Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash’s Final Bow; A Heartbreaking Last Performance and His Final Words

Rob Sheffield

The world saw a final, powerful goodbye from a music legend. Johnny Cash walked on stage for the last time ...

‘Five Feet High and Rising’: A Little Boy Versus a Big Flood

Rob Sheffield

Back in 1937, water kept climbing across Arkansas, inch by inch. A five year old boy watched his family pack ...

The Fire Behind “Ring of Fire”: How A Hit Was Forged And Fought Over

Rob Sheffield

Sixty two years is a long time, yet those bright trumpets still jump like sparks from a match. The story ...

Ring of Fire at a Farewell: A Brother’s Bold Last Wish

Rob Sheffield

One request, one song, one perfect punchline. Inside a quiet crematorium chapel, a coffin rests near a framed photo while ...

Johnny Cash Slid Into a Ferrari and Drove Into a Legend

Rob Sheffield

It takes only a few seconds for Johnny Cash to prove that cool is not about the car, it is ...

Johnny Cash Was Once Breaking Codes Before He Broke Hearts

Rob Sheffield

In 1953, Joseph Stalin died, and somewhere in West Germany, a young American airman named John R. Cash was wearing ...

“Check Yes or No” Made Fans Believe in Love Again

Rob Sheffield

More than 25 years have passed, yet a few opening guitar notes are enough to bring people back to a ...

Johnny Cash Took “I Will Not Back Down” and Made It His Own

Rob Sheffield

More than 25 years after Tom Petty first released it, Johnny Cash stood tall with “I Will Not Back Down,” ...

Johnny Cash Spoke About a Ragged Old Flag, and the Crowd Stood Taller

Rob Sheffield

How many songs stop the music and just talk to you like a story around a fire? That is what ...

A Vow in Music: Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” and the Promise That Became a Legend

Andy Frye

A deep voice made a promise that changed music forever. Johnny Cash wrote “I Walk the Line” as a solemn ...