'I can't remember anything else we talked about, except his eyes,' Carter would later write of that first meeting for Cash's 2000 box set, Love, God, Murder. Johnny Cash holds a guitar as his wife Vivian Liberto and daughters, Rosanne Cash and Kathy Cash look on in 1957. Still, the connection between the two country icons was undeniable and would only grow in the years to come. Meanwhile Cash was married to Vivian Liberto Cash, with whom he had four daughters: Roseanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara.

'I've always wanted to meet you,' Cash reportedly told Carter that day in Nashville, Tennessee.Ĭarter simply replied: 'I feel like I know you already.' Complicated beginningsīoth were married at the time, Carter to the very man who had introduced her to Cash singer Carl Smith, though their marriage ended that year. American country and folk group, the Carter family, including June (second left). So when the pair finally did meet backstage at the national country music showcase at the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, there was already a connection between them. Get Rhythm – A Tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter is on Sunday, May 9, from 2-4.30pm, at Skyways Hotel in Airport West.Having started her music career singing with her mother and sisters, Carter's voice was already well-known in the country music industry – and to Cash. For us, it’s important to keep that rolling.” “It’s very important because music is very therapeutic, it makes people happy. “Everyone is just really keen to get back and working again as musicians and entertainers,” she said. Ms Caligiuri said the show would be extra special as last year’s coronavirus restrictions prevented many from celebrating Mother’s Day. “Our intention as artists is to bring people up, to take them on a journey and make some excitement.” “He’s an awesome storyteller and he’s got the courage to say it the way it is. “I love the fact that he’s so sincere as an artist. “It’s more like, let’s become him, let’s be Johnny Cash. “I think the most realistic way to capture that character is to take on his persona, as an actor would, because that way it becomes three dimensional as opposed to just mimicking him,” he said. He takes on Cash’s persona for a convincing performance. Mr Caligiuri said their Get Rhythm show would feature hits from the ’50s and ’60s, including Ring of Fire, Jackson and Folsom Prison Blues.

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