JOHNNY CASH IS LEGENDARY
John R. known as "Johnny Cash" was born on February 26, 1932. He was born in Kingsland, Arkansas. He was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and a author who was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught by his mother and a childhood friend, Cash began playing guitar and writing songs as a young boy. In high school he sang on a local radio station; decades later he released an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. He was also significantly influenced by traditional Irish Music that he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program.[Although he is primarily remembered as a country icon, his songs and sound spanned other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll especially early in his career—and blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice, for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for a rebelliousness. For providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".He traditionally began his concerts with the phrase "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.", followed by his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
His best-known songs included "I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring Of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers like "One Piece At A Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; and the railroad song "Rock Island". During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late 20th-century rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. His first prison concert was held on January 1, 1958 at San Quentin State Prison. These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Blues 1968. In addition to his performances at U.S. prisons, Cash also performed at the Osteraker Prison in Sweden in 1972. The live album Pa Osteraker was released in 1973. Between the songs, Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which was greatly appreciated by the inmates.By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man In Black", to help explain his dress code.
(Lyrics From the Song Man In Black)
We're doing mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black.
In 1997, Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome a form of multiple system atrophy. The diagnosis was later altered to autonomic nueropathy associated with diabetes. This illness forced Cash to curtail his touring. He was hospitalized in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs.While hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Cash died of complications from diabetes at approximately 2:00 a.m. CT on September 12, 2003—less than four months after his wife. It was suggested that Johnny's health worsened due to a broken heart over June's death. He was buried next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville ,TN. On May 24, 2005, Vivian Liberto, Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash and three other daughters, died at the age of 71 from complications from surgery to remove lung cancer. It was her daughter Rosanne's 50th birthday.In June 2005, Cash's lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville was put up for sale by his estate. In January 2006, the house was sold to vocalist Barry Gibbs and wife Linda and titled to their Florida limited liability company for $2.3 million. The listing agent was Cash's younger brother, Tommy Cash. On April 10, 2007, during a major restoration of the property by the new owner, Cash's home was accidentally destroyed in a spontaneous combustion-ignited fire caused by workers using linseed oil products. One of Cash's final collaborations with producer Rick Rubin, entitled American V: A Hundred Highways, was released posthumously on July 4, 2006. The album debuted in the No.1 position on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week ending July 22, 2006.
On February 23, 2010, three days before what would have been Cash's 78th birthday, the Cash Family, Rick Rubin, and Lost Highway Records released his second posthumous record, titled American VI: Ain't No Grave
His best-known songs included "I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring Of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers like "One Piece At A Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; and the railroad song "Rock Island". During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late 20th-century rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. His first prison concert was held on January 1, 1958 at San Quentin State Prison. These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Blues 1968. In addition to his performances at U.S. prisons, Cash also performed at the Osteraker Prison in Sweden in 1972. The live album Pa Osteraker was released in 1973. Between the songs, Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which was greatly appreciated by the inmates.By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man In Black", to help explain his dress code.
(Lyrics From the Song Man In Black)
We're doing mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black.
In 1997, Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome a form of multiple system atrophy. The diagnosis was later altered to autonomic nueropathy associated with diabetes. This illness forced Cash to curtail his touring. He was hospitalized in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs.While hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Cash died of complications from diabetes at approximately 2:00 a.m. CT on September 12, 2003—less than four months after his wife. It was suggested that Johnny's health worsened due to a broken heart over June's death. He was buried next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville ,TN. On May 24, 2005, Vivian Liberto, Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash and three other daughters, died at the age of 71 from complications from surgery to remove lung cancer. It was her daughter Rosanne's 50th birthday.In June 2005, Cash's lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville was put up for sale by his estate. In January 2006, the house was sold to vocalist Barry Gibbs and wife Linda and titled to their Florida limited liability company for $2.3 million. The listing agent was Cash's younger brother, Tommy Cash. On April 10, 2007, during a major restoration of the property by the new owner, Cash's home was accidentally destroyed in a spontaneous combustion-ignited fire caused by workers using linseed oil products. One of Cash's final collaborations with producer Rick Rubin, entitled American V: A Hundred Highways, was released posthumously on July 4, 2006. The album debuted in the No.1 position on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week ending July 22, 2006.
On February 23, 2010, three days before what would have been Cash's 78th birthday, the Cash Family, Rick Rubin, and Lost Highway Records released his second posthumous record, titled American VI: Ain't No Grave