Johnny Cash

Vocalist and accordion player Jorge Hernández engages the crowd of inmates in the main yard of Folsom State Prison. Lance Dawes/Courtesy of Los Tigres Del Norte hide caption

Johnny Cash: Forever Words is available now. Don Hunstein (c) Sony Music/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Highwaymen. From left: Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Jim McGuire/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Charlie McCoy and the Escorts perform at the Jolly Roger in Printers Alley, circa 1965. From left to right: Wayne Butler, Jerry Tuttle, Kenny Buttrey, Mac Gayden, and Charlie McCoy. Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hide caption

Pearl Jam (top left), Missy Elliott (top right), the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind (bottom right), PJ Harvey (bottom left), Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel (center). Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Ricky Munoz, lead singer of Intocalbe, performs in Juarez, Mexico earlier this month. Intocable, a band popular on both sides of the border, is inspired by Mexican music, country hits and rock bands like Def Leppard. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

A vintage snapshot hangs in the cabin outside Nashville where Johnny Cash and June Carter spent much of their later years. Stephen Jerkins hide caption

Rosanne Cash's The River & The Thread comes out Jan. 14. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Pearl Jam (top left), Missy Elliott (top right), the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind (bottom right), PJ Harvey (bottom left), Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel (center). Courtesy of the artists hide caption

A new 63-disc box offers a complete retrospective of the Man in Black's storied career. Sony Music hide caption

Don Gonyea (far right, in vest) interviewing Johnny Cash in 1981. Courtesy of Don Gonyea hide caption

The Cash family house today. Michael Hibblen hide caption

The Johnny Cash Project The Johnny Cash Project hide caption