Rosanne Cash has announced a limited run of special shows honoring her fathers music alongside Ry Cooder. The shows, titledCash and Cooder on Cash: The Music of Johnny Cash, will take place throughout 2019 at esteemed venues including Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Chicago Theatre.
Cooder and Cashs tribute shows came about after the duo planned a brief residency in honor of Johnny Cashs music last December at the San Francisco Jazz Center, where Rosanne was serving as the 2017-2018 Resident Artistic Director.
I told him that he was the only person on the planet I would do a show of Johnny Cash songs with, Cash, who has always expressed some degree of ambivalence about the weight of her fathers legacy, said before the initial residency last year. When I said that, I felt quite overcome with feeling. I knew I had waiting for the right person, the right reason and the right place.
For his part, Cooder, who covered Cashs Hey Porter on his classic 1972 album Into the Purple Valley,has been a fan of the iconic country singer for over 60 years. He recalls first hearing Johnny Cashs music as a 4th grader: Johnny was something different, Cooder says in a statement. It was like a hand reached out from my little Sears radio and grabbed me by the shirt and said, youre coming with me now.
Cash and Cooder on Cash: The Music of Johnny Cash tour dates:
June 16 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
June 18 Chicago, Il @ Chicago Theatre
October 30 Boston, MA @ Wang Theatre
November 2 New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall
November 3 Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Opera House