BIO CHANNEL PRESENTS "JOHNNY CASH'S AMERICA "

TWO-HOUR DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 9 PM EST/10 PM PT AND SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE "MAN IN BLACK"
FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH SNOOP DOGG, THE CASH FAMILY, AL GORE, SHERYL CROW & MORE
NARRATED BY OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR CHRIS COOPER

Los Angeles, CA – September 25, 2008 – Bio Channel shares the unique story of one man, his music and the country that embraced him with the two-hour documentary special "Johnny Cash's America," premiering on Thursday, October 23 at 9 PM EST/ 10 PM PT.
At the time of his death in 2003, no other entertainer in history had brought together people of such diverse creeds, politics, and persuasions as Johnny Cash. With hits spanning six decades from the 1950s into the 21st century, Cash sought to advocate his beliefs and un if y people through his music. Wading in the controversies of his time, Cash was a man who believed in God but was a friend to the Devil, a patriot and a drug addict, a friend to Presidents and an ally to prisoners. His America was not red, white or blue; it was black.

A first time partnership between the Cash Estate, Sony Music, Executive Producer John Carter Cash and Award-winning filmmaking team Morgan Neville (Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues) and Robert Gordon (Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied, with Morgan Neville), the special sheds new light on the l if e and legacy of the "Man in Black."  Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper (Adaptation), viewers will have unprecedented access to a wealth of rare materials, including never-before-seen footage and photos, intimate interviews with Cash's family, children, and several l if e-long friends, and 27 of Johnny Cash's recordings, many used here for the first time.

The documentary explores the prominent themes of Cash's l if e including love of the land, freedom, justice, family, faith and redemption through exclusive interviews, photos and unreleased music and footage. Interviews include Cash's sister Joanne, son John Carter Cash and daughters Cindy Cash and Rosanne Cash, childhood friends and fellow band mates as well as Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, Al Gore, Tim Robbins, Loretta Lynn, Snoop Dogg, Vince Gill, Ozzy Ozborne, Steve Earle, Merle Haggard and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) all of whom are connected to Cash in surprising ways.

The special features 27 of Cash's songs as well as unreleased and never-before seen footage including the 1965 "Johnny Cash Show" featuring solo performance of "Five Feet High and Rising," outtakes from the recording studio with Cash and Bob Dylan from his elusive Eat the Document documentary and rehearsal footage for a Highwaymen recording session. The Cash family – Johnny's sister, son, and other relatives – take viewers to rural Dyess, Arkansas to Cash's childhood home and visit brother Jack's grave which elicits a moving, impromptu singing of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."

"Johnny Cash's America " will premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival on Saturday, October 4 and screen at the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 11, the American Cinematheque in Hollywood , CA on October 13, the Memphis Indie Film Festival on October 15 and the Paley Center in New York , NY on October 17.  Sony BMG's Legacy Recordings will release the CD/DVD on October 28.
"Johnny Cash's America " is produced and directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon from Tremelo Productions for Bio Channel.  Executive Producers for Bio Channel are Robert Sharenow and Andy Berg.



Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition Deluxe 40th Anniversary 2-Cd+DVD Box Set Makes History with Release Of - Yes - Two Shows!

RELEASED FROM THE ARCHIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME: • CD One: 65-minute first show -with seven previously unissued tracks • CD Two: 75-minute second show - with 24 previously unissued tracks (of 26) • DVD: new documentary film - with exclusive Folsom Prison footage, interviews with Merle Haggard, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, and former inmates at concert, and unpublished photographs by Jim Marshall

Latest entry in deluxe Legacy Edition series - available at both physical and digital retail outlets starting October 14, 2008, through Columbia/Legacy

It is one of those dates that is embedded in music history - and should be embedded in American history, if it is not already.  January 13, 1968, the day that Johnny Cash and his crew - June Carter (two months before their wedding), Columbia staff producer Bob Johnston, Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and the Tennessee Three (guitarist Luther Perkins, bassist Marshall Grant, drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland), rolled into northern California's notorious maximum security lockup and gave a performance that changed Cash's career arc and the future of popular music.  Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, the LP issued on Columbia Records the following May, became a cultural benchmark in the midst of the single most tumultuous year in American history since the end of World War II.  It was more than a record album - it was the turning point for a generation.

Forty years later, the Cash archives in Tennessee continue to dazzle researchers with their riches.  In fact, as rarely known by even the most ardent fans, and rarely mentioned in Cash writings until now - there were two Folsom shows performed and recorded that day: The first show, the bulk of which comprised the classic, familiar 16-song album; and a longer second show, the bulk of whose 26 tracks (except for two songs) were put on the shelf.

JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON: LEGACY EDITION has been a long time coming, indeed.  The revealing three-disc (2 CD+DVD) close-up of that day now presents the entire unvarnished 65-minute first show on disc one - expletives intact for the first time, and with seven previously unissued tracks; and the entire 75-minute second show on disc two, with 24 previously unissued tracks (out of 26).  It's topped off with a new documentary DVD - featuring exclusive footage from inside Folsom, interviews with Merle Haggard, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, and former inmates who witnessed the concert, and unpublished photography by Jim Marshall.

JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON: LEGACY EDITION, the latest deluxe display-book box set entry in the Legacy Edition series will be available at all physical and digital outlets starting October 14th through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition Disc One - Show One:

Hugh Cherry
1. Opening announcements*

Carl Perkins
2. Blue Suede Shoes*

The Statler Brothers
3. This Ole House*

Hugh Cherry
4. Announcements and Johnny Cash intro*

Johnny Cash
5. Folsom Prison Blues
6. Busted
7. Dark As A Dungeon
8. I Still Miss Someone
9. Cocaine Blues
10. 25 Minutes To Go
11. I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail*
12. Orange Blossom Special
13. The Long Black Veil
14. Send A Picture Of Mother
15. The Wall
16. Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog
17. Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
18. Joe Bean

Johnny Cash with June Carter
19. Jackson
20. I Got A Woman *

Johnny Cash
21. The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
22. June's Poem*
23. Green, Green Grass Of Home
24. Greystone Chapel
25. Closing announcements

Disc Two:
Carl Perkins
1. The Old Spinning Wheel*
Hugh Cherry
2. Opening announcements*

Carl Perkins
3. Matchbox*
4. Blue Suede Shoes*

The Statler Brothers
5. You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too*
6. Flowers On The Wall*
7. How Great Thou Art*

Hugh Cherry
8. Announcements and Johnny Cash intro*

Johnny Cash
9. Folsom Prison Blues*
10. Busted*
11. Dark As A Dungeon*
12. Cocaine Blues*
13. 25 Minutes To Go*
14. Orange Blossom Special*
15. The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer*

Johnny Cash with June Carter
16. Give My Love To Rose

Johnny Cash
17. Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog*
18. Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart*
19. Joe Bean*

Johnny Cash with June Carter
20. Jackson*
21. Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man*

Johnny Cash
22. I Got Stripes
23. Green, Green Grass Of Home*
24. Greystone Chapel*
25. Greystone Chapel*

Hugh Cherry
26. Introduces Johnny's father, Ray Cash and Floyd Gressett and closing announcements*

*Indicates previously unissued track.

Disc Three:
DVD - Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison New documentary film includes exclusive footage from behind the walls of Folsom Prison, unpublished photographs by the legendary Jim Marshall, and new interviews with Merle Haggard, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, and former inmates who witnessed the concert.



Cash for Kenya: Live in Johnstown

JOHNNY CASH 1991 BENEFIT CONCERT AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- There is more than the legend of Johnny Cash that lives on. There is even more than his timeless music. There is also one of his dreams -- to help build a hospital in Kenya - - an idea of Reverend Jack Shaw who was one of Cash's closest friends and spiritual advisers. On September 17, 1991, The Johnny Cash Show performed a benefit concert for Jack Shaw Ministries Intl. in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Now that heartfelt concert, featuring quintessential performances of many Cash classics just before he was about to redefine his career and gain a new generation of fans around the world, is available for the first time on DVD with CASH FOR KENYA: LIVE IN JOHNSTOWN (Mercury Nashville/UMe), to be released October 21, 2008.

Reverend Jack Shaw, who produced the DVD, continues to lead the effort to build not only the hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, but also a center for education to help prevent the spread of AIDS and other diseases plaguing Africa.

Writes John Carter Cash in the liner notes: "My father is still here in spirit and his enlightened passion endures. His wish to see the continuance of Jack's vision is coming true, in numerous ways. So as you watch this concert, and are taken in by the man's music, his charm and charisma, remember what he is singing for. And remember the hope that drives him and those who still share his hope."

Along with wife June Carter Cash, son John Carter Cash, The Carter Family, and the rest of the Johnny Cash Show players, the man himself is as inspired on CASH FOR KENYA: LIVE IN JOHNSTOWN as he ever was. His enthusiasm towards his audience is earnest, his inexhaustible spirit dominating the stage as he performs hits spanning his career, from "Get Rhythm" and "Ring Of Fire" to "Jackson," "If I Were A Carpenter" and "Folsom Prison Blues." The concert also emphasizes the downhome traditional, with "The Wabash Cannonball," "Peace In The Valley," "Keep On the Sunnyside," "Lonesome Valley" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."
Among the rarely recorded, in the studio or live, are "Man In White," "Angel Band," "Beautiful Life" and "The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All." Also heard are "A Thing Called Love," "Five Feet High And Rising" and "Pickin' Time."

At the time of the Johnstown concert, the Kenyan hospital was a dream. Today, that dream is becoming a reality -- and Johnny Cash is still helping to make it happen.