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Season 1

  • S01E01 Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Doug Kershaw

    • June 7, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'The Wall', 'Greystone Chapel' & 'It Ain't Me, Babe' (with June Carter Cash). Bob Dylan sings 'I Threw it All Away' and 'Livin' the Blues'; Joni Mitchell sings 'Both Sides Now'; Doug Kershaw sings 'Diggy, Liggy Lo'; Johnny & Bob Dylan duet on 'Girl from the North Country'.

  • S01E02 Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Blocker, Joey Scarborough

    • June 14, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Hey Porter', 'Wreck of the Old 97', 'I've Got a Thing About Trains' and 'Wabash Cannonball'. Johnny & Gordon Lightfoot duet on 'For Lovin' Me'. Johnny, Dan Blocker & Joey Scarborough perform 'Folsom Prison Blues'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. Johnny does a medley of 'Get Rhythm', 'There You Go', 'Still In Town' and 'The One On the Right is on the Left'.

  • S01E03 Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Reed

    • June 21, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Rock Island Line', 'Cry, Cry, Cry', 'I Tremble For You, Darling Companion' (with June Carter Cash) and 'Wanted Man' (written by Johnny and Bob Dylan); Eddie Albert sings 'Green, Green Grass of Home'; Jerry Reed sings 'This Thing Called Love' and 'Blue Moon Over Kentucky'; Linda Ronstadt sings 'The Only Man That'll Walk the Line' and 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'; Johnny & Eddie duet on 'Detroit City', 'Sloop' & 'John B'. All join in for 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hand'.

  • S01E04 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Doug McClure, The Cowsills

    • July 5, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'I Guess Things Happen That Way', 'Loading Coal', 'Dark as a Dungeon', 'Cocaine Blues', 'Blistered', 'Ballad of a Teenaged Queen' and 'You Beat All I Ever Saw'. Johnny & Buffy Sainte-Marie duet on 'Custer'. Johnny & Doug McClure duet on 'Cowboy Buckaroo'. The Cowsills duet with Johnny on 'Children Go Where I Send Thee'. Johnny & June Carter Cash perform 'Keep On the Sunnyside'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me Gently Home'.

  • S01E05 Jeannie C. Riley, Glen Campbell

    • July 12, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Ballad of John Henry'. Johnny & Jeannie C. Riley duet on 'Bad News'. Glen Campbell & Johnny do a medley of 'I've Been Everywhere', 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Galveston', 'Abilene', 'Arkansas', 'I Got Stripes' and 'I Still Miss Someone'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Jackson'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'These Hands'.

  • S01E06 Ed Ames, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees

    • July 19, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Ring of Fire', 'Frankie and Johnny', 'Sing it Pretty', 'Sue', 'Johnny Yuma', 'As Long as the Grass Shall Grow', 'Ballad of Ira Hayes'. Ed Ames sings 'The Windmills of Your Mind'. Johnny and Ed duet on 'Love of the Common People'. Joni Mitchell sings 'The Gallery'. Johnny & Joni duet on 'The Long Black Veil'. The Monkees perform 'Nine Times Blue'. Johnny and the Monkees duet on 'Everybody Loves a Nut'. Roy Clark performs the 'Twelfth Street Rag'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me, Father'.

  • S01E07 Dale Robertson, Marty Robbins, Lynn Kellogg

    • July 26, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings 'Doing My Time', 'I'd Be Fool Enough to Try' & 'Billy Christian'. Dale Robertson sings 'Gentle on My Mind'. Johnny & Dale duet on 'The Wayward Wind'. Marty Robbins sings 'Devil Woman'. Johnny & Marty duet on 'The Streets of Laredo'. Lynn Kellogg sings 'When Papa Rolled His Own'.

  • S01E08 O.C. Smith, Merle Haggard, Merrilee Rush

    • August 2, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    O.C. Smith sings, 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay'. Johnny Cash sings, 'Big River', 'Country Boy', 'What Do I Care?', 'Freight Train Blues' and 'One More Ride'. Merle Haggard sings 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive'. Merrilee Rush sings 'Everyday Livin' Days'. Johnny & Merle duet on 'Sing Me Back Home'. Carl Perkins sings 'Restless'. Bruce & David sing 'Shy Girl'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Long-Legged Guitar Man'. All join in with 'Walk With Your Neighbor'.

