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The Essential Johnny Cash is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, U2 and Nine Inch Nails. Those roots explain a lot about how The Essential Johnny Cash arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Petty, June Carter Cash and Keith Richards, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around The Essential Johnny Cash, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Willie Nelson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Essential Johnny Cash is a double-compact disc compilation by Johnny Cash released as part of Sony BMG's Essential series. It was compiled to commemorate Cash's 70th birthday. It is not to be confused with the three-CD box set of the same name released by Columbia Records in 1992.
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The Essential Johnny Cash grew out of Bob Dylan, U2 and Nine Inch Nails, went on to shape Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Petty and June Carter Cash. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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