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“They had a rule: Whoever writes the song gets final say. And that served them well.”–Bill Halverson, engineer

For young rock ‘n’ roll fans, the deaths of the three stars was a huge shock. What was it like to actually see them?

“The album was unexpected. You are dealing with regular TNT explosions and all of a sudden, you’ve got an atomic bomb.”—Johnny Echols

“I am still on that road. We all are; we have embarked on a journey of spirit in our human bodies as we proceed down our path,” says the drummer.

The newly released recording is “probably the closest to what it actually sounded like to be in the audience for a Johnny Cash show in 1968.”

“I’m not interested in being a household word. I’m interested in making good records. I just really want to write good songs.”–Petty

No one in the history of L.A. radio did more to promote the music throughout Southern California—and indeed, the world—than Art Laboe.

“I think of all the documentaries made about my dad, he’d be most excited about this one,” said Cash’s son, John Carter Cash.

He brought rock ‘n’ roll into America’s living rooms, sometimes against the wishes of the parents of the kids who were his target audience.

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