Johnny Cash played "every prison song he knew" when he performed live at Folsom Prison in 1968. Songs like "I Got Stripes," "25 Minutes To Go" and the specially-written "Folsom Prison Blues" are well-known favorites. But have you heard him play "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail" from the same concert? How about "This Ole House" or "June's Poems"? These are 3 of the 7 songs that weren't i...
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If Tim Gunn gets to be a comic book action hero, then surely Johnny Cash can handle the part. A new biography of Cash called Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness depicts the life of the legendary music star in the form of a graphic novel, The Boot reports....
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Not to be outdone by Elvis remixes and the internet mash-up culture, Compadre Records has given the album Johnny Cash Remixed a January 27 in-store and online release date. (A small number of independent records stores have already stocked the vinyl deluxe edition of the album last month.) Produced by the Man in Black's son John Carter Cash, Snoop Dogg, and Mathew Knowles (father/manager of Be...
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The late Johnny Cash is to be honored by Mississippi town Starkville, three years after his death (September 12, 2003) and 42 years after he was arrested there and locked up in the cells for the night. "I was screaming, cussing, and kicking at the cell door all night long until I finally broke my big toe," Cash explained. "At 8am the next morning they let me out when they knew I was sober."The ...
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A one of a kind Johnny Cash dubplate has been revealed and the audio is available to the public for the first time today. Near the end of his time abroad with the US Air Force in Germany in 1954, a 22 year old Johnny Cash recorded a 78 rpm record for his first wife, Vivian. One side was etched with the grooves of "Darlin' Am I The One?" while the other side was etched with a "tender spoken-wo...
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A previously unreleased live recording by the late Johnny Cash, The Great Lost Performance, (Universal) will be released July 24, according to Yahoo. The album features 18 Cash classics and includes duets with the great country star's late wife, June Carter Cash, and singer Lucy Clark.The album was recorded July 27, 1990, at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, New Jersey.??Cash, with wife Ju...
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Rosanne Cash has announced the release of a new album of country cover songs to be titled The List. The album gets its title and inspiration from a list of quintessential country songs that her father, the legendary Johnny Cash, had given to her back in 1973. The List will be her 12th studio album, [...]Related posts:RW: Johnny Cash – Port of Lonely HeartsJohnny Cash Christmas Special – Sile
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The late Johnny Cash's lakeside house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, about 20 miles north of Nashville, burned today (April 10), according to the Hendersonville Star News.Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived together in the 13,880-square-foot house from 1968 until their deaths in 2003. The cause of the fire is not yet know.Cash wrote many of his famous songs there."So many prominent things...
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TAKEN FROM:SOUND GENERATOR:It's a sad end to an important piece of rock historyJohnny Cash's Tennessee home of nearly 40 years has been destroyed in a fire.The residence, where the legendary country singer lived with his wife June Carter Cash since 1968, burned down on Tuesday while builders were renovating the house for its new owner, Bee Gee's star Barry Gibb. One fireman was injured while ta...
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It saddens me to see to see the belongings of greats being sold off when they die. Case in fact the ebony, hand-made Chinese wedding bed previously owned by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. I guess in the end, it's all just stuff… The upside is that after Barry Gibb (yes THAT Barry Gibb) purchased [...]~~
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A new Johnny Cash tribute album called All Aboard features punk and rock artists covering some of Cash's most well-known songs. Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed a few of the songs ("Let the Train Whistle Blow," "Delia's Gone" and "I Still Miss Someone.") Plus, all the proceeds from album sales will go to a non-profit organization [...]
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Artwork by Shepard Fairy45 years ago, Johnny Cash released his most controversial album Bitter Tears, a dive into Native American history inspired by both the possibility of his own Cherokee heritage and his advocacy of Native American rights. On top of its political implication, the album is known to have influenced Bob Dylan and Bruce [...]
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I remember Tomboy telling me about this back in August 08 when he allowed me to post his remix of Get Rhythm that eventually didn't make it into the album. Apparently a Johnny Cash remix album is not a very good idea.. I Googled for some reactions/reviews & all were either meh'd or negative about it, Pitchfork gave it a 0.2 (yep point two) out of 10 . I decided to sit down and listen t...
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Sony BMG's Legacy Recordings [Official Site] released Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition, last month, (October 14th to be exact). This 40th anniversary 2-CD and DVD box was recorded on...
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A 40th anniversary concert marking Johnny Cash's famous concert a Folsom State Prison has been shut down. Both prison officials and concert promoters are blaming each other for causing the breakdown, so who knows what really happened. Prison officials say there were concerns about filming rights, media access and security concerns.Promoter Jonathan Holiff has a different opinion, saying the pri...
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