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Yuma, Arizona - Michael J and the Mighty Cash Cats will be in Yuma on November 6th, 2008 to play a one night only show at the Yuma Civic Center.  Tickets are on sale now!

The Rave Reviews are in after The Mighty Cash Cats’ Coast to Coast “Walk the Line Tour.” Fairs and Festivals Magazine called them “America’s best Tribute to The Man in Black, Johnny Cash.” The Mighty Cash Cats do an accurate recreation of a Johnny Cash concert but as fans pay the utmost respect to Johnny Cash and his music.

“The Mighty Cash Cats fast paced high energy Show takes the audience on a musical journey from Johnny’s 1950’s Sun Studio Rockabilly hits, to his hits of the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s that we all know and love, to his Rick Ruben produced “American Recordings” Grammy winners of the 1990’s and 2000’s including fun Johnny and June Carter duets with Michael J and Amy Harrington on tunes like ‘Jackson’. Michael J embodies Johnny Cash in both voice and look and Amy does a spot on June Carter. And the rest of the band is no “in the background” backup band. Kenny Lee Lewis is highly animated slapping his black upright bass and does a superb job playing the 12 string guitar on “Wildwood Flower”. Craig Newton plays accurately and with passion the Luther Perkins and Bob Wooten guitar licks on his vintage Fender Telecaster. Drummer Steve Ebner drives the band with authority playing the signature “boom-chica-boom” Cash train beat. Michael J’s stories about Johnny and the history behind the songs helps to make the music even more exciting. If you are not a Cash fan before their Show, you will be after.” V Voice

Hannah Weist, reporter for The Casper (Wyoming) Star Tribune wrote that “The Mighty Cash Cats is about as close as you can get to the real thing, Johnny Cash”

“The Mighty Cash Cats sold out the 4000 seat Sioux City (Iowa) Convention Center. From the moment they took the stage, the audience started to whoop and holler. The audience ranged from teens to seniors. I was amazed by Michael J’s likeness to Johnny Cash. And when he started to sing, I thought I was at one of Johnny’s concerts. His duet with Amy Harrington on “Jackson” brought the house down. And their 4 way vocals and harmonies on ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken got a standing ovation and the crowd sang right along. Fantastic! They were kind enough to do several encores. This was one of the best shows we ever produced. Everyone asked me to book them again for next year.” Brett Reid, Midwest Promotions

The Mighty Cash Cats’ Show takes the audience from Johnny’s 1950’s Sun Studio Rockabilly recordings such as “Walk the Line”, Get Rhythm, Big River, and “I Guess Things Happen that Way”, to his 1960’s prison songs like “Folsom Prison” and “Cocaine Blues” to his timely protest tune, “Man in Black”, the anthem; “Ring of Fire”, 70’s hits like “Sunday Morning Coming Down” , “Me and Bobbi McGee” and the humorous “A Boy Named Sue”, Johnny and June Carter duets on “Jackson” “Long Legged Guitar Picking Man” and the Grammy Winner, “If I were a Carpenter”, Amy’s Harrington’s solo vocals on the Carter Family’s “Wildwood Flower”, and “Jukebox Blues”, 1980’s tunes like “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” and the working man’s anthem, “16 Tons”, Train songs like “Orange Blossom Special”, Prison songs like “I Got Stripes”, rousing Spiritual like ‘Daddy Sang Bass’ and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”, Johnny’s 2000 Grammy winner, “Solitary Man”, his hit duet with Tom Petty on “I Wont Back Down”, to his haunting 2003 epitaph; the MTV and CMT Video of the year and Grammy winner ; “Hurt.”

Fantastic Show! It was like turning back the clock and actually seeing and hearing a Johnny Cash Concert,.

Jeff Shore, E! Entertainment TV.

Tickets are $10 each. General Admission. Doors open at 6:00 pm, show starts at 7:00pm and lasts for two hours with no intermission.

For tickets and information, please call 928-373-5040 or visit www.yumaaz.gov.