9-4 Nashville Legends: Johnny Cash & Friends rare clips, Freeport archivust

John Mitty Tuesday, August 28, 2012

THE NASHVILLE LEGENDS: JOHNNY CASH AND FRIENDS

RARE PERFORMANCES (1950-90s)

Guest Speaker: Bill Shelley

Join Freeport archivist Bill Shelley for a one-night-only event of rare performances by the legendary artists of country music, featuring Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe, Linda Ronstadt, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Roy Clarke, Carl Perkins, Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Eric Anderson, Hank Williams Jr., Gram Parsons & The Flying Buritto Brothers, and lots more, on Tuesday, September 4 at 7:30 P.M  in the monthly Rock Legends Live! series at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY

http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/the-nashville-legends-johnny-cash-and-friends-1950-90s/

$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006

The Nashville Legends program celebrates the glorious richness of the Nashville sound combined with the older country tradition of Bill Monroe (“Blue Moon of Kentucky”), a medley of Johnny Cash’s top hits, Linda Ronstadt with “Long, Long Time” and “You’re No Good,” Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man,” Waylon Jennings’  “Mothers, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” Hank Williams Jr’s. “TheConversation,” Willie Nelson with “Crazy,” and “On the Road Again,” and MUCH, much more. The program showcases the talent and varied styles of country performers who became Nashville Legends. Nashville, Tennessee, has long been regarded as the country music capitol of the U.S.A. Musicians regard Nashville’s studios as a sacred place in the recording industry, where every kind of musical form has been recorded from country, bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock to jazz. Numerous artists have found their fame in Nashville, and tonight the Cinema Arts Centre pays tribute to those great artists with this exciting event featuring rare footage from concerts, television shows, studio rehersals, and out-takes of countless country music legends. Don’t miss such greats as Roy Clarke, Carl Perkins, LorettaLynn, The Everly Brothers, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Tammy Wynette, Bill Monroe, Eric Anderson, Gram Parsons & The Flying Buritto Brothers, and lots more! This will be a lively night of guitar picking, fast banjo-playing, and sad soulful singing. Don’t miss out.

UPCOMING Rock Legends Live! shows

Tuesday, October 23 @ 7:30 pm- Elton John

Tuesday, November 20 @ 7:30pm– The Grateful Dead

Thursday, December 27 @ 7:30pm,– The Rolling Stones: The Ron Wood Years

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