Country music legend Jim McBride known for hits recorded by Johnny Cash and Reba McEntire dies ‘unexpectedly’ at 78

COUNTRY music legend Jim McBride tragically died at age 78. The songwriter, known for working with Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson, “unexpectedly” died after falling. McBride rose to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1969, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 With a Song That Holds My Entire Childhood in 2 Minutes and 18 Seconds

On this day in 1969, Johnny Cash was at No. 1 on the country charts with "Daddy Sang Bass," written by friend and tourmate Carl Perkins.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Played His First-Ever Prison Concert and Changed One Inmate’s Life (and the Country Music World) Forever

Sixty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash played his first-ever prison concert and unknowingly changed the country music world.
New Hampshire Public Radio

Roots of Rock: Country music legend Johnny Cash

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Next in our series of interviews on R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll, we have my 1997 interview with Johnny Cash, one of country music's most influential ...
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Johnny Cash's Death, 22 Years Later: Inside the Country Legend's Final Days, Including His Last Words About Wife June Carter Cash

Johnny Cash died about four months after his wife June Carter Cash's death Johnny Cash was a force in the music world across different genres before his death in September 2003. Throughout his ...

This vintage Martin once belonged to Johnny Cash – and its current owner has spent decades trying to prove it

The Linseman family heirloom was purchased back in the 1950s, and is believed to be the same D-18 that Cash used to track ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

POPNOTES | OPINION: Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell transformed country music — and helped a divided nation hear itself anew

In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...
NBC Montana

On this day: Johnny Cash plays his first ever prison concert at San Quentin Penitentiary

On January 1, 1958, Johnny Cash walked through the gates of San Quentin State Prison and performed for inmates.
AOL

Johnny Cash's Death, 22 Years Later: Inside the Country Legend's Final Days, Including His Last Words About Wife June Carter Cash

Johnny Cash was a force in the music world across different genres before his death in September 2003. Cash would not live without his wife for long: Nearly four months after June’s passing, Cash died ...