Johnny Cash Codexery

Johnny & The Circle

18 entries in the Johnny Cash compendium.

Johnny & The Circle — Era Chart

Marshall Grant1928Tennessee Two1954Sam Phillips1955Rick Rubin1957Kris Kristofferson1969Willie Nelson1969Waylon Jennings1986Johnny Cash2005
Johnny CashThe first compilation spanning Sun, Columbia, Island, and American Recordings eras, releasSam PhillipsSun Records founder who produced Johnny Cash's early Sun singles after rejecting his initiMarshall GrantBassist and road manager for Johnny Cash from 1954 to 1979, co-founder of the Tennessee TwKris KristoffersonThe helicopter landing on Johnny Cash's property that launched a legendary songwriting carWillie NelsonA collaborator on VH1 Storytellers who shared vocals, guitar, and stories with Johnny CashWaylon JenningsThe collaborator on the 1986 album Heroes.Tennessee TwoThe foundational duo of Grant and Perkins that defined Cash's early sound before expandingRick RubinProducer who expanded Cash's sound with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Unchained.Sara CarterThe voice behind the voice—Sara Carter shaped the man the world called the Man in Black.A.P. CarterThe fiddle that taught a boy in Arkansas how a song could hold the whole world.Roscoe DashThe steady hand on the strings that kept Johnny's voice from ever floating away.Maybelle CarterThe voice and fretwork that kept the Carter Family's flame burning across generations.Carl SmithThe star whose band the Man in Black once called home.Paul MooreThe steady strum behind the storm—Moore kept the Circle's rhythm honest.Marv JohnsonThe quiet growl beneath the Man in Black—Marv Johnson played the bass like a second heartbDavid BriggsThe rolling keys behind the Man in Black, and the man who never stopped playing.Jack ClementThe Nashville hand behind the scenes who helped turn Cash's raw ideas into records.Roy SudduthThe low end that made the Man in Black's stomp feel like the ground itself was breathing.
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