Rosanne Cash on the gift her father, Johnny Cash, gave her

For Labor Day, we’re listening back to our 2009 interview with Rosanne Cash. When she was 18, in 1973, her father Johnny Cash gave her a list of 100 essential country songs he thought she should know.

At the time, she knew that it was an important document, “but it took me, I think until now, to realize that he was really giving me himself, a part of his heart and soul.” She made an album out of some of those songs called The List . See pcm. for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

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