Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his ...
One year before Johnny Cash’s death, he recorded an unexpected song that served as an especially poignant farewell. In 2002, the music legend known as The Man in Black recorded a cover of the 1994 ...
Willie Nelson immediately comes to mind, and in modern times, Chris Stapleton probably has the most universally recognized vocals, but without a doubt there’s few people on earth that won’t recognize ...
Sometimes, the songs that best resonate with a songwriter aren’t the ones that bring them tremendous commercial success, and Johnny Cash’s unlikely favorite song is no exception. From “Folsom Prison ...
One of Cash’s alleged motivations for doing this performance is because “Take Me Home Country Roads” was originally intended to be his song. Written by Bill Danoff and Tyler Nivert, they planned to ...
A new posthumous Johnny Cash album, Songwriter, filled with previously unreleased tunes written and performed by the Man in Black is set to arrive June 28 via Mercury Nashville/UMe. The 11-track ...
Celebrate the life of the Man in Black with a star-studded lineup of musicians at this 2012 concert. Join Brandi Carlile, Kris Kristofferson, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sheryl Crow, Ronnie Dunn, ...
If you know anything at all about the Man in Black, it's likely about his outstanding contributions to country music (and the music industry in general). But what you may not know about Johnny Cash is ...
Growing up as the son of music legend Waylon Jennings means that over the years, Shooter Jennings spent a lot of time around other legends, including his godfather, Johnny Cash. But despite the love ...