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The Johnny Cash Show

★ 8.6 281 votes 1969–1971 2 seasons · 58 episodes Ended ABC
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The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.

All Seasons

Season 11969
8.1853232h
Season 21970
8.0662626h

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Johnny Cash Self - Host, Singer
Carl Perkins Self - Singer, Self
The Statler Brothers Themselves - Singers, Themselves, Themselves - Singer
The Tennessee Three Themselves - Musicians, Themselves, Themselves - Singers
June Carter Cash Self - Singer
The Carter Family Themselves - Singers
Merle Haggard Self - Singer
Marty Robbins Self - Singer
Tommy Cash Self - Singer
Mother Maybelle Carter Self - Singer

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