Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison first met during the mid-1950s while Cash was touring with Elvis Presley and remained friends more than 30 years.

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.

Discover how country music legend Johnny Cash began his acting career with a small role on this classic Western TV series.

On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...

The iconic country music radio show has been around for a century, and The Tennessean is taking a look back. Here are artists ...

Celebrate the life of the Man in Black with a star-studded lineup of musicians at this 2012 concert. Join Brandi Carlile, Kris Kristofferson, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sheryl Crow, Ronnie Dunn, ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Next in our series of interviews on R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll, we have my 1997 interview with Johnny Cash, one of country music's most influential ...