
It's not obvious, because I was farthest away from the mike and I was singing a lot higher than I usually did in order to stay in key with Elvis, but I guarantee you, I'm there. Subscribe to the official Johnny Cash YouTube channel. So, again contrary to what some people have written, my voice is on the tape. Johnny Cash performing 'I Walk The Line' from Live In Las Vegas, 1979Listen to. Then Elvis sat down at the piano, and we started singing gospel songs we all knew, then some Bill Monroe songs. At that point the session stopped and we all started laughing and cutting up together.

"I was just there to watch Carl record, which he did until mid-afternoon, when Elvis came in with his girlfriend. "I was the first to arrive and the last to leave, contrary to what has been written," Cash wrote of the session in his 1997 book " Cash: The Autobiography" (via Elvis Australia). The paper ran the story the following day, complete with a photo of the four musicians, captioned "The Million Dollar Quartet." Take a look at the highlighted section below, and you can see a piece of saved memorabilia that shows Cash's 1994 tour dates including a concert at the Starlight Music Theatre in Latham on September 2nd, 1994.Recognizing the unusual, and now historic, nature of this meeting of musical minds, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips alerted the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Cash was exposed from childhood to the music of the rural Southhymns, folk ballads, and songs of work and lamentbut he learned to play guitar and began writing. Typed on a piece of paper some 30-years-old, was a list of shows on Johnny Cash's touring schedule from way back in 1994. Cash, (born February 26, 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, U.S.died September 12, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee), American singer and songwriter whose work broadened the scope of country and western music. One of the more interesting artifacts on display was something that most people wouldn't even notice - but we did.


Inside the museum, we took our time looking over each exhibit and piece of memorabilia, soaking up as much as we could about the Man in Black. The first time I visited Music City was about 4 years ago, Chrissy and I were out there for a Brad Paisley Album Release Party, and man - what a whirlwind that was! I think we were there for a total of 40 hours, had a pretty tight itinerary, and little time to explore, and unfortunately, I never did visit the Johnny Cash Museum.ĭuring a return trip to Music City a few weeks ago, my girlfriend Samantha and I made it a point to check it out, and we're glad we did. It's also the home of The Johnny Cash Museum featuring the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia.
