Johnny Cash Gave His Daughter a List of 100 Songs. It Took Her Decades to Understand the Real Gift.
In 1973, Johnny Cash discovered something surprising about Rosanne Cash. At 18 years old, the daughter of one of country…
Ten Years After Waylon Jennings Died, His Friend Finished an Old Recording — and Couldn’t Hold Back the Tears
Ten years after Waylon Jennings died, longtime friend and musician Robby Turner found himself looking down at his steel guitar,…
Dolly Parton Returned to Her First Album to Thank Fred Foster
On October 16, 2016, Dolly Parton stood onstage at Nashville’s CMA Theater and sang “Dumb Blonde” for Fred Foster. Nearly…
The Day Elvis Presley Called Jerry Reed Away From Fishing to Save a Recording Session
On September 10, 1967, Elvis Presley was recording at RCA Studio B in Nashville with some of the finest musicians…
Johnny Cash Once Asked Sam Phillips to Stop Releasing “I Walk the Line” — The Studio Story Behind His First No. 1 Hit
Johnny Cash once heard his own record on the radio, disliked it so much that he called producer Sam Phillips,…
Johnny Cash Heard One Song and Knew His Verse: How “Highwayman” Brought Four Country Legends Together
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson were already country music legends when they decided to record together…
Waylon Jennings Walked Into an RCA Studio With a Gun — And Nashville Never Forgot It
Waylon Jennings had already made hit records for RCA when a recording session in Nashville turned into one of the…
Billy Joe Shaver’s Last Performance Was in His Kitchen, Singing a Song He Wrote With His Son
In April 2020, Billy Joe Shaver gave what would become his final widely reported performance. There was no concert hall,…
The duet Keith Whitley never lived to hear become a hit
In 1991, Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley reached country listeners together with a song about two brothers growing up,…
Forty-One Years Later, Jerry Reed’s Voice Was Still Riding America’s Highways
In October 2018, American television viewers heard a familiar country voice coming from an unexpected place: a new Ford truck…