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of Million Dollar Quartet . And he hasn ’ t looked back since . He even released an album entitled Home Of The Blues : A Tribute to Johnny Cash At Sun Studio with his band Scott Moreau and the Died Drunk Boys . The actual jam session at Sun Records that inspired the play contained a few hits by Elvis and Chuck Berry , but mostly featured gospel songs the four musicians had known all their lives . The musical takes a few liberties with history and substitutes the gospel songs with plenty of classics from the early days of rock and roll . Songs include “ Blue Suede Shoes ,” “ Great Balls of Fire ,” “ Walk the Line ,” “ Whole Lotta Shakin ’ Goin ’ On ,” and “ Folsom Prison Blues .” Moreau says his favorite song to play is “ Walk The Line ” — one that he has performed many times from the Cash musicals to his own band shows . “ I ’ ve done that song well over a thousand times and it ’ s challenging every time I do it ,” said

Watch Johnny Cash perform “ I Walk The Line ”

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