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Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition

October 24, 2008 Guest Contributor 2

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition The original version of At Folsom Prison (review) is rife with a boiling intensity and a boundless pain that few artists are able to corral as well as

Inside Johnny Cash’s America: A Conversation with Morgan Neville

October 23, 2008 Dan Milliken 7

There are artists, and then there are people who use their particular craft to speak directly to the core of the human condition, who buck what is familiar and comfortable in pursuit of what is

Classic CMA Awards Moments, #17: Kris Kristofferson, Song of the Year win (1970)

October 20, 2008 Guest Contributor 3

#17: Kris Kristofferson Song of the Year win 1970 Mumbling but magnificent in its own unique way, the acceptance speech for Song of the Year in 1970 was an inarticulate message from an exceedingly eloquent

Classic Country Singles: Johnny Cash, “A Boy Named Sue”

September 18, 2008 Guest Contributor 5

A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash 1969 Written by Shel Silverstein “A Boy Named Sue,” written by the jack-of-all-trades Shel Silverstein and immortalized by Johnny Cash, is a story song of great tension and terrific

Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison

August 31, 2008 Guest Contributor 14

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968 A large part of Johnny Cash’s musical identity was established, of all places, in prison. Although the singer himself stayed on the right side of the law (for the

Kris Kristofferson

August 30, 2008 Guest Contributor 3

On his tombstone, Kris Kristofferson has requested the first three lines of Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire” to be engraved: Like a bird on a wire/Like a drunk in a midnight choir/I have tried in

Say What? – Rosanne Cash and John Rich

August 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 35

Rosanne Cash has issued a statement regarding recent use of her father’s name for political purposes: It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father’s name, five years after his death,

Johnny Cash, “Sunday Morning Coming Down”

August 10, 2008 Guest Contributor 7

Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash 1970 Written by Kris Kristofferson On a 1971 episode of his television show Johnny Cash and Friends, the Man in Black defied the show’s executives by staying true to

100 Greatest Women, #20: Rosanne Cash

June 10, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #20 Rosanne Cash She was one of the dominant female country voices throughout the eighties, and the incisive words and music of Rosanne Cash were leagues beyond most of her contemporaries. She

100 Greatest Women, #39: June Carter Cash

May 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 16

100 Greatest Women #39 June Carter Cash In the shadow of a famous family and an even more famous husband, June Carter Cash has largely been known and defined as a supporting player in legacies