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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep187: Across Generations with John Carter Cash

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

3rd generation Carter alum and son of Johnny & June, John Carter Cash joins us to talk family history, the records, the tapes, his father's record collection, the Rick Rubin recordings, the family legacy and the new 'Across Generations' LP which brings it all together.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

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0:00.0

Well, hey everyone, this is Nate. Thank you very much for joining us for this very special episode of the vinyl guide.

0:06.5

Today, we are welcoming John Carter Cash, son of Johnny and June, third generation of the musical legacy Carter family,

0:14.7

and producer of the Carter family across generations, a new LP that combines recordings from members of the Carter family,

0:23.0

well, across generations. Now today, John is going to take us through the history of the Carter

0:28.7

family all the way back to AP, Sarah, and Maybel. He'll discuss the vinyl record collection of his

0:34.8

father and the music that they enjoyed together, John

0:37.7

will also share insight behind some of the recordings that Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin worked

0:42.4

on together, as well as finding the original tapes of Sarah and Maybill Carter demoing songs,

0:49.5

which became the foundation for this truly unique and incredibly special album.

0:54.8

Fans of all music genres are sure to enjoy the Carter family across generations,

0:59.9

and I'll be playing a track for you to enjoy directly after the interview.

1:06.3

If you like today's episode and enjoy vinyl records, then check out the catalog of back episodes and interviews we have at thevinylguide.com, including episode number 128 featuring Miles Kennedy, episode number 102 featuring Joey Santiago of the Pixies, Delta Blues historian Gail Dean Wardlow, the guy who discovered the grave of Robert Johnson,

1:29.7

episodes number 74 and 75, and the history of Paramount Records with John Teff Teller, episode number 93,

1:37.0

heaps more at thevinylguide.com, or download our Apple and Android apps, and it's all free for you to

1:43.5

enjoy. And finally, we here at the

1:46.7

Vinyl Guide produced these episodes solely because of our love for the music, especially when

1:52.4

it's on the vinyl format. And we choose not to bombard our listeners with annoying ads for

1:58.3

things like mattresses or websites or companies that will buy your gold

2:02.6

for cheap. However, we still do need to eat. So feel free to support our efforts by joining

2:10.0

our Patreon community at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. There you can send us a few bucks each month

2:16.3

to help keep us going and you also get

2:18.7

access to more content, secret episodes and the like. You can also visit our sponsor, Groove Washer,

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