Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson - Vh1 Storytellers
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Artist: Johnny Cash, Willie NelsonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Music Label: American Recordings
Soundtracks:
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- Worried Man
- Family Bible
- Don't Take Your Guns To Town
- Funny How Time Slips Away
- Flesh And Blood
- Crazy
- Unchained
- Night Life
- Drive On
- Me And Paul
- I Still Miss Someone
- Always On My Mind
- Folsom Prison Blues
- On The Road Again
Music reviews of Vh1 Storytellers
Music Review: A fine stark live effort from two music legends
Rating: 4 Stars
I've seen Willie give a live 3 hour tour-de-force performance though I wasn't able to witness Johnny in performance before his passing. The song selections here are very good...nearly every one a classic of Cash's, Nelson's, or a country standard that one (or both) have recorded.
What you get here is unvarnished...a guitar pull format. Cash, Nelson, and their acoustics....that's it. Both of them have released better albums than this one on their own (FOLSOM PRISON and STARDUST to mention two..) so those saying it's the "best I've ever heard" need to listen to more music. Nonetheless, bits of this are fabulous and it's a historic pairing of two of the finest artists ever.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Cash tears into his "Don't Take your Guns to Town" and Willie adds a whispered harmony to the choruses as pride proves literally to be a deadly sin to young Bill. Willie turns in lovely versions of "Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Crazy" ('I was gonna call it 'Stu-pid' but it wasn't as euphonious...'). There's some fine picking in "Night Life" after he commands "Listen to what the blues they're playing" (I'm not sure if Cash or Nelson's responsible..). Cash reclaims the power of "Unchained" (this was recorded shortly after his 2nd American Records album but is probably a bit overproduced on that disc) in a deliberate reading that imbues it with subtle grace. He also turns in a charging "Folsom Prison Blues". They close with a sentimental take on Willie's "On the Road Again".
LOWS:
The disc starts a bit tentatively.(nervous laughter from Cash about "well, that's ONE down" after "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky") Luckily, by the time they get to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" he appears to have calmed down. I felt that "Family Bible" felt a bit flaccid on Cash's part, especially since he usually has a great affinity for gospel material. "Worried Man" just isn't as good a song as the other material here (this is NOT the "Worried Man Blues" Cash wrote with Bob Dylan. It's a later tune he wrote with June in Jamaica.)
BOTTOM LINE:
Fans of either Cash or Nelson should find plenty here to love and the relaxed banter between the two (at one point Willie wonders if it will ruin their image that the beverages for the pair are 'water, coffee, or hot chocolate'. Cash opines that if they keep wearing black, they should be alright.) is charming. It's the closest you'll ever get to a private concert with the pair.
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