Recorded on January 3, 1987, Live from Austin, TX is Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

's performance from the Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 television show, Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...

. It was released on New West Records in 2005. Cash performs many old hits, and performs new ones from his latest releases on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

, where he just recently moved to. The CD and DVD do not contain the whole show — the songs "The Big Light", "A Wonderful Time Up There", and "The Fourth Man in the Fire" were left out.

Track list

1. "Ring of Fire
   Ring of Fire (song)
   "Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...
   
   " (June Carter, Merle Kilgore
   Merle Kilgore
   Wyatt Merle Kilgore was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.-Early life:Although born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was the son of Wyatt and Gladys B. Kilgore...
   
   ) 2:58
2. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash) 2:45
3. "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
   Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
   "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969; it became Steven's first chart hit, reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100. Kristofferson released his own version the following year, on his debut album,...
   
   " (Kris Kristofferson
   Kris Kristofferson
   Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
   
   ) 4:17
4. "I Walk the Line
   I Walk the Line
   "I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...
   
   " (Cash)
5. "The Wall" (Harlan Howard
   Harlan Howard
   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
   
   ) 1:39
6. "Long Black Veil" (Marijohn Wilkin
   Marijohn Wilkin
   Marijohn Wilkin , née Melson, was an American songwriter, famous in the country music genre for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography from Word Books--Lord, Let Me Leave a Song...
   
   )
7. "Big River" (Cash) 2:28
8. "I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs Again" (Tom T. Hall
   Tom T. Hall
   Thomas "Tom T." Hall is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   ) 2:51
9. "Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark
   Guy Clark
   Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
   
   ) 4:59
10. "Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) 4:10
11. "Sam Stone
    Sam Stone (song)
    "Sam Stone" is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose.The most familiar refrain in the song is "There's a hole in daddy's arm, where all the money goes"...
    
    " (John Prine
    John Prine
    John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
    
    ) 4:11
12. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) 4:17
13. "Where Did We Go Right" with June Carter Cash (Donal Schlitz, David Loggins)
14. "I Walk the Line" (outro) (Cash) 3:17

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, acoustic guitar
• June Carter Cash
  June Carter Cash
  Valerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
  
   - vocals
• Anita Carter
  Anita Carter
  Ina Anita Carter , the youngest daughter of Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, was a versatile American singer who experimented with several different types of music and played stand-up bass with her sisters Helen Carter and June Carter Cash as The Carter Sisters...
  
   - vocals
• Earl Poole Ball - piano
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Jim Soldi - electric guitar
• Joe Allen - bass
• Bob Wootton
  Bob Wootton
  Bob Wootton is an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire.- Biography :...
  
  - electric guitar
• Jack Hale Jr. - trumpet, harmonica
• Bob Lewin - trumpet, keyboards

Additional Personnel

• Executive Producer: Cameron Strang
• Producers: Cameron Strang, Jay Woods & Gary Briggs
• Recorded By: David Hough, Sharon Cullen
• Mixed By: Chet Himes @ Asm Studios
• Audio Mastering: Jerry Tubb @ Terra Nova Digital Audio
• Design: Katherine Delaney
• Photography: Scott Newton
• Project Coordinators: Mary Jurey & Clare Surgeson
• Linear Notes: Terry Lickona