CASH SAN QUENTIN

JOHNNY CASH: LIVE AT SAN QUENTIN

One-hour radio special hosted by Rodney Crowell

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It took Johnny Cash 12 years to record one of his live prison shows, but it wasn't easy. He was threatened against doing it, warned it would ruin his career, but Cash's instincts were dead on. He just went ahead and recorded at Folsom Prison in 1968 and never sounded so raw and alive. The live album was a huge hit, and followed by the even bigger "Johnny Cash at San Quentin" - his first #1 album on the pop charts.

In this hour we explore how Cash's concert at San Quentin came about, went down and the wake it left behind. Your listeners will hear Johnny Cash on the edge, plowing through well-known songs and premiering new ones that stated, "San Quentin, I hope you rot and burn in hell." Needless to say, he almost started a riot in a room full of very bad men. The program also features a few songs from the show not included on the original live album.

For an inside view, we'll hear about prison life from the prisoners and prison guards, taken from the documentary "Johnny Cash in San Quentin." The original producer, Bob Johnston, speaks about the excitement and fear, as does Jim Marshall, photographer of the famous "Johnny flipping the bird at San Quentin" photo. We'll also hear about Johnny Cash's views on the lock-up from bassist Marshall Grant, son John Carter Cash, singer/songwriter Larry Gatlin and music writer Anthony DeCurtis.

• Produced by Joyride Media - Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson
• Host: Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell
• Length: 0:59 with breaks for local spots
• Broadcast Window: Begins November 3, 2006
• Terms: Available for all USA broadasters at no cost

TIMINGS & CUES - Noncom version

0:00 -- 19:00 Segment 1

In: "I don't think it's too much of an exaggeration to say..." Out: "I'm Rodney Crowell, and you're listening to Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin."

19:00 -- 20:00 Break 1 with music bed

20:00 -- 43:11 Segment 2

In: "Welcome back to Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin. I'm Rodney Crowell." Out: "I'm Rodney Crowell, and you're listening to Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin."

43:11 -- 44:11 Break 2 with music bed

44:11 -- 59:00 Segment 3

In: "Welcome back to Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin. I'm Rodney Crowell." Out: "I'm Rodney Crowell, and thanks for listening."

New Johnny Cash

JOHNNY CASH: THE LAST HIGHWAY

One-hour music intensive special celebrates the release of American V: A Hundred Highways, the all-new Johnny Cash album from his last studio recordings before his death in September 2003.

The songs from these final sessions are presented along with exclusive comments by both producer Rick Rubin and the Man in Black, himself. This program is a great way to premiere these new songs before the CD is in stores from Lost Highway Records on July 4, 2006.

American V: A Hundred Highways includes the last song Cash wrote (“Like the 309”), in a stirring mix of covers and originals that Rick Rubin describes as “…Johnny's final statement. They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear.”

As an added bonus, Johnny Cash: The Last Highway also features Cash performing some of his best known tunes live from the 1994 Montreaux Jazz Festival.

Tres Hombres Productions - Paul Rappaport, Jym Fahey, Mitch Maketansky.

• Host: Meg Griffin
• Broadcast Window: Begins June 30, 2006
• Contact: Andy Cahn, cahnmedia@comcast.net, 215-279-7632
• Length: One hour with breaks for local spots.
• Terms: Available for all USA broadcasters to air at no cost
• Spots: No barter spots are built into the show.

This program is currently in production and more details will be confirmed soon.

Johnny Cash

JOHNNY CASH - PERSONAL FILE

New radio special from the people behind the award-winning four-part series, Johnny Cash: The Legend.

Update (4/24): Now available to preview or download from PRX.

One-hour music intensive documentary hosted by Rodney Crowell explores Johnny Cash’s “Personal File” home recording archive.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Johnny Cash sat down with an acoustic guitar at home and recorded tape after tape of songs that he loved, both old and new. When he finished, the tape would be marked “Personal File” and put in a vault that has just recently been re-opened.

Throughout this one-hour program, Cash is heard having fun and telling stories of his childhood and deep faith on these solo acoustic recordings. The sparse and loose arrangements of original songs and covers from the "Personal File" tapes also served as the template for Cash's acclaimed American Recordings albums produced by Rick Rubin between 1994 and his death in 2003.

Comments about these recordings and Cash’s love of music come from his son, John Carter Cash, daughter Roseanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Cowboy Jack Clement, journalist Anthony DeCurtis and biographer Patrick Carr.

• Host: Rodney Crowell
• Producer: Paul Chuffo, Joyride Media
• Contact: Andy Cahn, Cahn Media, 201-386-1736
• Broadcast Window: April – July 2006
• Length: One-hour, with breaks for local spots
• Terms: Available for all USA radio broadcasters to air at no cost

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Timings & Cues:

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0:00 - 19:06 Segment 1

• IN: "He grew up listening to a lot of things..."
• OUT: "I'm Rodney Crowell and you're listening to Johnny Cash: Personal File"

19:06 - 20:06 Break 1 20:06 - 41:58 Segment 2

• IN: "You're listening to Johnny Cash: Personal File..."
• OUT: "I'm Rodney Crowell and you're listening to Johnny Cash: Personal File"

41:58 - 42:58 Break 2 42:58 - 59:00 Segment 3

• IN: "You're listening to Johnny Cash: Personal File..."
• OUT: "I'm Rodney Crowell, thanks for Listening"

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Song List:

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1. Sweet Bye and Bye (trad.)
2. The Winding Stream (A.P. Carter)
3. There's A Mother Always Waiting At Home (J. Thornton)
4. When I Stop Dreaming (C. Louvin, I. Louvin)
5. Fast Song (J.R. Cash)
6. Jim I Wore A Tie Today (C. Walker)
7. Tiger Whitehead (J.R. Cash, N. Winston)
8. Paradise (J. Prine)
9. Wildwood in the Pines (R. Crowell)
10. No Earthly Good (J.R. Cash)
11. Matthew 24 (J.R. Cash, J.C. Cash)
12. Over the Next Hill (J.R. Cash)
13. Sweet Bye and Bye (trad.)