Born on this day in 1932, and dying 71 years later in 2003, Johnny Cash made a lot of fans and friends during his lifetime. Today would have been his 76th birthday, so with that here are some videos of him performing in New York City.
In 1999 a televised tribute to "the man in black" was filmed at Hammerstein Ballroom; this was the first time Cash had performed publicly since being diagnosed with a nervous disorder. Before joining the troupe of talents and friends on stage, he was apprehensive backstage, saying "It’s been 19 months." At the same performance Bob Dylan (whom he met in the '60s) declared, "I want to thank you for standing up for me way back when." "
More on Dylan meeting Cash in this video; and after the jump there's a clip from a 1994 performance at The Manhattan Center.
