Stories about Cash

One-of-a-kind tales of interacting with a legend. We’d love to hear yours.

Interview Snippets: Some choice moments in conversation about encounters with the Man in Black.

“I was in Jail for 4 months and one of the Guards in my unit, would play guitar, and the first time I heard her play, she sang this song [Folsom Prison Blues], and I asked one of my inmates if there was a train that went by and she’s like yeah there is and one day I was out in the yard and sure enough I heard that train whistle.” – Wendy K

“My cousin, Orville Rigdon, was one of The Landsberg Barbarians, and taught Cash to play the guitar. He started his first band in the Air Force.” – Perry Anderson

“The second song I ever learned on guitar (back in the mid 60s) was ‘I Still Miss Someone’, by my hero, Johnny Cash. (The first was ‘You are my Sunshine,’ which I learned listening to Johnny’s mother-in-law, Mother Mabel Carter.” – Kem Welch

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Do you have an interesting story to tell about meeting Johnny Cash, his music and how and why it still resonates with you? We’d love to hear it, and – with your permission – display it on this website and related social media. Use the form below and we’ll be in touch.

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Note that by submitting your Johnny Cash story (and we decide to publish it), your name will be submitted into a random draw for any one of the following: Our research copy of Robert Hilburn’s biography, “Johnny Cash: The Life” (it includes may notations that formulated many a question in the interview process), any one of the 3 Johnny Cash vintage LPs, Paul Anthony’s autobiography “Hello… I’m not Johnny Cash”, or Reinhard Kleist’s spectacular graphic novel Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness (click to view the author’s website), from which the iconic illustration of Johnny found throughout our promotional material is based. Other items include a reproduction of the famous Folsom Prison / San Quentin Poster and a collector’s photo.

Along with the above terms, you’ll receive a special complementary access to the premier release showing (conditions permitting).

Thanks for contributing! We look forward to reading your stories.