She Had a List of 100 Songs To Learn
While most parents give their kids a list of chores to do, Johnny Cash handed Rosanne a list of songs to learn – a hundred to be exact!
Rosanne was only eighteen then when her father handed her that list and told her that those were the essential songs she needed to grow what she so far knew about country music. The list includes songs made famous by Hank Snow, Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Patsy Cline, among others.
In 2009, Rosanne shared part of that list – twelve songs to be exact – in her 12th studio album, The List. The album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album and took home the prestigious Album of the Year award during the Americana Music Honors & Awards.
She is Also An Author
Rosanne is also an author. She has published four books so far – including the best-selling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune described as “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.”
Rosanne has also written essays for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Oxford-American, the Nation, and a lot more print and online publications.