Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash

This is a Fresh Air podcast featuring two segments of interviews from their archive series on R&B, rockabilly, and early rock and roll. The first segment is an interview with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records, where he discusses his early influences, recording black musicians in the segregated South, discovering Howlin' Wolf and Elvis Presley, and his reasons for eventually giving up producing. The second segment features an interview with Johnny Cash, who reflects on his upbringing during the Depression, his early musical influences, his initial reluctance towards his hit song "I Walk the Line," his famous prison concerts, and his collaboration with Rick Rubin later in his career.