John Carter Cash is an American country singer-songwriter, author and producer.
He is the only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. He has six
half-siblings, Rosanne Cash, Kathy Cash, Cindy Cash, Tara Cash, Carlene Carter
and Rosie Nix Adams. Biography
John Carter Cash, having been involved in music all his life, spends much of
his time working as a record producer. He is also a singer-songwriter, and
author. The grandchild of Maybelle Carter and the only son of Johnny Cash
and June Carter Cash, he preserves the family legacy and is caretaker to the
heritage of his musical ancestors. He was referenced numerous times in his
parent's recordings. For several years after his birth, his father altered the
conclusion of "A Boy Named Sue" to mention him by name; in 1972 his parents
recorded the duet "I Got a Boy" about their son; and in 1975 a photograph of
John Carter Cash frolicking with his father adorned the sleeve of the album
Look at Them Beans. John Carter Cash also dabbled in recording music,
duetting with his father on two tracks recorded for the 1988 Johnny Cash album
Water from the Wells of Home. He began his work as a music producer
with his mother June Carter Cash on her album, Press On, which won a Grammy in
1999, then went on to work under Rick Rubin as Associate Producer on his
father Johnny Cash's Grammy winning records American III: Solitary Man and
American IV: The Man Comes Around, the latter receiving three Country Music
Association awards. He also produced his mother’s record
Wildwood Flower, which won a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk album in 2003. His
2004 production Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family
received three Grammy nominations. John Carter is co-Producer on Marty Stuart's
album, Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota. The album The Voice of the Spirit, the
Gospel of the South released in April 2006, received critical regard and
acclaim. His production on Billy Joe Shaver’s Everybody's Brother, helped
earn a Grammy nomination in 2007. John has produced material for Loretta
Lynn, Josh Turner, Brooks & Dunn, Elvis Costello, Wylie and the Wild West, Dr.
Ralph Stanley, George Jones, Mavis Staples, Lynda Carter, The Mighty Clouds
of Joy, Sheryl Crow, John Randal and Jessi Alexander, Norman and Nancy Blake,
Jack Clift, Tim O'Brien, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kris Kristofferson,
Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Earl and Randy Scruggs, Rosanne Cash, John Cowan,
Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Tony Rice, and John Prine. In total, he has been a
producer on five Grammy Award winning records.
John Carter's first album of his own music entitled Bitter Harvest was
released only to the international market in 2003. His latest record,
entitled The Family Secret, received a three starred review in Rolling Stone.
He is the author of three children's books, Momma Loves Her Little Son, Daddy
Loves His Little Girl, and his latest release, The Cat in the Rhinestone Suit.
He authored a biography on his mother, Anchored in Love and one on his personal
relationship with his father, House of Cash: The Legacies of My Father Johnny
Cash. His first novel, a fantasy titled Lupus Rex, was released in June 2013.
John Carter Cash owns and operates Cash Productions, LLC and the Cash Cabin
Studio near Nashville, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He is the
father to three children, Anna Maybelle Cash, Joseph John Cash, and youngest,
Jack Ezra Cash. Family
Spouses and children: Mary Mabry one child Joseph John Cash
Laura Weber 2 children See also
The Carter Family Rosie Nix Adams
Johnny Cash June Carter Cash
External links John Carter Cash video interview at Cash
Cabin John Carter Cash at the Internet Movie
Database