“HI. I’m Johnny Cash”. With that, the night begins this Friday 13 on a striking note at The Unicorn Bar for true friends of the Man in Black. This is more than just a gig, it’s ‘Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash Experience’ and thanks to popular demand, is pimped up from the annual October holiday experience.
According to host at The Unicorn Bar in Dooradoyle, Bryan Greene, ‘Walk the Line’ is the full six-piece of career musicians and of course, there’s a June Carter. Front man Joey Lee has toured and recorded in Memphis and Nashville and “he gives us the full Johnny Cash works.
“He comes out on stage, black hair, dressed in black and raises the guitar over his head. Then he breaks into the opening chords and it’s always an upbeat, driven song”.
Back in his day, which ran for decades, Cash himself had more than 100 hit singles. Come the 1990s he was in for further critical acclaim with his American Recordings series accomplished with producer Rick Rubin. Expect the gritty sound of live albums ‘Folsom Prison’ and ‘San Quentin’ as much as the sombre ‘Hurt’ of twilight year.
‘Walk the Line’ at Unicorn Bar trails this epic career and bluesy, hardcore, resonant country music from Johnny Cash’s time with Sun Studios to his sunset with Rubin.
Show only €12, meal and show, €30 in Dooradoyle, tonight, February 13.