  • S01E09 Diana Trask, Soupy Sales, Pat Boone, Tom T. Hall

    • August 9, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Diana Trask sings "Understand Your Man". Johnny Cash & Diana duet on "The Last Thing on My Mind". Johnny Sings "I Ride An Old Paint", "Mean As Hell" and "Shifting Whispering Sands". Johnny and Pat Boone duet on "Peace In The Valley". Pat sings "Train Of Love". Tom T. Hall sings "Worried Man Blues". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Steal Away".

  • S01E10 O.C. Smith, O.C. Smith Jr, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Melanie, Grandpa Jones

    • August 16, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    O.C. Smith sings "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife". O.C. & O.C. Jr. sing "For Once In My Life". Johnny, O.C. & O.C. Jr. perform "Hickory Holler's Tramp". Johnny sings "Remember the Alamo", "Strangest Dreams", "The Big Battle", "So Doggone Lonesome" and "Seasons of My Heart". Kenny Rogers & The First Edition perform "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town". Melanie sings "Baby Guitar". Melanie & Grandpa Jones perform "Silver Threads and Golden Needles". Grandpa sings "Mountain Dew". June Carter Cash sings "Tall Lover Man".

  • S01E11 Lulu, Fannie Flagg, John Hartford, Norman Blake, Chet Atkins

    • August 23, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    The episode opens with Johnny Cash singing "Three Feet High and Rising"; Then Lulu sings "Morning Dew" and duets with Cash on "Games People Play"; Fannie Flagg sings "You've Changed"; The "Ride This Train" segment features Cash singing "San Quentin" and "Give My Love To Rose." John Hartford sings "Tear-Stained Monologue" then jams on bluegrass medley with Cash and Norman Blake. Chet Atkins follows with a brilliant instrumental, then Cash recites a poem he's written to Atkins' accompaniment. The closing series of songs finds Cash essaying "Wanted Man" then turning center stage over to the Statler Brothers who sing their hit "Less of Me," then Cash and the ensemble sing "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms." The episode closes with Cash singing "I Saw A Man."

  • S01E12 Charlie Callas, Roger Miller, Odetta, Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three

    • August 30, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Roger Miller sings 'I Got Stripes'. Johnny Cash duets with Odetta on 'Shame And Scandal On The Family'. Johnny sings 'Ballad Of The Blue And Gray', 'On The Line', 'Lornea' and 'Johnny Reb'. Johnny duets with Roger on 'King Of The Road'. Johnny performs an instrumental with Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three on 'Outside Looking In' and 'Luther Played The Boogie'. Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'How Great Thou Art'.

  • S01E13 Charley Pride, Ian Tyson, Sylvia

    • September 6, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "Five Feet High And Rising", "Busted" and "A Boy Named Sue". Johnny & Charley Pride do a medley with "I Can't Help It", "Your Cheating Heart" and "Kaw-Liga". Ian Tyson & Sylvia duet on "Country Boy". "Mister Garfield" with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Pickin' Time".

  • S01E14 Cass Elliott, Jack Elliott, Tommy Cash

    • September 20, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Cass Elliott sings "Soft and Tenderly" and a medley of "Gentle On My Mind", "Born to Lose" & "Release Me". Johnny Cash sings "Going to Memphis", "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", "Hardin Wouldn't Run", "The Ballad of Boot Hill". Ramblin' Jack Elliott sings "If I Were a Carpenter", and "Take Me Home" (duet with Johnny Cash). The Staple Singers sing "We'll Get Over". Tommy Cash (Johnny's brother) sings "That Lucky Old Sun".

  • S01E15 Phil Harris, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobbi Martin, Roy Orbison

    • September 27, 1969
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "Folsom Prison Blues", "You're the One I Need", "I Walk the Line" & "This Land is Your Land". Roy Orbison sings "Cryin'". Johnny & Roy duet on "Pretty Woman". Creedence Clearwater Revival performs "Bad Moon Rising" & "Proud Mary". Phil Harris sings "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette". Johnny & Phil Harris duet on "That's What I Like About the South". Bobbi Martin sings "Your Cheatin' Heart". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Jackson". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Battle Hymn of the Republic".

  • S01E16 Bobbie Gentry, Arlo Guthrie, Jose Feliciano

    • January 21, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny sings "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "If I Were a Carpenter" (with June). Arlo Guthrie sings "Highway in the Wind" & "Come on Little Children". Jose Feliciano performs "Muleskinner Blues". Bobbie Gentry sings "Fancy".

