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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012)

Name: We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2012-08-20
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Johnny Cash, Kenny Aronoff, Sam Beam, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012), directed by Conor McNally, starring Johnny Cash and Kenny Aronoff.

08/20/2012 BR Documentary and Music

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A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

Synopsis

Johnny Cash influenced a great variety of musicians and it was never more apparent than on Friday, April 20, 2012 at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX. The special concert and 80th-birthday tribute, We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, featured an all-star list of talent not only celebrating the life and legacy of Johnny Cash, but also paying tribute to Cash, his music, his roots and his heritage.

Conor McNallyDirector

About the film

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash is a live tribute album to country musician, Johnny Cash. The album features various interpretations of Cash's hits and songs he had covered on his American Recordings albums. The concert presented artists from a wide variety of genres and were backed by an all-star band led by Grammy Award-winning producer and musical director Don Was, country songwriter and musician Buddy Miller, drummer Kenny Aronoff, keyboardist Ian McLagan, and multi-instrumentalist Greg Leisz. The profits from the ticket sales and album release will benefit "Charley's Fund", a non-profit organization that works to find a cure for the fatal childhood disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Track listing

Note: The songs are credited as they appear in the liner notes.

DVD sequencing and features

The concert itself is sequenced differently than the album and features band and song introductions by Matthew McConaughey.

Bonus features include a rehearsal performance of "I Still Miss Someone" by Willie Nelson, a performance of "The Man Comes Around" by McConaughey, a featurette titled "Johnny Cash, His Life and Music" (featuring interviews from the ensemble), and "Walk the Line: The Making of a Celebration", a behind the scenes look on how the concert was conceived.

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It premiered on August 20, 2012, a Monday.
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StudiosLegacy Recordings
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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What is We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash about?

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash influenced a great variety of musicians and it was never more apparent than on Friday, April 20, 2012 at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX. The special concert and 80th-birthday tribute, We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, featured an all-star list of talent not only celebrating the …

Who directed We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash?

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash was directed by Conor McNally in 2012.

Who stars in We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash?

The cast of We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash includes Johnny Cash, Kenny Aronoff, Sam Beam, Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow.