Terry Gross

Nelson was born in the central Texas town of Abbott. He has become an icon of country music. In his more than 35 year career, he has recorded on more than 100 albums.

Walser has released the new album "Down At The Sky-Vue Drive-In" on Sire Records. He didn't pursue a career in music until he was in his 60s as a retiree. He has developed a "punk" like following attracting fans of all different ages. This originally aired. 12/13/94.

Before he became a musician, Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: hopping freight trains, and doing time prison. In 1994, he was conducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Through his career, Haggard has released over 65 albums, most of which have been charted in the major trades. He landed a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "That's The Way Love Goes." His most recent album was "1996" released years ago. This originally aired 8/14/95.

Carter Cahs has been a singer and musician most of her life. Her mother was Maybelle Carter of the original Carter Family. She later married Johnny Cash. She's written a book about her life titled From the Heart.This originally aired 6/18/87

Cash is a singer/lyricist who in 1985 won a Grammy for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me." She is the daughter of Johnny Cash. We talked to her after the release of her album, "Ten-Song Demo" (Capitol Records) and after publishing her first work of fiction: "Bodies of Water" (Hyperion) a collection of nine short stories. This was originally aired 3/26/96.

Cash has been recording albums and performing since the 1950's, and has been inducted into the Songwriters, Country Music, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. Last year, he released an autobiography called "CASH" (Harper) The book tour for the memoir was canceled due to complications with Cash's Parkinson's disease. This was originally aired 11/4/97

Carter is an offspring of the Carter family country music dynasty that includes her mother June Carter Cash and A.P. and Maybelle Carter. We talked with her just after she released her album "I Fell in Love" on Reprise Records. This originally aired 11/22/90.

Legrand wrote the score for the 1964 classic French film starring "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" which starred Catherine Deneuve. In the film every bit of dialogue is sung to Legrand's music. Legrand also has won three Oscars for the song, "The Windmills of Your Mind," from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair," best original dramatic score for "Summer of '42," and best original song score for "Yentl." This originally aired 4/30/96.

Aryeh Neier is the President of the Soros Foundation. He has written the new book "War Crimes: Brutality, Genocide, Terror, and the Struggle for Justice." (Times Books) Neier has also served for 12-years as executive director of Human Rights Watch and eight-years as the national director of the ACLU. He is considered one of the premiere human rights advocates and has conducted investigations of human rights abuses in more than 40 countries.