CASH, JOHNNY
(*1932)
CASH, JOHNNY (b. John Ray C., Kingsland, Ark., February 25, 1932) Johnny Cash is one of the most distinctive performers in country music and one of the most unique. Drawing on his poor, rural background, Cash created a country-folk music in the early 1960s that commented on the plight of the working poor. His distinctive deep voice, with its slight flutter and twang, and the sparse backup of The Tennessee Three , with their primal, oom-chiga beat, sets Cash's work apart from all other country…