Dennis Cash was born in Lynchburg, VA. He is the oldest of four children born to Leslie and Ethel Mitchell Cash. Dennis' father loved music and was a major influence of his. He played guitar, autoharp, banjo and harmonica. He never played outside the family home – only for his own entertainment.

Every weekend the family radio, which sat on top of the refrigerator in the kitchen, was tuned to WSM, WWVA or WCKY and good old string music filled the air. During his childhood many country artists had TV programs. If one was on the air, it was a good bet that the family TV was tuned in. Reno and Smiley's Top of the Mornin' Show on Roanoke's WDBJ played as Dennis got ready for school many mornings. Flatt and Scruggs, The Wilburn Brothers, Porter Wagner and many other country shows were on the air at that time.

Bored while out of school for summer break around age 12, Dennis picked up his Dad's old arch top guitar. Using a mail-order song book with a chord chart, he taught himself to play guitar. From then on he was hooked. He continued to learn other instruments and today plays guitar, bass, mandolin, autoharp, resonator guitar, and even a little banjo.

After moving to North Carolina in the early '90s, Dennis set out to start a bluegrass gospel band. He met a local musician named Wayne Ratley and together they launched "Carolina Sonshine" in 1997. "Carolina Sonshine" has been nominated by the SPBGMA organization in six consecutive years as the Traditional Gospel Band Of The Year. They were also invited as showcase artists at IBMA. The band has toured from Maine to Florida and as far west as Missouri and in Canada.​

Some of the earliest music Dennis played was that of the original Carter Family. He played along with old 78 records, learning many of their songs. In 2007 Dennis recorded a solo project paying homage to the Carter Family called Songs of Home.

Encouraged by friend and mentor Bill Clifton, who has called Cash "the leading proponent of Carter Family music," he began work on a second album of Carter songs in 2012. The latest project, "Sing Me A Carter Family Song," contains Dennis's interpretation of many fine songs introduced to the world by the Carter Family. The title cut, "A Carter Family Song." was written for the project by Dixie and Tom T. Hall.

In August, 2014, Dennis was inducted in to America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame. While there he met some of the Wepecket family and is now on board for our Rolling Roots Revue tours.