John Carter Cash: 5 Random Questions…
John Carter Cash just recently finished both writing his mother’s biography, Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash (Thomas Nelson), and producing a new CD, Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash (Dualtone Music Group). We are honored that Cash still had the energy and enthusiasm to go a few rounds with FranklinIs and answer our Five Random Questions…
FI: Would your rather go hunting or fishing?
Cash: I am an avid outdoorsman and always have been for as long as I can remember.
My father taught me how to shoot a rifle when I was young and I still hunt.
I only hunt what I am going to eat though and do not condone hunting just
for sport. I fish quite a bit in the spring and summer, mostly wading
creeks for smallmouth or trout. I love the outdoors and look forward to any
time I can spend there. I would rather do either, whatever is in season. I
also love to take my children fishing with me. My older son and my daughter
both love to fish. I have not taught either of them to shoot yet. I will
likely wait until they are teenagers for that, and only if they are
interested, adhering to the same rules and standards my father taught me.
FI: What is your favorite childhood memory?
Cash: I had many unforgettable times when I was young. I had the opportunity to
travel the world with my parents and met many unique and wonderful people.
There were so many places: Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Japan, etc. I
had the honor of meeting all the U.S. presidents to serve since I was born
in 1970.
The most treasured memories, however, are the times I spent with my Father
and sometimes Mother on fishing trips. We went on a five-day float on an
Alaska river that I will never forget.
FI: What was more challenging writing the book or producing the tribute album?
Cash: Making the Anchored in Love CD was relatively easy and essentially a joyful process. Of course, the book was joyous also, but though cathartic, was painful and laborious. It was my first full-length book (the process itself would have been sufficiently exhausting), and entailed my reliving both my parent’s deaths with resolved totality. Though hard, I am grateful I wrote it. I found a profound peace when the process was completed. I realized a greater understanding, not only of my mother, but also myself.
FI: If you could live in any other city in the world, where would you settle?
Cash: First of all, I must say that wherever I could still be with my wife and
three children would be sufficient. But anywhere? That would depend on
what I was choosing to do with my life at that point. If I wanted to fish
and relax, I would likely move to Cape Hatteras, NC. If I were interested
mainly in hunting and hiking, I would likely move Oregon (we actually have a
second home there, and spend quite” a bit of time in the Willamette valley).
If I was to just “get away from it all I would either move to North Central
Australia or to Jamaica. These are all wonderful places. If I wanted to
raise a family, continue on with my production career, go to my church
regularly (and keep peace), I would be right where I already am, in central
Tennessee. I think I will stay hereŠ at least for a while.
FI: How do you take your coffee?
Cash: I cannot offer coffee enough praise and credit in my life. I take it in the
morning with one sugar and a dash of crème. In the summer, I have iced
coffee in the afternoon with one sugar and no crème. If I am at a coffee
shop, I always order it hot and ask for a cup of ice to make my own. I
never drink it after 7 PM. I love coffee. Maybe if I did take that “get
away from it all” option later in life, I could move to Jamaica and work on
a coffee farm. That is where they make my favorite coffee, and since it is
hard to find and excessively expensive, I seldom drink it.
Purchase the book and/or album online at 
www.anchoredinlove.com!
John Carter Cash is a man who, for most Tennesseans and country-music fans, needs no introduction. He is singer-songwriter, producer, author and most definitely a family man. His website describes him as “Manager & Owner of Cash Cabin Studio, Husband of Laura Cash, Father of Jack Ezra, Anna Maybelle and Joseph John Cash, Son of Johnny Cash and June Carter.”
Check out his website at johncartercash.com.
You can get more information about the book and album by visiting anchoredinlove.com.
