Don’t miss music legends Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings together in this fun interview on Late Night with David Letterman in 1985:
Topics covered include: the variety of music acts who appeared on Cash’s TV program; the night when Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, and Shel Silverstein were all at Cash’s house at together; and the time that Johnny and Waylon spent as roomates.
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In this fascinating interview with Bobby Bare, Johnny Cash talks about his experience breaking into the music business and making his first records:
Topics covered include: how Sam Phillips at first wanted Tennessee Ernie Ford to record “Folsom Prison Blues”; why singles (not albums) were the focus during his early years; the revolutionary impact of Cash’s early records; how “I Walk The Line” was transformed; finding a good tempo for a song; and moving to California.
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The 2004 CMT documentary Controversy: Johnny Cash vs. Music Row details the period in the 1980s when Johnny Cash, struggling to get radio airplay, was abruptly dropped by Columbia Records:
In this program get to learn more insight about this difficult period of Johnny Cash’s career and how Cash overcame these business struggles and experience a late-career renaissance.
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In 1982, the leading news program 60 Minutes profiled the colorful life of music legend Johnny Cash:
The music icon shares stories about his addiction problems, the lowest point in his life and many more. Along with the short performance clips that can be enjoyed in this video, what really makes this footage amazing is the insightful and rather honest interview of Johnny Cash.
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In this video from the 1992 Ceremony, Johnny Cash is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Lyle Lovett.
Johnny Cash was inducted by Lyle Lovett to a warm reception by the crowd. In this video, cash also gives an acceptance speech where he thanks those who have been with him throughout his long career.
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Don’t miss the last interview with Johnny Cash, recorded on August 20, 2003, just weeks before his death:
Topics discussed include: How Johnny likes making music videos; how he came to record the song “Hurt”; regrets about his career; criticism of his lyrics; the secret to a happy marriage; June’s encouragement; how making records had changed; the crazy, early days of touring; and how his faith helps him face the prospect of death.
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In this delightful 1981 interview, after June Carter Cash refuses to tell the story again, Johnny Cash describes how he proposed to her:
Other topics discussed with host Mike Douglas and guest host Don Rickles include: How Elvis Presley first made June Carter a Johnny Cash fan; June’s poetry; and playing the Autoharp.
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In this 1975 interview on the Dinah Shore Show, Johnny Cash explains what let him to write the song “Strawberry Cake.” He then sings the song with accompaniment from Shore.
As Cash says that he saw a man sleeping on the sidewalk near Central Park in New York City. Going back to his hotel, “…there was the pretties strawberry cake I ever saw. I was almost tempted to go out and wake that guy up and say ‘Come on. You go and grab that cake and run, and I’ll block for you.”
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From 1959, see Johnny Cash do an impersonation of someone impersonating Elvis Presley:
If you were hoping to hear a straight up rendition of “Heartbreak Hotel” then you were sorely disappointed!
Both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash started their careers with Sun Records, the legendary music publishing company out of Memphis, Tennessee. Both Cash and Presley were known to hold the other in high esteem.
Fun to see this lighter side of Johnny Cash. Notice at the end he says, “We hoped you enjoyed that impersonation of Roy Acuff.”
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See the revival of the Johnny Cash wall mural in Nashville, Tennessee:
The artists Bryan Deese, Audie Adams and Ryan Shrader of the Thoughts Manifested (TM) crew first painted a wall mural tribute shortly after Johnny Cash’s death in 2003. Over the years weather and vandalism had almost completely obliterated the work of art. So in 2012 the same artists went back to paint entirely new mural on the same wall in honor of Cash.
Learn more about the mural at http://johnnycashmural.blogspot.com/
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