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Conversations Series: Dalton Parents Rosanne Cash and Bruce Handy

The Alumni Conversation Series kicked off this school year on October 23 with a thoroughly enjoyable musical evening for members of the Dalton community. Introduced by Alumni Association president Charles Simon ’84, Grammy award- winning composer and singer Rosanne Cash was interviewd by Vanity Fair editor Bruce Handy. Roseanne described what her late father Johnny Cash’s legacy has meant to her and how leading a life of music over three generations affects her children. “I never took an academic approach to giving music to my kids,” she said. “I have learned hip hop from my son, and my daughter is releasing her first record.”

The audience was delighted that Rosanne brought her guitar and sang a few songs off her just released album, The List. When Rosanne was 18, her father, Johnny Cash, gave her a list of 100 songs – timeless classics by legendary singers such as Hank Williams, Woody Gurthrie and Merle Haggard. Rosanne chose songs from this list to feature on her newest album – some of which are duets sung with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, and Rufus Wainwright.
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