We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Live album by Various artists
Released August 7, 2012
Recorded April 20, 2012[1]
Genre Country, Folk Rock
Length 64:12 (CD)
77:33 (DVD)
Label Legacy Records
Director Conor McAnally
Producer Keith Wortman

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash is a live tribute album to country musician, Johnny Cash. The album features various interpretations of Cash's hits and songs he had covered on his American Recordings albums. The concert presented artists from a wide variety of genres and were backed by an all-star band led by Grammy Award-winning producer and musical director Don Was, country songwriter and musician Buddy Miller, drummer Kenny Aronoff, keyboardist Ian McLagan, and multi-instrumentalist Greg Leisz.[2] The profits from the ticket sales and album release will benefit "Charley's Fund", a non-profit organization that works to find a cure for the fatal childhood disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy.[3]

There are current plans to take the show on tour.[4]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Brandi Carlile) J. Cash 3:52
2. "Ring of Fire" (Ronnie Dunn) J. Cash, M. Kilgore 3:15
3. "Hey Porter" (Buddy Miller) J. Cash 3:07
4. "Hurt" (Lucinda Williams) T. Reznor 4:00
5. "Wreck of the Old 97" (Rhett Miller) B. Johnson, N. Blake 2:36
6. "Jackson" (Carolina Chocolate Drops) G. Rodgers, B. Wheeler 3:31
7. "The Long Black Veil" (Iron & Wine) M. Wilkin, D. Dill 2:53
8. "Big River" (Kris Kristofferson) J. Cash 2:31
9. "Why Me Lord" (Shelby Lynne) K. Kristofferson 3:10
10. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Pat Monahan) K. Kristofferson 3:51
11. "It Ain't Me Babe" (Shelby Lynne and Pat Monahan) B. Dylan 3:46
12. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson) K. Kristofferson 4:42
13. "Get Rhythm" (Andy Grammer) J. Cash 2:50
14. "Cocaine Blues" (Shooter Jennings and Amy Nelson) T. J. Arnall 2:43
15. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Amy Lee) H. Williams 3:15
16. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Sheryl Crow) J. Cash 2:42
17. "I Still Miss Someone" (Willie Nelson) J. Cash, R. Cash, Jr. 2:45
18. "If I Were a Carpenter" (Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson) T. Hardin 3:07
19. "Highwayman" (Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Shooter Jennings, and Jamey Johnson) J. Webb 3:07
20. "I Walk the Line" (Full Ensemble) J. Cash 2:29

Note: The songs are credited as they appear in the liner notes.[2]

DVD Sequencing and Features

The concert itself is sequenced differently than the album and features band and song introductions by Matthew McConaughey.[5]

Bonus features include a rehearsal performance of "I Still Miss Someone" by Willie Nelson, a performance of "The Man Comes Around" by McConaughey, a featurette titled "Johnny Cash, His Life and Music" (featuring interviews from the ensemble), and "Walk the Line: The Making of a Celebration", a behind the scenes look on how the concert was conceived.[2][6]

Chart performance

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 200
US Billboard Top Country Albums[7] 38

References

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