Song of the Day - Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash (1966)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 1ST

1959 Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California. One of the audience members was 19 year-old Merle Haggard, who was in the midst of a 15 year sentence (he served three years) for grand theft auto and armed robbery.

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This Day in Music History: DECEMBER 9TH

1955  Johnny Cash played two shows at Arkansas High School, in Swifton, Elvis Presley opened the show.

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This Day in Music History: DECEMBER 5TH

1938 Happy Birthday JJ Cale!

US guitarist, singer songwriter. Songs written by Cale that have been covered by other musicians include 'After Midnight' by Eric Clapton, Phish and Jerry Garcia, 'Cocaine' by Eric Clapton, 'Clyde' by Waylon Jennings and Dr. Hook, and 'Call Me the Breeze' by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare and Eric Clapton. Cale died on 26th July 2013 of a heart attack.

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This Day in Music History: NOVEMBER 26TH

1958 Johnny Cash made his debut on the US country chart when ‘Cry! Cry! Cry!’ made it to number 14. His next seven singles would all make the country top 10, with ‘I Walk the Line’ and ‘There You Go’ both hitting number 1.

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