On top of that, June 2024 saw the posthumous release of Songwriter, showcasing 11 songs Cash had written and recorded over the years as demos, but never completed.

All this is indicated via the following quotes from Johnny Cash himself, collated from various sources over the decades of his career, that shed some light on how he penned his greatest work. 1.

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.

These classic country songs were released by some of the most legendary artists in the genre's history and topped the charts in 1964.

The shows included songs from the “Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison” album and stories by Tara Cash about her legendary father. For a commemoration of a different nature, Garner and the band performed at ...

Emphasizing Cash’s role as a songwriter, this collection exists in contrast to his typical albums or recorded live performances, which often blend his own compositions with other writer’s songs.

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.

November of 2016 saw the arrival of “Forever Words: The Unknown Poems,” a posthumous collection of unpublished poetry written by Johnny Cash, the first person ever to be inducted into both the ...