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spirit of his variety show the concert featured guests including Carl Perkins, The Statler Brothers, and The Carter Family with June singing a number of duets with her husband Johnny. The collection closes on a high spiritual note with Cash and company presenting an exuberant “Children, Go Where I Send Thee.” Man In Black: Live In Demark 1971 captures the legendary Cash at a high point in his impressive career. Leslie West is another man you’ll see often donning darker attire. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is best known for his work in Mountain but along the way he has been carving out an impressive solo career of his own. On his latest collection, Soundcheck, we find a rough, raw and gritty side of the man on a combo of 11 covers and originals. A surprising take on Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason” finds West soaring on guitar with Watch the trailer for “Johnny Cash: Man in Black, Live in Denmark” NewJerseyStage.com 2016 - ISSUE 1 Table of Contents 58