Johnny Cash - 1986-03-31 - London, UK (SBD)

Johnny Cash

1986-03-31

Wembley Arena

London, England

Soundboard Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Instrumental Medley

02. Ring Of Fire

03. Folsom Prison Blues

04. Sunday Morning Coming Down

05. Any Old Wind That Blows

06. These Hands

07. Here Comes That Rainbow Again

08. Love Is the Way

09. The Highwayman (with John Schneider)

10. Big River

11. I Guess Things Happen That Way

12. Stage Banter

13. Fairweather Friends

14. Instrumental

15. One Piece At A Time

16. Forty Shades Of Green

17. Ghost Riders In The Sky

18. If I Were A Carpenter (with June Carter)

19. Jackson (with June Carter)

20. Stage Banter (featuring June Carter)

21. Wabash Cannonball (featuring June Carter)

22. San Antonio Rose (featuring June Carter)

23. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (featuring Anita Carter)

24. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (featuring The Carter Family)

25. Foggy Mountain (featuring The Carter Family)

26. Will The Circle Be Unbroken > Wildwood Flower

27. Wreck Of Old 97 (with June Carter)

28. Thing Called Love

29. Ballad Of Ira Hayes

30. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

31. Daddy Sang Bass (with John Schneider & Carter Family)

32. Instrumental

33. Casey Jones

34. Orange Blossom Special

35. I Walk The Line

Johnny Cash - 1986-03-31 - London, UK (SBD)

The 1980's were a difficult period for the Man in Black.  His impact on the Country Music charts waned, his long time record company, Columbia, stopped marketing his work, he had a relapse of drug addiction and underwent double bypass heart surgery.  He was so frustrated with Columbia that he actually recorded a song called Chicken in Black, about his brain being transplanted into a chicken.  That tune helped sever the relationship between Cash and Columbia.  Despite his troubles, Cash did have some positive moments during the decade. In 1986, he teamed with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins on the album Class of '55.  He continued to tour successfully, with the Highwayman early in the decade, and later, with wife June Carter and the Carter family.  In keeping with our guest star theme of the month, this soundboard recording from March 31, 1986, 25 years ago today, captures Cash with wife June and the Carter Family, live at Wembley Arena in London. Download this one to hear a fine performance by The Man in Black and to see why his work has influenced not just Country Music but also rockabilly rock and roll, blues, folk, and gospel.