Johnny Cash poems, lyrics set to music in multi-artist 'Forever Words' album
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - John Carter Cash is an imposing yet reposeful presence as he leans his 6-foot-2 1/2 frame against one of the rough-hewn lumber beams supporting the porch roof of the Cash family cabin in a rural town 30 miles north of Nashville.
He nods toward a woodsy knoll a few yards away and points out where deer can often be seen grazing on the other side of a fence between the cabin and the lake that long was a favorite respite for his celebrated parents, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The cabin also houses a recording studio that both Johnny and June used until their deaths in 2003.
"This was his place to get away, back in the day," said Cash, the only son of one of country music's most beloved couples.
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