Johnny Cash is a near-mythic figure in the field of country music. A fine songwriter and a powerful vocalist, Cash reflects the struggles of life through the dark, haunting lyrics and stark sound of his best work.
Cash was born in in Kingsland, Arkansas. Later, his sharecropping family was selected by the Federal Government for resettlement at the new Dyess colony in Tennessee. The colony was founded on reclaimed land on the Mississippi River. In 1937, the family was...