Johnny Cash - 1964-07-25 - Newport, RI (SBD)

Johnny Cash

1964-07-25

Newport Folk Festival

Newport, RI

Soundboard Recording

320 Kbps

Artwork Included

01. Intro by Pete Seeger > Big River

02. Folsom Prison Blues

03. I Still Miss Someone

04. Rock Island Line

05. Don't Think Twice It's Alright

06. I Walk the Line

07. The Ballad of Ira Hayes

08. Keep on the Sunny Side

Johnny Cash - 1964-07-25 - Newport, RI (SBD)

1960s - #4: The Newport Folk Festival was founded in 1959 by George Wein, who was also the founder of the already-well-established Newport Jazz Festival. The festival introduced to a national audience a number of performers who went on to become major stars, most notably Joan Baez by her appearance as an unannounced guest of Bob Gibson in 1959, and Bob Dylan, in turn a guest of Baez at the 1963 festival. Newport is also legendary as being the site where Dylan plugged in and went electric in 1965. The festival was not strictly limited to folk performers. For example, in the early 1960s legends such as Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and Johnny Cash all performed at Newport. This soundboard recording features Johnny Cash’s set on July 25, 1964, 59 years ago today. Folk legend Pete Seeger introduced Cash, who included a version of Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice in his set. After the show, Cash gave Dylan his guitar, a country western tradition for showing admiration of another act. Download this one to hear the Man In Black bring his country sound to the one of the pre-eminent folk festivals of the 1960s.