Folsom Prison Blues

freedom he once took for granted. He attempts to picture the beautiful sunshine, which is denied to him by the concrete blocks and steel bars that confines him within the prison. Another day comes, and another day goes but he still remains in the prison and time begins to move slower with each passing day. Next it goes, “When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son, Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry..” This speaks of all…

greatly affected his career. On the flip side of this, he married June Carter, his long-time role model in spring of 1968, and she helped reform him. Although, by this time, “...the drugs had virtually destroyed his health…” (The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives) Cash suffered from health problems and often found himself in and out of hospitals. Despite all of this, Cash and Carter had one son together. Fortunately, Cash had his life back on track and continued making music. Johnny Cash…

Bytt til norskAvslutt fullskjerm Johnny Cash on stage, ca. 1960. 20th Century Fox. limited American singer, guitarist and composer, raised 1935 in Dyess, Arkansas. Johnny Cash made his first recordings for Sun Records in 1955 (the single Hey Porter / Cry, Cry, Cry), and soon became a leading name in country music. Several of his songs have become classics of the genre, for example. Folsom Prison Blues (1956), I Walk The Line (1956), Ring Of Fire (1963) and A Boy Named Sue. The latter is a…

A year later Cash & Carter became new weds. June was the high light of Cash’s life. Not only did she sing with him on the stage but she helped him get off drugs and stop drinking as well as Cash becoming a devout Christian fundamentalist. In 1969, Cash began hosting The Johnny Cash Show, a TV variety series that showcased contemporary musicians including his wife. The same year his show debuted, Cash also took home two Grammy Awards for the live album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. The album was…

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sky as a group of people in the street clap and dance to the beat of the music. The lyrics speak of overcoming all and living in what seems to be such a distant world. The people enjoying the music are African-Americans and they are playing a genre known today as the Blues. The origin of the Blues genre dates back to the Atlantic Slave Trade, which took place from 1619 to 1809 and beyond. In order to get the cheapest labor for future plans in the New World, Europeans travelled to Africa in…