 #"

I Still Miss Someone "I Still Miss Someone" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr. and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the B-side to " Don't Take Your Guns to Town". Histor ...

" (Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 1:37 #"Five Feet High and Rising" (Cash) – 2:52 #"Pickin' Time" (Cash) – 2:36 #" Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers) – 2:48 #"

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (also known as "The Strangest Dream") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950. Due to McCurdy's connection with fellow musicians, it was common in repertoires within the fo ...

" ( Ed McCurdy) – 3:04 #"

Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ...

" (Arranged by Cash, Norman George Blake, Robert Johnson) – 2:14 #" The Long Black Veil" (

Danny Dill Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924 – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. Biography Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got h ...

Marijohn Wilkin Marijohn Wilkin ( Melson; July 14, 1920 – October 28, 2006) was an American songwriter, famous in country music for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," a ...

) – 3:01 #"The Wall" (

Harlan Howard Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote many popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists. C ...

) – 1:09 #"Send a Picture of Mother" (Cash) – 2:36 #"

Folsom Prison Blues "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, it was first recorded in 1955 for his debut studio album '' Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!'' (1957), appearing as the album's eleventh track. T ...

" (Cash) – 3:35 #"

Blue Suede Shoes "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard (music), standard written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues ...

" (C. Perkins) – 3:13 ( Carl Perkins) #"

Flowers on the Wall "Flowers on the Wall" is a song made famous by American country music group The Statler Brothers. Written and composed by Lew DeWitt, the group's original tenor vocalist, the song peaked in popularity in January 1966, spending four weeks at number ...

" (L. DeWitt) – 2:32 (The Statler Brothers) #" Wildwood Flower" (A.P. Carter) – 3:45 (

The Carter Family Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. ...

) #" Worried Man Blues" (A.P. Carter) – 1:40 (The Carter Family) #"

" (

) – 4:25 #"

Cocaine Blues "Cocaine Blues" is a Western swing song written by Troy Junius Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". Roy Hogsed recorded a well known version of the song in 1944. Background The song is the tale of a man, Willy Lee, who ...

" (T.J. Arnall) – 1:57 #"Jesus was a Carpenter" (C. Wren) – 3:40 #" The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Pete LaFarge) – 3:11 #"As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" (LaFarge) – 3:50 #"Sing a Traveling Song" ( K. Jones) – 3:30 #"He Turned the Water into Wine" (Cash) – 3:16 #"Were You There (When They Crucifed My Lord)" (Traditional, Arranged by Cash) – 4:16 #"

Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a song written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?", and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released in November 1968 as the first single from the album '' T ...

" (Carl Perkins) – 2:15 #"Finale Medley" – 4:45: ##"Do What You Do, Do Well" (N. Miller) (Tommy Cash & Johnny Cash) ##"

I Walk the Line "I Walk the Line" is a song written and recorded in 1956 by Johnny Cash. After three attempts with moderate chart ratings, it became Cash's first #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts, eventually reaching #17 on the US pop charts. The song rema ...

" (Cash) (The Carter Family) ##"

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring o ...

" (Cash, M. Kilgore) (The Statler Brothers) ##"Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) (Carl Perkins) ##" The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" (R. Markowitz, A. Fenady) ##"Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) #"Suppertime" ( I. F. Stanphill) – 2:55

Personnel

*Johnny Cash - vocal,

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Carter Family

Maybelle Carter "Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument". It ...

- vocals, guitar *Robbie Harden - vocals, guitar *

Anita Carter Ina Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999) was an American singer who played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp. She performed with her sisters, Helen and June, and her mother, Maybelle, initially under the name The Carter Sisters an ...

- vocals, guitar *

Helen Carter Helen Myrl Carter Jones (September 12, 1927 – June 2, 1998) was an American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of ' ...

- vocals, guitar

The Statler Brothers

* Phil Balsley — vocals *

Lew DeWitt Lewis “Lew” Calvin DeWitt Jr. (March 12, 1938 – August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer, guitarist, and composer. He was a founding member of The Statler Brothers and the group's original tenor. Biography For most of his care ...

— vocals * Don Reid — vocals *

Harold Reid Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Art ...

— vocals

Backing Band

* Carl Perkins -

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* W.S. Holland - drums *

- electric guitar *

- PA announcer, acoustic guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

*Original Recording Produced by:

Bob Johnston Donald William 'Bob' Johnston (May 14, 1932 – August 14, 2015) was an American record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Simon & Garfunkel. Early days Johnston was born into a professional mus ...

*Produced for Release by: Al Quaglieri *Mixed By: Thom Cadley at Sony Music Studios, New York *Assistant Engineer: John Hill *Edited and Mastered by: Darcy Proper at Sony Music Studios, New York *Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz *Project Designer: John Jackson *A&R Coordination: Darren Salmieru *Art Direction: Howard Frizson *Design: Roxanne Slimark

Charts

Album - ''Billboard'' (United States)

References

2002 live albums Johnny Cash live albums Albums recorded at Madison Square Garden Columbia Records live albums {{2000s-country-album-stub