Watch Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash duet on 'Girl From the North Country' in 1969
This was one of the first times the public had seen Dylan since his motorcycle accident three years earlier andsent Patrick Thomas to the Ryman Auditorium to report on the scene.
Backed by guitarists Norman Blake and Charlie Daniels, steel guitar player Peter Drake, pianist Bob Wilson, bassist Charlie McCoy, and drummer Kenneth Buttrey, Dylan performed “I Threw It All Away” and “Living the Blues” before Cash came out to join him on two versions of “Girl From the North Country” because the first one somehow wasn’t amplified. Check out video of the performance right here.
“Dylan was incredibly reserved,” wrote Thomas. “He only flashed an occasional smile during the entire performance. But it was a strange audience, though not at all unenthusiastic. As a matter of fact, it was outrightly reverent. Not one word was heard from the crowd despite the fact there was no explanation about the lack of amplification on the first run through. Everybody just leaned forward. Those who knew were glad to have him back.
Amazingly, despite their long friendship and mutual admiration for each other, this was the first and last time that Dylan and Cash played together in public discounting the “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” jam at Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert in 1992 where they were two of about 30 people onstage.
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