The Ballad of Johnny and June – The Lowry
Johnny Cash and June Carter were independently successful within the country music scene in the fifties and sixties. Having met in the fifties when both were married to other people, the connection was forged and they toured together before their affair started and they eventually married each other at the end of the sixties. Their son John Carter Cash was born in 1970.
The Ballad of Johnny and June takes a mostly biographical look back at the early years of their relationship from the perspective of their son. From their first meeting backstage at a concert they were both performing at, through Johnny becoming sucessful to them getting together and then marriage and the birth of John. From that point onwards the show then jumps years at a time to strategic event...
