Playlist Your Way

Johnny Cash's populist fusion of folk, country, and gospel done up with an unhurried, plain-spoken eloquence made him both a country icon and an American treasure. Whether singing his own songs or covering songs written by young alternative rockers in his autumn years, anything he touched became vintage Johnny Cash as soon as he stepped to the microphone. This collection hits the early high points, and includes the classics "I Walk the Line," "Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Hey Porter," and ends up being a pretty fair, stripped down introduction to the Man in Black. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi