BBC Alba’s new light and new footage on Man in Black
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| December 31, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
By the time he died, Johnny Cash, one of the most powerful creative influences on the C&W music genre, had brought together people of more diverse creeds, politics, and persuasions than any other entertainer in history.
His hits spanned six decades from the 1950s into the 21st century, given a new lease of life with the unforgettable biopic, Walk the Line, starring Joachim Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
Cash worked to showcase his beliefs and unify people through his music. Not shy of controversy, he waded into most of those current in his time, He believed in God and kept company with the Devil. He was a patriot and a drug addict, a friend to Presidents and an ally to prisoners. His America was not red, white or blue. It was black and he was the man who spoke for it.
This documentary, made by MacTV for BBC Alba and airing on 31st December at 9.00pm. explores the enduring groundnotes of Cash’s life and music – love of the land, freedom, justice, family, faith and redemption.
There are interviews – many never seen before - with Cash’s sister Joanne; his son John Carter Cash and daughters Cindy Cash and Rosanne Cash; childhood friends; fellow musicians – band mates as well as Bob Dylan and Sheryl Crow; and a sweep of celebrities of many kinds like Al Gore, Loretta Lynn, Snoop Dogg, Steve Earle, and Merle Haggard. Each of these well known and divergent people are connected to Cash in ways that may take you by surprise.
27 of Cash’s songs feature in the show, as well as unreleased and never-before-seen footage including the 1965 ‘Johnny Cash Show’ with a solo performance of ‘Five Feet High and Rising’; out-takes from the recording studio with Cash and Bob Dylan from his elusive ‘Eat the Document’ documentary; and rehearsal footage for a Highwaymen recording session.
The Cash family – Johnny’s sister, son, and other relatives – take viewers to rural Dyess, Arkansas, to Cash’s childhood home and visit brother Jack’s grave – eliciting an impromptu and moving singing of ‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken’.
In Cash’s case the answer is ‘Never’.
This will not only be a popular show but it is a well scheduled one – the perfect subject and an attractive genre for the holiday period.
BBC ALBA is currently available on Digital Satellite, on Sky 168, Freesat 110 and live on BBC iPlayer. Ten hours of content per week is also available to view on demand via the BBC PC iPlayer and the BBC iPlayer on Cable.
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