  • S01E17 Nancy Ames, Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, Anita Carter

    • January 28, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "Country Boy", "Five Feet High and Rising", "The Prisoner's Song", "Peace in the Valley" and "Daddy Sang Bass". Glen Campbell sings "Sweet Country Girl". Marty Robbins sings "El Paso", "Running Gun" and "Big Iron". Nancy Ames sings "Tulsa Country". Johnny & Glen Campbell duet on "Papa Played the Dobro" & "Orange Blossom Special".

  • S01E18 Dusty Springfield, The Everly Brothers, Kirk Douglas

    • February 4, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "The Talking Leaves", "Trail of Tears", "South Wind", "I Still Miss Someone" and "Folsom Prison Blues". Dusty Springfield sings "Understand Your Man" & "Sugar Time". Johnny & Kirk Douglas duet on "I Walk the Line". Johnny & Rod McKuen duet on "Doesn't Anybody Know My Name?". Johnny and the Statler Brothers perform "This Old House". Johnny and the Carter Family perform "Johnny Yuma".

  • S01E19 Neil Diamond, Tammy Wynette, Ray Charles

    • February 11, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "I Got Stripes", "He Turned the Water into Wine", "Flesh and Blood" and "Rock Island Line". Ray Charles sings "I Can't Stop Loving You and "Take These Chains from My Heart." Cash and Charles duet on "Busted." Neil Diamond sings "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show". Tammy Wynette sings "I'll See Him Through" and "Stand By Your Man." During his "Ride This Train" storyteller segment, Cash takes viewers to the Mississippi Delta, reminiscing about poverty, hard living and his mother singing gospel on a small dirt patch farm.

  • S01E20 Jimmie Rodgers, Vikki Carr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins

    • February 18, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Vikki Carr performs "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" from "Nashville by Carr" (1970) LP.

  • S01E21 Kenny Rogers, Bob Hope, Maybelle Carter

    • February 25, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny sings, "Hey, Porter", "Jesus Was A Carpenter" and "Big River". Mama Cass sings, "New World Coming". Kenny Rogers and the First Edition perform "Something's Burning".

  • S01E22 Pete Seeger, Brenda Lee, Roger Miller

    • March 4, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "A Boy Named Sue", "The Devil To Pay", "Church In The Wildwood" & "Old Country Church". Johnny and the Carter Family & Statler Brothers sing "Preachin', Prayin', Singin'". Brenda Lee sings "Ballad Of A Teenaged Queen". Johnny duets with Roger Miller on "Home". The Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Greystone Chapel". Johnny, the Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Were You There".

  • S01E23 Hank Williams Jr, Linda Ronstadt, OC Smith

    • March 11, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny sings, "The One on the Right is on the Left". O.C. Smith sings, "Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" and "Moody". Hank Williams Jr. sings, "I Walked Out on Heaven". Johnny and June duet on "If I Were A Carpenter". Linda Ronstadt sings, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?".

  • S01E24 George Gobel, Tommy Cash, Merle Haggard

    • March 18, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny sings, "Lumberjack", "Timberman" and "Paul". George Gobel sings, "Sweethearts or Strangers". Merle Haggard sings, "The Fightin' Side of Me". Jeannie C. Riley sings, "Country Girl". Tommy sings, "Six White Horses".

  • S01E25 Gordon Terry, Waylon Jennings, Michael Parks

    • March 25, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Waylon Jennings sings, "I Guess Things Happin That Way" & "Bad News". Johnny Cash duets with Jackie DeShannon on "No Light Will Shine On Me". Johnny & Waylon duet on "Waylon's Back In Town". Johnny duets with Michael Parks on "Oklahoma Hills". Johnny sings "Land Of Israel", "He Turned The Water Into Wine", "God Is Not Dead" & "Rock Island Line". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Love's Been Good To Me". Johnny with Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Seeing Nellie's Home".

  • S01E26 Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Roy Orbison

    • April 1, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "Rock Island Line", "Long Black Veil", "I Got Stripes", "Walk With Your Neighbor" and "Six Days on the Road". Kenny Rogers and the First Edition perform "When I'm On My Journey", "Reuben James" and "Ruby". Roy Orbison sings "Pretty Woman", "So Young", "Cryin'" and "Only the Lonely".

