DVD Review

The Johnny Cash Christmas Specials (2008)

Reviewed by Chris Willman | Oct 08, 2008

Chris Willman

Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly

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Details DVD Release Date: Oct 07, 2008; With: Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash opens his '76 Christmas Special show trading kitschy banter with Tony Orlando. '' 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' is   my prison song,'' says   Orlando, introducing his then-smash. ''You should do some prison songs!'' Somewhere, Rick Rubin is screaming. But in a corn-for-gold swap, you get the priceless joy of the Carter family singing ''In the Pines,'' and Barbara Mandrell as history's   first and last total hottie steel-guitar virtuoso. (Other guests range from Billy Graham to Andy Kaufman.) And who cares if ''Sunday Morning Coming Down,'' Cash's duet with Kris Kristofferson, could only be Amy Winehouse's idea of a Christmas song? B

Originally posted Oct 10, 2008 Published in issue #1016 Oct 17, 2008 Order article reprints

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