Country music legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-cash">Johnny Cash</a> was immortalized in bronze at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday &#8212; the first time a musician has ever been honored in the Capitol with a statue.
During a ceremony at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders were joined by 100 members of the Cash family as the statue of the likeness of the “Man In Black” was unveiled in the National Statuary Hall, <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/09/24/nashville-johnny-cash-statue-unveiled-us-capitol-arkansas/75361784007/">The Tennessean</a> reported.
Created by artist <a href="https://www.kevinkresse.com/">Kevin Kresse</a>, the 8-<a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1838603265392398630">foot-tall statue</a> of the Arkansas native shows the “Folsom Prison Blues” hitmaker with his guitar slung over his shoulder, his head hung low, and carrying a bible in one hand with his other hand over his chest.
&#8220;Today, we have the pleasure of recognizing — get this — the first musician to ever be honored with a statue here in the Capitol,&#8221; Speaker Johnson said. &#8220;And Johnny Cash is the perfect person to be honored in that way. He was a man who embodied the American spirit in a way that few could.&#8221;
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The legendary singer’s daughter, country singer Roseanne Cash, spoke on behalf of the family at the ceremony, calling it a “remarkable day.&#8221; She added, &#8220;In my wildest dreams, I couldn&#8217;t have imagined.&#8221;
“Words cannot come close to expressing our pride to see my dad accorded such a singular privilege, the first musician in history to be included in the Statuary Hall Collection,&#8221; Cash’s daughter said. &#8220;I&#8217;m very careful not to put words in his mouth since his passing, but on this day, I can safely say that he would feel that of all the many honors and accolades he received in his lifetime, this is the ultimate.&#8221;
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&#8220;Thank you, Kevin Kresse, for capturing his very essence in bronze,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You see this statue and you know this is no one else but Johnny Cash.&#8221;
The legendary country singer died in 2003 at the age of 71. Cash’s statue is joined by one honoring civil rights leader Daisy Bates, whose statue <a href="https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/daisy-bates-statue">debuted</a> in May. The hall displays statues of two well-known residents from each state, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-cash-statue-coming-to-u-s-capitol">reported</a>.
Cash and Bates’ statues replace two others that honored residents from Arkansas — 1800s attorney Uriah Milton Rose and Governor and Senator James P. Clark — following a vote in 2019 by the Arkansas General Assembly.
Kreese previously talked about how thrilled he was with the state’s decision to represent a musician like Cash rather than a “power politician from the early 1800s.”
“One of the quotes that the [Cash] family gave me was something that he told his kids,” Kresse told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/11/1250756743/arkansass-new-statues-at-the-u-s-capitol-are-of-daisy-bates-and-johnny-cash">NPR</a>. “It’s about the fact that we all have the ability to make a choice in this life between choosing love or choosing hate. And he says, &#8216;<a href="https://x.com/CashMuseum/status/1268977521007251457?lang=en">I choose love</a>.'&#8221;
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Legendary country singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-cash-album-with-never-before-heard-tracks-coming-this-summer">Johnny Cash</a>’s statue is headed to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where he will be immortalized in bronze for future generations.
In a letter from Congress, the official unveiling of the “Man in Black” statue is set to take place September 24 at 11 a.m. in the National Statuary Hall, the <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-us-capitol-is-getting-a-statue-of-johnny-cash-180984834/">Smithsonian magazine</a> reported.
The 8-foot-tall Arkansas native’s statue will be joined by one honoring civil rights leader Daisy Bates whose statue <a href="https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/daisy-bates-statue">debuted</a> in May. The hall displays statues of two well known residents from each state.
Cash and Bates&#8217; statues will replace two others that honored residents from Arkansas &#8212; 1800s attorney Uriah Milton Rose and Governor and Senator James P. Clark &#8212; following a vote in 2019 by the Arkansas General Assembly.
Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchins <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/11/1250756743/arkansass-new-statues-at-the-u-s-capitol-are-of-daisy-bates-and-johnny-cash">said of the new statues</a> that the previous ones are connected to individuals who don’t “mean anything to contemporary Americans. And of course, if you dig deep into their history, they do have a racist history that is not reflective at all of Arkansas.”
