In February 1969, Johnny Cash had a party at his house in Hendersonville, TN. As the evening went on, the party turned into a guitar pull, with some of Johnny's friends trying out their latest songs. ...

In last year’s Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” Dylan and Johnny Cash appear together on screen just twice, after a long epistolary bromance. At the time Cash was the bigger star, but he wrote ...

Fifty years ago, Johnny Cash sang about building a Cadillac “One Piece at a Time,” salami-slicing parts over 25 years to stitch together a dream car. In real life, though, the Man in Black took a far ...

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 ...

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.

As a university professor, I read all the time. You could say that I am a professional reader. I show my students how to pull apart texts by identifying tacit premises and pinpointing holes in ...

A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song Raj Tawney - Freelance writer Johnny Cash chats with inmates and guests ...

25 photographs documenting Johnny Cash performing at Folsom and San Quentin prisons can be seen through October 12, 2025, at The Momentary, an art exhibition and live music space in Bentonville, AR.