Johnny Cash — Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971
Recorded September 14, 1971
TV-Byen · Gladsaxe · 
Denmark
Featuring Carl Perkins, June Carter Cash, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers
Setlist
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Album featured at the showMan in Black1971Released months before the recording, the album contributes the track Man in Black to the set.“To see Cash gather his touring company on Danish television, in the year of Man in Black.”
Context
It is noon on September 14, 1971, and Johnny Cash's appointment is with Danish television cameras. At the TV-Byen studio in Gladsaxe, he gathers the Tennessee Three and his road companions. Man in Black had reached stores months earlier; now the song takes its place among earlier hits.
Cash opens with A Boy Named Sue and shares the spotlight with other leads. Carl Perkins takes Blue Suede Shoes and Matchbox; the Statler Brothers sing Bed of Roses and Flowers on the Wall. June Carter Cash comes in for three duets, including If I Were a Carpenter. The final stretch brings in the Carter family and flows into collective gospel singing.
There is still another stage that day: KB Hallen in Copenhagen hosts the evening show. The television session takes a different path and reaches DVD in 2006. In 2015, the audio gets its own release on record. The recording preserves more than a Cash recital: it keeps together the artists who gave shape to his traveling show.
- June Carter Cash shares three duets with Cash, including If I Were a Carpenter.
- Children, Go Where I Send Thee brings together Cash, Carl Perkins, the Carter Family and the Statler Brothers.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Johnny CashVocals and acoustic guitar
- Bob WoottonGuitar
- Marshall GrantBass
- W. S. HollandDrums
- Carl PerkinsguestVocals and guitar
- June Carter CashguestVocals
- Maybelle CarterguestVocals
- Helen CarterguestVocals
- Anita CarterguestVocals
- Don ReidguestVocals, the Statler Brothers
- Harold ReidguestVocals, the Statler Brothers
- Phil BalsleyguestVocals, the Statler Brothers
- Lew DeWittguestVocals, the Statler Brothers
Trivia
The performance is recorded at noon for Danish television, before Cash's evening show at KB Hallen.
If I Were a Carpenter reaches the stage in the same year it earns Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash a Grammy for country performance.
The audio gets an album release in 2015, including a red and white double vinyl in the colors of the Danish flag.
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