  • S01E27 Patti Page, The Carter Family, Tony White

    • April 8, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny sings "Sunday Morning Coming Down", "Six Days On the Road", "There Ain't No Easy Run", "Sailor On a Concerte Sea" & "Country Boy". Johnny does a medley With Patti Page of "Elusive Dreams", "Cross Over The Bridge", "Detour" & "Gentle On My Mind". Johnny with the Carter Family sings "Blistered". Johnny with Carter Family performs "Wanted Man". Johnny duets with Tony White on "Poke Salad Annie". All join in for "Smile On Your Brother" & "Ten Commandments".

  • S01E28 George Jones and Judy Collins

    • April 15, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    The episode opens with Cash singing “Frankie And Johnny.” George Jones and Johnny duet on “White Lighting” and Jones performs “She Thinks I Still Care” and “The Love Bug.” Johnny and Judy Collins duet on “Turn, Turn, Turn” and Judy performs “Desperate Ones” and “Sons Of.” Johnny sings “Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill” and “Flesh And Blood” and June joins him for “Cause I Love You” and their anthem, “Jackson.” June also explains that she’s been absent from the show giving birth to their son John Carter Cash. Johnny closes the show with another anti-drug message and “What Is Truth.”

  • S01E29 Lynn Anderson, Glaser Brothers, Burl Ives

    • April 22, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash duets with June Carter Cash on "South Wind". Johnny duets with Lynn Anderson on "I've Been Everywhere". Johnny sings "Goin' To Memphis", "Doin' My Time" & "Another Man Done Gone". Johnny does a medley with Burl Ives; songs include "Mary Don't You Weep", "Eating Goober Peas", "Lorena" & "Give My Love To Rose". Johnny duets with June on "Darlin' Companion". All join in for "Children Go How I Send Thee".

  • S01E30 Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Ricky Nelson, Chet Atkins

    • April 29, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    The show opens with Cash’s “Orange Blossom Special,” followed by Loretta Lynn singing “I Know Him.” Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (featuring Randy Meisner, later a founding member of The Eagles) perform “Come On In” and “Easy To Be Free” and the former teen idol joins Cash and fiddler Doug Kershaw on “Louisiana Man.” Guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins performs a medley and Cash sings “No One Will Ever Know” and one of his earliest hits, “Hey Porter.” Cash and 33-year-old Kris Kristofferson duet on “The Prophet,” June joins Johnny for “It Ain’t Me Babe,” and Johnny closes with “I Walk The Line.”

  • S01E31 Merle Haggard, Brenda Lee, Charley Pride

    • May 6, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "Life is Like a Mountain Railway", "One More Ride", "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow", "Ira Hayes" and "Wreck of the Number Nine". Merle Haggard sings "New York City Blues" and "Nobody Knows". Brenda Lee sings "Higher and Higher" and "I Think I Love You". Charley Pride sings "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?". Johnny & Merle Haggard duet on "In the Jailhouse Now". Johnny & Brenda Lee duet on "Bad News". Charley Pride sings "Texarkana Baby". Johnny & Charley Pride do a medley of songs including "Long, Long Texas Road", "Abilene" & "Back To Houston".

  • S01E32 Carrie Cash, Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter

    • May 13, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash and his mother Carrie Cash duet on "Uncloudy Day". Johnny sings "Walk the Line", "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Keep on the Sunny Side". Tex Ritter sings "Wayward Wind" and "Boll Weevil". Roy Acuff sings "Wabash Cannonball" and "Great Speckled Bird". Marty Robbins sings "The City" and "Don't Worry". Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass perform "Kaw-Liga", "Sweet Dreams" and "Columbus Stockade Blues". Johnny & Marty Robbins do a medley of "Cool Water", "I Ride an Old Paint" and "Streets of Laredo".

Season 2

  • S02E01 Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Arlo Guthrie

    • September 23, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "One More Ride", "Hey, Porter", "Orange Blossom Special" & "Sunday Morning Coming Down". Johnny and Ray Charles duet on "I Walk the Line". Liza Minnelli sings "Lazy Bones" & "Stormy Weather". Johnny & Arlo Guthrie duet on "Oklahoma". Johnny and the Carter Family perform "Blistered". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Help Me Make it Through the Night". All join in for "Peace in the Valley".

  • S02E02 Jackie DeShannon, Dennis Hopper, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers

    • September 30, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash sings "A Boy Named Sue", "Rock Island Line", "Alabama Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy" & "Here Was A Man". Johnny & Jackie DeShannon duet on "This Old House". Johnny & Dennis Hopper duet on "Goin' Up Goin' Down". Johnny does "Drillin'" and "Roughneck" (Come Along and Ride This Train sequence). The Carter Family and Statler Brothers perform "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man".

