Johnny CashAustin City Limits

Cash in fine form, his baritone surprisingly supple and warm during an uneasy stretch of his career. "Folsom Prison Blues" hits with renewed power in the intimate room, the crowd close enough to hear breathe. "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line" come stripped to their essential boom-chicka-boom, June Carter Cash stepping in beside him. Cut in January 1987, after the Columbia years and before the Rick Rubin rebirth, it proves he never lost his power even when the industry forgot. A reminder no one should have needed.