Johnny Cash LIVE in Rotterdam, 1981 TRACK22 ROCK'N'ROLL MEDLEY with JerryLeeLewis and Carl Perkins

My father took me to this concert way back in 1981. It was my first time to see Johnny Cash LIVE. I was nearly 15 at that time and this was a dream come true. Back in the early 80s there used to be a big Country Music Festival every year around Easter in Rotterdam. This was my first trip there. So many wonderful memories! The Cash-band around that time was called 'The Great 80s 8'(WS.Holland on drums, Bob Wootton,, Marty Stuart and Jerry Hensley on guitar, Jack Hale+Bob Lewin on horns, Earl Ball on piano and Henry Strzelecki on bass (since original Tennesse Two-bassplayer Marshall Grant quit touring back in 1978/1979). The concert was taped for dutch radio at that time and later issued on a bootleg-CD called 'Rockabilly Reunion'. BIG SURPRISE of the evening was ofcourse the guest-appearances by Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins (also on the same Mervin Conn-packagedeal of the show). A few days later the Show in Hamburg, Germany was recorded again, only this time for an official LP-issue called 'The Survivors' (a CBS-album-collaboration for Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis).
The linernotes of that particular album do tell a HISTORIC LIE! Hamburg wasn't the first time! The Concert at Rotterdam (this very gig!) was the originator of the later Hamburg-album called 'The Survivors' . Just that you all get it right. Just before doing San Quentin Johnny Cash was honoured by a Golden Album for 'The Best of Johnny Cash' (a Dutch 70s Cash-collection for CBS). The album 'Rockabilly Blues' had just been released

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[DieGwinners]

great ...thx 4 sharing

I saw johnny cash often here in germany