WALKING THE LINE
The most authentic Johnny Cash production!
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B i o g r a p h y
Walking the Line is the most authentic sounding and visual performance of the music of Johnny Cash, playing the most loved hits and some rare gems of Johnny Cash while recreating the look, feel and flow of Johnny Cash concerts. Walking the Line takes you on a musical journey that has become the Johnny Cash Legacy by performing material from every decade of Cash's legendary career. Walking the line is not just a band, it is a performance on par with a broadway production. Essentially it is a show! Vintage costumes, period accurate instruments. It is the complete package and recreation of the golden years of the Johnny Cash show. Walking the Line has won numerous tribute contests and awards and in 2011 was picked as the best tribute show in the country. With career spanning fourteen years and hundreds of shows (many sold out) Walking the Line has fined tuned their production to please any die hard fan or casual listener of Johnny Cash.
Playing the part of Johnny Cash is Thomas Michael Cavanagh. As one concert review stated “Cavanagh's voice, look and actions don't just replicate Johnny Cash, it is Johnny Cash.” Cavanagh brings his experiences from performing as a lead in Broadway for several major shows as well as his many years of working in the tribute scene.
Performing the part of June Carter Cash is Donna Domingo. Donna is well known as a vocalist and guitar player in several successful cover bands as well as playing the part of Patsy Cline in her own tribute show. Her personality and vocal expertise make her the perfect June Carter Cash.
The band also consists of some of New Yorks best and most respected musicains such as Kenny Kearney on bass and vocals, Chris James on guitar and vocals and James Jay Sharkey on drums and vocals.
Walking the Line performs in a variety of combinations in an effort to reach as many people as possible and can adapt to stage sizes and budgets. The band offers a solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, septet and an octet depending on what the event needs or wants. As a solo act Cavanagh can perform all the legendary Johnny Cash hits as well as focus on the many songs Cash performed by himself . Quite often Cavanagh and Domingo perform as a duo focusing on the wealth of material Johnny & June recorded and performed together such as Jackson, It Ain't Me Babe, Darling Companion and so many more. When Johnny Cash first began his epic career he started as Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. This three piece provided us wuth a large percentage of Cash's biggest hits such as I Walk the Line, Hey Porter, Cry Cry Cry, Big River and more. Cavanagh, Kearney and James do a incredible job of recreating this golden era of Cash's career. Eventually Cash added drummer WS Holland and the Johnny Cash & the Tennesee Three we created. By addung Sharkey on the drums Walking the Line can replicate this epic period. Most people feel the years when June Carter joined Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three is the best part of the Cash touring and recording history. Walking the Line agrees and this is the most booked of all the versions of the band and the most loved. This line up gives the band the ability to cover every single period of Cash's multi decade career. The seven piece band comes complete with three Carter Sisters providing the harmonies and look of the late 60's Johnny Cash band and by adding a second electric guitarist Walking the Line is able to mimic the years where the great Carl Perkins was a part of the band.
If you love the music of Johnny Cash but never got to see him live, this is as close as a fan can get, if you were lucky enough to see Cash live, you'll appreciate Walking the Line all the more when you see and hear this most accurate recreation.
Some of the songs that Walking the Line performs are:
Folsom Prison Blues
Hurt
Big River
Jackson
Busted
Cocaine Blues
San Quentin
I Walk the Line
If I was A Carpenter
Darling Companion
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Hey Porter
Cry Cry CRy
I Still Miss Someone
I Got Stripes
Give My Love To Rose
I Saw the LIght
Daddy Sang Bass
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Ring of Fire
Five Feet High and Rising
Once Piece At A Time
Orange Blossom Special
Help Me Through the Night
I'll Fly Away
Main In Black
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
25 Minutes to go
All Over Again
Cause I Love You
I Was There When It Happened
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Flesh and Blood
Wanted Man
Oh What A Good Thing We Had
Long Legged Guitar Picking Man
Blue Train
Train of Love
Frankie and Johnny
Get Rhythm
Dark As Dungeon
Give My Love to Rose
Peace In the Valley
The Gambler
Wabash Cannon Ball
Tennessee Flat Top Box
Without Love
Wildwood Flower
The Battle od New Orleans
Desparado
I Dont Know Where Im Bound
The Man the Hill
The NIght Hank Williams Came To Twon
I Got A Woman
Personal Jesus
God's Gonna Cut you Down
Pack up Your Sorrows
A Boy Named Sue
It Aint Me Babe
Delias Gone
Strawberry Cake
Wreck of 97'
and so many more!
WALKING THE LINE NEWS AND UPCOMING TOUR DATES
8/3/2024 7PM WALKING THE LINE 5 PIECE BAND at THEATER THREE, 412 MAIN ST, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11777
9/14/2024 630PM WALKING THE LINE DUO at Sergios, 5422 Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758 United States
11/30/2024 630pm WALKING THE LINE DUO Johnny Cash Show at Sergios, 5422 Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758 United States
Thomas Michael Cavanagh News
Cavanagh has revived the British Invasion tribute band THE ROYAL VARIETY for the 60 year anniversary of The Beatles A HARD DAYS NIGHT movie and Album. The Royal Variety have been out performing the entire historic album completely from beginning to end as well as songs from The Kinks, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, The Easybeats, Manfred Mann and classic British invasion bands of the early 1960s. Click on the Royal Variety link in the side bar to see more about this epic band.
Cavanagh to rerelease the 63-64 album remixed and remastered for vinyl and digital platforms in July 2024.
Many of Cavanagh's albums now available in digital format and more coming each week at: https://thomasmichaelcavanagh.bandcamp.com
Cavanagh is back at the Milleridge Inn village outdoor summer concert series and car show every other Thursday with a different band and a different show each time. Check out the performance schedule link in the side bar for details.