Walk the Line - Folsom Prison

June Carter comes out and does a little bit of comedy with her sister, Anita, and then-husband, Carl Smith. Then her family joins her and they sing the song "I'm Alright Now"; Chet Atkins plays guitar. Note: At the time June and Carl were separated, which may explain their exchange at the end.

June performs with several members of her family that include Mother Maybelle (guitar), Anita (bass), and Helen (accordion). They perform "I Walk the Line" written by June's husband Johnny Cash.

Roseanne Cash wrote this song in memory of her father Johnny Cash and her mother Vivian. This is a part of Johnny Cash's life that many people tend to overlook. Even though that marriage ended in divorce, it was the beginning of life for his 4 daughters, Roseanne, Kathy, Cindy, & Tara.

The singer performs "Get Rhythm" with the Tennessee Two on Tex Ritters Ranch Party TV Show. The episode most likely aired at some point from 1955 to 1958.

Learn the back story of the song "Get Rhythm", then watch Joaquin Phoenix perform it in the movie. Cash wrote the song after observing the rhythm of a shoe shine boy. The song was supposed to be done by Elvis since he had more of a Rock 'n' Roll sound, but Cash took it and recorded it at Sun Records. The song appeared on the backside of the Walk the Line record.

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash are interviewed on New Zealand television while they were there performing in 1994. The host humorously pokes fun at the interview set, which has been recreated to look like Arizona. They sing "Jackson" together at the end of the interview.

Johnny Cash and June Carter singing "It Ain't Me, Babe". This aired on June 7th, 1969.

This is from a show that aired on public television in 1967 (before Johnny and June were married and before he kicked his drug habit). June and Johnny recite one of June's poems and then June sings "Foggy Mountaintop". He seems to be a bit out of sorts.

Johnny and June Carter Cash perform Jackson on stage together. Johnny states at the beginning that he "always sings this song for June Carter."

Johnny Cash impersonates Elvis Presley in this humorous clip from the show "Town Hall Party". Johnny and Elvis started out as rivals on the same label, but quickly became friends while touring together.

Listen to "I Still Miss Someone" from the album "At Folsom Prison". The album was recorded live in 1968 in front of 2,000 inmates. The image is from that concert.

The Johnny Cash Hurt music video was filmed at the Cash home on Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The song is a cover of the original by Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails.

"Times A Wastin" song clip from the movie Walk the Line. June Carter and her first husband, honky-tonk singer Carl Smith, originally sang it. June and Carl were married from 1952 until 1956 and had a daughter, Carlene Carter.

Joaquin and Reese perform "Jackson" in the movie. Johnny proposed to June Carter after singing this song on stage together, both in real life and in the movie, although June has said that the real version isn't quite as dramatic as the movie scene.

Johnny Cash singing his hit "I Walk the Line" at San Quentin State Prison in 1969. He wrote the song for his first wife, Vivian Liberto. He intended it to be a pledge of his fidelity. Here, he plays it for the inmates after asking them what they want to hear.

Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon perform "It Ain't Me Babe" for the Walk the Line Movie. This is a slideshow with their performance as the soundtrack.

Johnny Cash performs "Folsom Prison Blues" on Town Hall Party in 1959.

Watch the Walk the Line trailer for the movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as singers and eventual husband and wife Johnny Cash and June Carter. The movie chronicles Cash's life, from his childhood to his rise to stardom as a successful musician.