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Little Rock sculptor Kevin Kreese was tasked with making the Cash bronze statue and previously said that he was thrilled with the state’s decision to represent a musician like Cash rather than a “power politician from the early 1800s.”
“One of the quotes that the [Cash] family gave me was something that he told his kids,” Kresse told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/11/1250756743/arkansass-new-statues-at-the-u-s-capitol-are-of-daisy-bates-and-johnny-cash">NPR</a>. “It’s about the fact that we all have the ability to make a choice in this life between choosing love or choosing hate. And he says, ‘<a href="https://x.com/CashMuseum/status/1268977521007251457?lang=en">I choose love</a>.'&#8221;
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The legendary country singer died in 2003 at the age of 71. But years after his passing, fans got a treat when the album “Songwriter” was released in June, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-cash-album-with-never-before-heard-tracks-coming-this-summer">reported</a>.
It contains 11 unreleased songs the late country star wrote and recorded back in 1993, but ended up shelving after he met with producer Rick Rubin and the two instead opted to focus on their musical partnership, the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/23/johnny-cash-album-with-never-before-heard-tracks-coming-this-summer/73427775007/">Tennessean</a> noted.
The album was produced by musician John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, and co-produced by David “Fergie” Ferguson. The two “stripped” the songs “back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals, and acoustic guitar,” <a href="https://www.southernliving.com/johnny-cash-new-album-songwriter-8638253">Southern Living</a> noted.
Some of the other artists who are also on the album with Cash include the late Waylon Jennings, country singer Vince Gill, guitarist Marty Stuart, and The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.
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A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bullet-hole-in-johnny-cashs-hometown-water-tower-has-man-in-black-taking-a-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Cash</a> album with never-before-heard tracks from the legendary country singer is coming out this summer, nearly two decades after he died in 2003 at the age of 71.
The “Songwriter” will be released June 28 and contains 11 unreleased songs the late-country star wrote and recorded back in 1993, but ended up shelving after he met with producer Rick Rubin and the two instead opted to focus on their musical partnership, the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/23/johnny-cash-album-with-never-before-heard-tracks-coming-this-summer/73427775007/">Tennessean</a> reported.
The album is being produced by musician John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, and co-produced by David “Fergie” Ferguson. The two “stripped” the songs “back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals, and acoustic guitar,” <a href="https://www.southernliving.com/johnny-cash-new-album-songwriter-8638253">Southern Living</a> noted.
“I wanted it to be songs that mostly people hadn&#8217;t heard and that paid close attention to who he was as a songwriter and who he was as an American voice,” Carter Cash explained. “One of my most important focuses in the past 10 years [&#8230;] is to give history the opportunity to notice him as the great writer he is. I want to put that in the forefront. His writing voice specifically is a certain voice, that I think if America wants to know their history, that&#8217;s a good place to look.”
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“It’s not about selling Johnny Cash, he would be doing that himself,” he added. “I&#8217;m grateful that this record is here, even if it was only for me, because it reminds me of who my father was, and I do believe there are people out there that knew him on somewhat of a level that I did, that will be just as touched.&#8221;
“But I also believe that there are people out there that have never heard my father&#8217;s music that will find new interest in hearing this, hearing this album and hearing my father&#8217;s voice,&#8221; Carter Cash continued.
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Fergie also talked about the album and said in a statement, “I think this record is the way I would have liked to have made one if I would have ever been in charge of one, before Rick Rubin or after Jack Clement. I’ve known John Carter since he was a boy, so it was great to finally work with him. He gave me a lot of leeway, especially in terms of grooves and things. We went right along the same page. There wasn’t ever a conversation or plan about an end product, it was just let&#8217;s do the best we can do.”
The album &#8212; which comes out via Mercury Nashville and UMe &#8212; focuses on the “Ring of Fire” hitmaker’s songwriting abilities as he sings lyrics about sorrow, spirituality, and redemption, the outlet noted.
On Tuesday, one of the song’s was released, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zumW9D47Ync">Well Alright</a>,” which is an upbeat track about love in a laundromat.
Some of the other artists who are also on the album with Cash include the late Waylon Jennings, country singer Vince Gill, guitarist Marty Stuart, and The Black Keys&#8217; Dan Auerbach.

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