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Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash "Wanted Man" (Take 1)

By Mel Fisher
Published October 21, 2019 at 4:21 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 7: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash perform together with acoustic guitars on 'The Johnny Cash Show' on June 7, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 7: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash perform together with acoustic guitars on 'The Johnny Cash Show' on June 7, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

When Johnny Cash opened his classic 1969 live album, At San Quentin, he did so with with a song written by Bob Dylan that he'd given Cash only a week before. Now this remarkable demo of the two icons hashing the song out together is part of Dylan's forthcoming Bob Dylan (Featuring Johnny Cash) — Travelin’ Thru, 1967–1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15. From the charming exchange between Cash and wife, June Carter Cash, at the beginning, to the playful mistakes, Take 1 of "Wanted Man" is a fascinating must-hear...

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