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On This Day in 1969, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 with a Song First Recorded Behind the Walls of a Prison

Fifty-six years ago today, Johnny Cash was at the top of the country chart with a song originally recorded behind prison walls.

Review: Willie Nelson, still a wonder at the Outlaw Music Festival at 92. And Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, and Waxahatchee, too.

Sheryl Crow was in the middle of the bill that included Bob Dylan, plus formerly Philadelphian songwriter Katie Crutchfield, ...

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

Cash would not live without his wife for long: Nearly four months after June’s passing, Cash died on Sept. 12, 2003, as a ...