Johnny Cash

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Lifespan:
February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003, he died aged 71 and was American.
Names:
Birthname: J. R. Cash. Alternative names: The Man in Black.
Snapshot:
An Artist with 485 releases, a member of 2 groups, and credited 24 times on others' music. 30 collaborations and 4 musical relatives.

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Many will be most familiar with Johnny Cash through the recent biopic of his life, Walk the Line. But for a life as well lived as Cash's, the film is only the tip of the iceberg. Johnny Cash was one of the real characters of twentieth century American music. His personality and talent helped him find fans across musical genres, inspiring artists in country, blues, alt country, indie rock, alt rock and even hip-hop. He worked with many well known artists covering an array of genres, including artists like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson as one fourth of The Highwaymen, and others such as Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and U2.

In his long, event-filled life Cash struggled with poverty, the death of his older brother, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, stays in numerous jails around the US on various charges, illness, political and professional controversies, and finally the death of his adored wife June Carter Cash. She would precede Johnny into death by just four months and many close to him say that he died of a broken heart.

His long career spanned more than 50 years and encompassed many different artistic mediums including writing, acting, and a prolific recording career. In his lifetime Johnny Cash released well over 70 albums, including more than 50 studio albums, the most notable of which were With his Hot and Blue Guitar (1957), Unchained (1996), American III: Solitary Man (2000), American IV: the Man Comes Around (2002) and the posthumously released American V: a Hundred Highways (2006). Johnny Cash is also well known for At Folsom Prison, a live album recorded in Folsom State Prison, California in January 1968. It is often considered to be one of the best live albums of all time, as is its sister album At San Quentin, recorded the next year at San Quentin State Prison, California.

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Discography

522 releases – 485 under his own name, 15 in other groups and 24 credits on others' music Edit
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Johnny Cash

Oct, 16 2008

Even if you don’t know Johnny Cash’s work very well, chances are you still know about that concert in that prison. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison is considered by some to be one of the most significant live releases ever made and this year marks the 40th anniversary since it was unleashed on the record-buying public. To celebrate this occasion the album was re-released on Oct 14 as a bumper pack of Cash-related goodness, with two shows, two CDs, a DVD, exclusive footage, interviews, and previously unpublished photographs. For those whose appetite was whetted by the biopic Walk the Line in 2005, this substantial release should act as a solid introduction to the considerable talents of The Man in Black.

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