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • October 7, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny with George Lindsey & June Carter perform "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home". Johnny and Joni Mitchell duet on "Girl From The North County" Johnny sings "Cow Poke", "Someday Soon" and "Southwind". Johnny with the Statler Brothers perform "Everybody Love A Nut". Johnny with the Carter Family perform "Big River" and "Poison Red Berries". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Wings Of A Dove". Johnny & June duet with "The Loving Gift".

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • October 14, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • October 21, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • October 28, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • November 4, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E08 Stevie Wonder and Bill Monroe and Ian and Sylvia

    • November 11, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    You may notice a slight change in tone in this November 11, 1970 episode, with greater emphasis on comedy. Comedian George Gobel guests, singing “Sky Ball Paint.” Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia Tyson perform a medley including “Crazy Arms.” Cash sings his 1956 single “Get Rhythm” and Stevie Wonder offers a soulful rendition of his hit “Heaven Help Us All.” Father Of Bluegrass Bill Monroe performs “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” with his band the Bluegrass Boys. Anita Carter sings “Tulsa County.” And the ensemble closes with “I Got Stripes,” “Big Midnight Special,” and “Blowin’ In The Wind.”

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • November 18, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • November 25, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E11 Merle Haggard, Anne Murray

    • December 2, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    The show opens with Cash singing “25 Minutes To Go” from his 1968 live album “At Folsom Prison.” Johnny and June join with Homer Haynes and Jethro Burns for “Guess Things Happen That Way.” Cash sings “Portrait of My Woman,” the Statler Brothers perform their hit “Bed Of Rose’s,” and the Carter Family joins for “Daddy Sang Bass.” 25-year-old Anne Murray offers a sweet rendition of “Snowbird” and “Sing High, Sing Low.” Singer/songwriter Merle Haggard performs “Sidewalks Of Chicago” and is joined by Cash for “Okie From Musgokee,” “Sing Me Back Home” and “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive.” Haggard’s wife Bonnie Owens joins the ensemble for “Swinging Doors” and “Mama Tried” and Carl Perkins takes the vocals on Haggard’s “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am.” And everybody joins voices for a closing rendition of “Put Your Hand In The Hand.”

  • S02E12 Episode 12

    • December 16, 1970
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E13 The Johnny Cash Christmas Show

    • December 25, 1970
    • ABC (US)

    Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Bros. perform "Twelve Days Of Christmas". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Bros. Everly Bros. Ike Everly, Tommy Cash, Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cash & Roy Orbison perform "Do What You Do Do Well". Johnny sings "Little Drummer Boy" & "I Never Picked Cotton". Johnny & June duet on "Turn Around". Entire Cast & Carrie Cash On Piano join in for "Silent Night".

  • S02E14 Derek and the Dominos

    • January 6, 1971
    • ABC (US)

    This episode opens with Johnny singing “Big River” and “Waltzing Matilda” and the Carter Family backing Eric Andersen on “Born Again.” Next, Derek And The Dominos (featuring Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon) perform “It’s Too Late” and “Matchbox” with Johnny and Carl Perkins. Connie Smith sings “Once A Day” and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott croons "Mule Skinner Blues." Cash, who struggled with addiction all his life, closes the show with a frank anti-drug message and the cautionary ballad “The Needle.”

  • S02E15 Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Anderson, Statler Brothers, Homer & Jethro

    • January 13, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E16 The History of Country Music: Part 1

    • January 21, 1971
    • ABC (US)

    Roy Acuff Eddy Arnold Carl Perkins Marty Robbins Buck Owens Merle Haggard

  • S02E17 The History of Country Music: Part 2

    • January 28, 1971
    • ABC (US)

    Chet Atkins Merle Haggard Sonny James Gordon Lightfoot Webb Pierce Takahiro Saito B.J. Thomas Kitty Wells Tammy Wynette Minnie Pearl Faron Young Carl Perkins

  • S02E18 Episode 18

    • February 3, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E19 James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, The Dillards, Tony Joe White

    • February 10, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E20 Mahalia Jackson, Edwin Hawkins, Staple Singers, Blackwood Brothers, The Oak Ridge Boys

    • February 21, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E21 Mahalia Jackson, Edwin Hawkins, Staple Singers, Blackwood Brothers, The Oak Ridge Boys

    • February 24, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E22 Circus for Children Of All Ages

