Johnny Cash - 1987-08-22 - Gdansk, Poland (FM)

Johnny Cash

1987-08-22

Sopot Festival

Gdansk, Poland

BBC FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Ring Of Fire

02. Big River

03. Boy Named Sue

04. City Of New Orleans

05. Rock Island Line

06. Highway Man

07. Long Black Veil

08. Folsom Prison Blues

09. I Got Stripes

10. I Still Miss Someone

11. 16 Tons

12. Get Rythem

13. Jackson

14. If I Was A Carpenter

15. Orange Blossom Special

16. Sunday Morning Coming Down

17. Why Me Lord

18. Casey Jones

19. Peace In The Valley

20. I Walk The Line

Johnny Cash - 1987-08-22 - Gdansk, Poland (FM)
 

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. This FM Broadcast captures the Man in Black in Poland on August 22, 1987, 2 dozen years go today. 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. In any event, this FM Broadcast captures the Man in Black in Poland on August 22, 1987, a quarter of a century ago today.