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Johnny Cash


Born: 26th February 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, U.S.


Died: 12th September 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.




Known For : Johnny Cash was an American country music, singer-songwriter . Although he is known as a country singer his music spanned other styles including rockabilly, rock and roll, blues, folk, and gospel. He had a distinct style both in music and life and partly due to his always wearing dark clothes, but also because of melancholy music was known as "The Man in Black", his signature line on opening a concert consisted of "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash". He was known as a heavy drinker and addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates but in 1968 after finding god he quit and soon after married his long time sweetheart June Carter who had always refused to marry him till he was clean. His hits during his career included "Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk the Line", "A Boy Named Sue", "Man in Black", "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", "Ring of Fire" and "Jackson" ( with June Carter ) which won a Grammy Award in 1968. Although he never did Prison time he felt great compassion for prisoners and made two of his most popular albums in front of Prison audiences, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969). Video is a live recording with Johnny Cash and Johny Cash singing "Jackson" Do a search on You Tube For "Johnny Cash-Walk The Line" it was difficult to choose between the two videos because I like them both. Steve