    • March 3, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E23 Episode 23

    • March 10, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E24 Episode 24

    • March 17, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E25 Episode 25

    • March 24, 1971
    • ABC (US)

  • S02E26 Episode 26

    • March 31, 1971
    • ABC (US)

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 The Best of The Johnny Cash Show - Vol. 1

    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash - Blue Yodel #9 Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash - I Will Never Marry George Jones - Medley (White Lightning with Johnny Cash, She Thinks I Still Care, Love Bug, The Race Is On) Johnny Cash - Hey Porter Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash - The Singing Star's Queen Waylon Jennings - Brown Eyed Handsome Man Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man Marty Robbins - Medley (Big Iron, Running Gun, El Paso) Johnny Cash - Come Along And Ride This Train Johnny Cash - As Long As The Grass Shall Grow Johnny Cash - Man In Black James Taylor - Sweet Baby James Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash - Cripple Creek, Worried Man Blues Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash - Old Time Religion Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and The TennesseeThree - Daddy Sang Bass Mother Maybelle and The Carter Sisters - Wildwood Flower Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three - Tennessee Flat Top Box Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three with Carl Perkins - Big River

  • SPECIAL 0x2 The Best of The Johnny Cash Show - Vol. 2

    • ABC (US)

    Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line June Carter Cash - A Good Man Derek And The Dominos - It's Too Late Derek And The Dominos with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins - Matchbox Charley Pride - Able Bodied Man Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky Loretta Lynn - I Know How Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Johnny Cash - Ride This Train (America The Beautiful, This Land Is Your Land) The Everly Brothers with Ike Everly and Johnny and Tommy Cash - That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine Ray Charles - Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' Mother Maybelle Carter - Black Mountain Rag Tony Joe White and Johnny Cash - Polk Salad Annie Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie Ray Price - For The Good Times Roy Orbison - Crying Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash - Oh, Pretty Woman Johnny Cash - Wanted Man Chet Atkins and Johnny Cash - Recuerdo De La Alhambra Chet Atkins - Medley (Country Gentleman, Mister Sandman, Wildwood Flower, Freight Train) June Carter Cash with Homer And Jethro - Baby, It's Cold Outside Merle Haggard - No Hard Times Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash - Sing Me Back Home Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers - The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago Roy Clark - Medley (In The Summertime, 12th Street Rag) The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall Johnny Cash - Working Man Blues Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - Jackson, Turn Around, I Love You Because Hank Williams Jr. - Medley (You Win Again, Cold Cold Heart, I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You, Half As Much) Johnny Cash - A Wonderful Time Up There

  • SPECIAL 0x3 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976

    • December 4, 1976
    • CBS

  • SPECIAL 0x4 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977

    • November 30, 1977
    • CBS

  • SPECIAL 0x5 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978

    • December 6, 1978
    • CBS

    For his 1978 Christmas special, the third in as many years, Johnny Cash moved the taping of the Christmas Special to Los Angeles, and, predictably, the program takes on a Hollywood feel. Guests include Kris Kristofferson and singer Rita Coolidge, both friends of the Cash family who perform a heartfelt "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends," and Steve Martin, one of America's hottest new comics at the time. June Carter Cash, as always, performs with her husband, and other family members make appearances in this special as well. The show originally aired December 6, 1978.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979

    • December 6, 1979
    • CBS

    Andy Koffman, Tom T. Hall, Anne Murray

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland

    • ABC (US)

    The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1981

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Johnny Cash: A Very Memphis Christmas

    • ABC (US)

    Christmas Special 1982

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1983

    • December 16, 1983
    • CBS

    Johnny Cash hosts this delightful, down-home music special from Maces Spring, Virginia, birthplace of his wife June Carter Cash. June takes us to her childhood home and offers a history of The Carter Family, then sings “My Clinch Mountain Home” and “I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight” with sisters Anita Carter and Helen Carter. Cousins Janette Carter and Joe Carter join in on “I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home” and “Foggy Mountain Top.” Next, Merle Haggard breaks out his fiddle for “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon” and “San Antonio Rose.” (This entire segment is staged on an old time radio set, like the studios the Carter Family performed in in the 1930s.)

  • SPECIAL 0x10 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1985

    • December 10, 1985
    • ABC (US)

    In 1985, Johnny hosted his tenth and final Christmas Special. His first Christmas Special was held in 1971 on the "Johnny Cash Show" for ABC. Then, from 1976 to 1985, Cash hosted an annual Christmas Special on CBS.