Listen To Johnny Cash Perform ‘Cocaine Blues’ Recorded Live By Owsley Stanley
The track is part of the upcoming ‘Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968’ archival release.
By Andy Kahn Jul 29, 2021 • 2:34 pm PDT
Photo courtesy of The John R Cash Trust
A previously unreleased recording of
Johnny Cash performing “Cocaine Blues” on April 24, 1968 is now available. The track, recorded by legendary Grateful Dead sound engineer Owsley “Bear” Stanley, is part of the upcoming
The previously unheard live concert will be released on September 24 by the Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG. The intimate show in San Francisco featured “Ring of Fire,” “Big River,” “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town” and “I Walk The Line,” as well as two Bob Dylan covers, “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” and the earliest known recording of “One Too Many Mornings.” Cash was backed by