A Boy Named Sue Technique

Ask the average Johnny Cash fan if they're aware that "A Boy Named Sue" was actually written by Shel Silverstein and the answer is likely to fall somewhere between "no" and "you can't possibly be s...

For the most part, Johnny Cash's songs—especially his most famous ones—are very simple in their melodic structure. "A Boy Named Sue" is especially indicative of this trend, with a steady repeti...

Growing up in a hard-working, cotton-farming family in Arkansas in the wake of the Great Depression, Johnny Cash's humble origins helped shape the charismatic man he later became: the all-American...