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  • Book Review: A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears

    Book Review: A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears

    May 11, 2026 10 hits · Books
  • When Johnny Cash got his moose

    When Johnny Cash got his moose

    July 14, 2021 253 hits · Latest news
    When Johnny Cash Got His Moose is a new movie about how a 1961 Newfoundland moose hunt led to Johnny and June. Newly discovered photos and new interviews tell the remarkable story of the 1961 Canadian moose hunt …
  • Johnny Cash at the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968

    Johnny Cash at the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968

    July 7, 2021 73 hits · Latest news
    A new Johnny Cash live album, recorded in San Francisco in 1968 by famed taper and audio engineer Owsley Stanley, is set for release September 24th via the Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG. Johnny Cash, At the …
  • Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin’ Thru’ released November 1, 2019

    Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin’ Thru’ released November 1, 2019

    October 22, 2019 71 hits · Latest news
    The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin’ Thru’ will be released on November 1, 2019. The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits Dylan’s pivotal musical journeys to Nashville, from 1967 to 1969, focusing on …
  • Video: Old Rugged Cross

    Video: Old Rugged Cross

    April 5, 2015 58 hits · The Songs
    We'd like to share this special version of 'Old Rugged Cross' with you on this Easter Day. Johnny decides to do this version in the middle of the show without the band knowing. It was taped in Des …
  • Unreleased until now: Love is a Gambler (1987)

    Unreleased until now: Love is a Gambler (1987)

    April 4, 2015 256 hits · The Songs
    In 1987 or early 1988, Johnny Cash entered a studio in Hollywood, California and cut several songs for a Peter Bogdanovich comedy called Illegally Yours, which starred Rob Lowe and Colleen Camp.  All songs, including tracks titled "One …
  • Show 30, February 21, 2015

    Show 30, February 21, 2015

    February 21, 2015 87 hits · CashBack
    This special episode features a musical history lesson in the people and the places and, of course, the music that made the man in Black the Man.   This week, our train celebrates the birthday of the Man, …
  • LIVE In Memphis - W.S. Holland Band

    LIVE In Memphis - W.S. Holland Band

    February 18, 2015 152 hits · Album Reviews
    W.S. Holland, Johnny Cash’s only drummer, is an individual who needs no introduction.  There are many stories on how Johnny Cash managed to snatch W.S. Holland from Carl Perkins’ band, though as W.S. “Fluke” Holland explains it, there …
  • Show 29, February 14

    Show 29, February 14

    February 14, 2015 62 hits · CashBack
    "Come Along and Ride This Train"   Each episode features a musical history lesson in the people and the places and, of course, the music that made the man in Black the Man. This week, our train stops …
  • Show 28, February 7, 2015

    Show 28, February 7, 2015

    February 7, 2015 57 hits · CashBack
    "Come Along and Ride This Train"   Each episode features a musical history lesson in the people and the places and, of course, the music that made the man in Black the Man. This week, our train celebrates …
  • Johnny Cash Museum's Birthday Celebration Review

    Johnny Cash Museum's Birthday Celebration Review

    February 6, 2015 19 hits · Album Reviews
    Note: This review was written not long after attending the 82nd Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration in February of 2014.  It is being published now for those who couldn’t make it out last year, but are going this year, …
  • Show 27, January 31, 2015

    Show 27, January 31, 2015

    January 31, 2015 20 hits · CashBack
    "Come Along and Ride This Train"   Each episode features a musical history lesson in the people and the places and, of course, the music that made the man in Black the Man. This week, our train features …