Sheryl Crow – Session grit that became radio gold
Sheryl Crow spent years as a backup singer and session vocalist before Tuesday Night Music Club, recorded in a Pasadena writing room, became a major American rock debut of the 90s.
Don’t Look Back
Cue cards in an alley: Pennebaker films Dylan's 1965 England tour, acoustic set, patience already gone.
At San Quentin – Johnny Cash
On 24 February 1969, Johnny Cash recorded a live Columbia album at San Quentin, a year after Folsom, with the Tennessee Three and a yard full of inmates.
Sheryl Crow – Strong Enough
Sheryl Crow’s Strong Enough, from Tuesday Night Music Club, is an acoustic ballad from the Bill Bottrell sessions that peaked at US No. 5 in 1995.
Johnny Cash – The baritone that kept its word
Johnny Cash dressed in black for the working day, not for mystery: Sun Records, Folsom, and the late American albums.
Neil Young – Heart of Gold
Neil Young’s Heart of Gold (Harvest, 1972): Nashville Stray Gators, Elliot Mazer, only US No. 1.
Interview of Johnny Cash (1969)
Robert Elfstrom's 1969 documentary Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music follows Cash through prisons and stages just after Folsom and San Quentin.
Afterlife Interview with Nick Drake
At dawn, in the mist on the English hedgerows, Riffs and Beats finds Nick Drake with an acoustic guitar, back turned.