Whiskey Riff

June Carter Actually Told Johnny Cash To “Shut Up” When He Proposed To Her Onstage In Canada In 1968: “It Scared Me To Death”

The two first met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, but were both married to different people at the time. Eventually, over 10 years later, they would marry in 1968, and remained together until ...
BroadwayWorld

RING OF FIRE: THE JOHNNY CASH MUSICAL - Georgia Ensemble Theatre Non Equity Auditions

Synopsis: From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the healing power of home and family. More than two dozen ...
Whiskey Riff

Johnny Cash Wrote A Song About His Haunted Experience In Jamaica, “The Ballad of Annie Palmer”

Johnny Cash owned a home called Cinnamon Hill, which was in Jamaica, and was a place that he and his family would vacation at often. In fact, in December of 1981, the family was robbed at gunpoint at ...
American Songwriter

A Novelty Song About a Self-Made Cadillac Was Johnny Cash’s Last to Top the Country Chart and Christened the Psychobilly Genre

Johnny Cash often revealed the lighter side to some of his darker-themed songs of crime, despair, death, and other murder ballads.

Songs of Johnny Cash take center stage in Elmhurst at program featuring his son and radio legend Terri Hemmert

WXRT DJ Terri Hemmert and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter, will discuss the music icon in Elmhurst.

It’s Finally Time to Give Johnny Cash His Due

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his ...