Classic Concert: Johnny Cash @ Glastonbury Festival 1994 (video)

Johnny Cash considered his UK appearance at Glastonbury Festival 1994 as one of the great highlights of his musical career. He wrote about the performance in his autobiography and was so moved by his experience at the time, there were tears rolling down his face when he came off stage afterwards, according to the other performers who were there.
– Paul Goodman (hubpages.com)

Glastonbury Festival
Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
June 26, 1994

Band

• Bob Wootton – guitar
• W. S. Holland – drums
• Dave Roe – bass
• Backing vocals and rhythm guitar: John Carter Cash
• Vocals on Jackson and If I were a Carpenter: June Carter

Setlist:

1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Get Rhythm
3. Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
4. Ring of Fire
5. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
6. Guess Things Happen That Way
7. Delia’s Gone
8. The Beast in Me
9. Let the Train Blow the Whistle
10. The Man Who Couldn’t Cry
11. Bird on the Wire
12. Big River
13. Jackson
14. If I Were a Carpenter
15. Orange Blossom Special
16. A Boy Named Sue

The concert:

“I booked Johnny Cash to play at Glastonbury in 1994. He was spellbinding, bloody brilliant,” “That was one of my best bookings of all time. This was when Johnny wasn’t nearly as fashionable as he was after ‘Hurt’. Some of the youngsters thought I’d gone crazy, as they believed I should be booking new stuff all the time. They thought he was just a daft old country singer. But he was so good. I can’t choose one song as my favourite, I’d have a shortlist of 100.”
-Michael Eavis (Glastonbury organiser)

Glastonbury Interview:

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Check out:

• Video: Johnny Cash’s Final Public Performance at The Carter Family Fold, July 5th 2003

 

-Egil