Arkansas State University in Jonesboro has teamed up with the family of Johnny Cash to produce the Johnny Cash Music Festival at the ASU Convocation Center on Aug. 4, with all proceeds going to develop a historical site in Cash's boyhood home of Dyess, Arkansas.
Cash grew up at Dyess Colony, which was the Roosevelt administration's Depression-era cooperative agricultural project in Mississippi County. He graduated from Dyess High School in 1950 and joined the Air Force. He went on to become an internationally known singer and songwriter.
ASU and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are working with the City of Dyess and local stakeholders to preserve and promote the rich and unique heritage of Dyess Colony. Work is currently underway to restore the exterior of the 1934 Dyess Colony Administration Building, stabilize the facade of the 1940 Dyess Theater, and display a replica of Cash's boyhood home.
John Carter Cash will be hosting the benefit. Entertainers making an early commitment to perform are Rosanne Cash, George Jones, Gary Morris and Dailey and Vincent.
Well known and respected Nashville television producer Bill Carter will take the lead and produce the Johnny Cash Musical Festival. Carter is the executive producer of Gaither Videos and is co-founder of the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation. Carter was an attorney for the Rolling Stones and has met and become friends with a wide range of entertainers throughout his career.
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