October 11, 2007 - John Carter Cash

Story Published: Oct 11, 2007 at 9:00 AM PDT

Growing up is hard to do, but what if not one, but both, of your parents were music legends. Our guest grew up in a household that was always full of music because his parents were none othe than June Carter and Johnny Cash. We welcomed John Carter Cash to AM Northwest!

The Carter Family celebration will feature John Carter Cash (son of June Carter and Johnny Cash), national fiddle champion and Oregon native Laura Cash and Dale Jett (grandson of A.P. Sara Carter) in a rare “family reunion” musical showcase. The event will also debut never-before-seen footage from a documentary by Northwest filmmaker Beth Harrington about the Carter Family, including the last on-camera interview with Johnny Cash prior to his death. Newly added to the bill is Larry Perkins, a Nashville session musician who has appeared on four Grammy winning albums, including the “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” soundtrack.


The show will highlight the extensive influence of the Carter Family, “the first family of country music,” and their vast catalog of seminal recordings. It is written and produced by Keeping the Beat founder Steve Gehlen, along with Mary McDonald-Lewis, a Portland-area producer and writer who is also the voice of the OnStar navigation system and a co-founder of Readers Theatre Repertory, and Harrington, a Grammy and Emmy nominated filmmaker who has produced several programs on PBS, including Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly.

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