They met at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival and Cash gave Bob Dylan his guitar (This is a Country Music Tradition and is seen as a gesture of great respect and admiration). In the days before and after The Johnny Cash Show taping, Dylan was working on the album that emerged more than a year later as Self Portrait …Īlthough only one duet with Johnny Cash (“Girl From The North Country”) appears on Dylan’s original Nashville Skyline album, Cash penned the album’s Grammy Award-winning liner notes. Johnny Cash wrote the young Bob Dylan a letter, and they began writing back and forth. When The Johnny Cash Show was scheduled to debut in June 1969, the host offered Bob Dylan a guest slot on the first show. Taped at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium on May 1, 1969, Dylan also performed “Girl From The North Country.” Later broadcast on ABC on June 7, 1969, here’s more on Dylan’s performance: The box set contains recordings Dylan made in Nashville between 19, including his appearance on The Johnny Cash Show. The videos’ release coincides with the release today of Dylan’s Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. Johnny Cash invited Bob Dylan onto the 1969 debut of The Johnny Cash Show to sing a duet with him on Girl From the North Country. The videos features Dylan performing “Living The Blues” and “I Threw It All Away” on the premiere episode of the television program.

He performs three songs, including Girl From the North Country as a duet. Bob Dylan shared archival video footage of his appearance in 1969 on The Johnny Cash Show. Dylan appears on the first episode of ABC's The Johnny Cash Show.

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