Johnny Cash on the true story behind his infamous signature song

Johnny Cash wrote hundreds of songs, but at heart he was a storyteller. Born in 1932, he favored narrative over abstraction, ...
American Songwriter

The Chilling, Real-Life Story Behind “Delia’s Gone,” the Folk Standard Sung by Johnny Cash and Others

Murder ballads are an age-old tradition in folk music, particularly throughout Appalachia and the southern United States. Some of these melodies and storylines are centuries old, which means victims ...
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Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded 'Folsom Prison Blues' and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden

On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...
NPR

Why Johnny Cash's music still resonates today, 20 years after his death

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Johnny Cash historian Mark Stielper and Cash's son, John Carter Cash, on their book, Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics and the Man in Black's legacy as a songwriter.
Houston Chronicle

The story behind the Johnny Cash classic that Astros' Ryan Pressly uses in electrifying entrance

In the beginning — before Ryan Pressly walked the turf — the God of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” was gonna cut you down, but he was going to do so gently, with melodious voices coming together in ...