We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Live album by Various artists
Released	August 7, 2012
Recorded	April 20, 2012^[1]
Genre	Country, Folk Rock
Length	64:12 (CD) 77:33 (DVD)
Label	Legacy Records
Director	Conor McAnally
Producer	Keith Wortman

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

There are current plans to take the show on tour.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Folsom Prison Blues" (Brandi Carlile)	J. Cash	3:52
2.	"Ring of Fire" (Ronnie Dunn)	J. Cash, M. Kilgore	3:15
3.	"Hey Porter" (Buddy Miller)	J. Cash	3:07
4.	"Hurt" (Lucinda Williams)	T. Reznor	4:00
5.	"Wreck of the Old 97" (Rhett Miller)	B. Johnson, N. Blake	2:36
6.	"Jackson" (Carolina Chocolate Drops)	G. Rodgers, B. Wheeler	3:31
7.	"The Long Black Veil" (Iron & Wine)	M. Wilkin, D. Dill	2:53
8.	"Big River" (Kris Kristofferson)	J. Cash	2:31
9.	"Why Me Lord" (Shelby Lynne)	K. Kristofferson	3:10
10.	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Pat Monahan)	K. Kristofferson	3:51
11.	"It Ain't Me Babe" (Shelby Lynne and Pat Monahan)	B. Dylan	3:46
12.	"Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson)	K. Kristofferson	4:42
13.	"Get Rhythm" (Andy Grammer)	J. Cash	2:50
14.	"Cocaine Blues" (Shooter Jennings and Amy Nelson)	T. J. Arnall	2:43
15.	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Amy Lee)	H. Williams	3:15
16.	"Cry, Cry, Cry" (Sheryl Crow)	J. Cash	2:42
17.	"I Still Miss Someone" (Willie Nelson)	J. Cash, R. Cash, Jr.	2:45
18.	"If I Were a Carpenter" (Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson)	T. Hardin	3:07
19.	"Highwayman" (Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Shooter Jennings, and Jamey Johnson)	J. Webb	3:07
20.	"I Walk the Line" (Full Ensemble)	J. Cash	2:29

Note: The songs are credited as they appear in the liner notes.^[2]

DVD Sequencing and Features

The concert itself is sequenced differently than the album and features band and song introductions by Matthew McConaughey.^[5]

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.^[2]^[6]

Chart performance

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	200
US Billboard Top Country Albums^[7]	38

References

↑ "We Walk The Line: A Celebration Of The Music of Johnny Cash Set For April 20". Glide Magazine. Glide Publishing, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
1 2 3 Wortman, Keith, dir. 'We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash.' Perf. Various artists. Legacy Recordings, 2012. DVD. 15 Aug 2012.
↑ "Johnny Cash To Be Celebrated With "We Walk The Line: A Celebration Of The Music Of Johnny Cash" In Honor Of His 80th Birthday". Retrieved 15 August 2012.
↑ "Johnny Cash Tribute, featuring Ian McLagan, Don Was, Kenny Aronoff, To Hit The Road". 98.5 WNCX Cleveland's Classic Rock. CBS Radio Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
↑ Duvall, Erin. "Matthew McConaughey, Pat Monahan, Shelby Lynne Added to Johnny Cash Tribute". The Boot. AOL Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
↑ "Legacy Recordings Set To Release We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, A Deluxe CD/DVD Set Capturing The All-star 80th Birthday Concert Spectacular". PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
1 2 "Chart listing for We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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