Not sentiment-he would never-but resolve. He often lived in chaos-substance abuse, run-ins with the law, a suicide attempt, and capitulations to God. Mientete (Album Version) Bebu Silvetti,Roberto Livi Johnny Ray. Out of a fallow ’70s and ’80s came the American series, which cast him as a mythic, almost deathless figure, a quiet fireside presence fortified by years of unspeakable weight. If you dont feel like shelling out the cash, however, there are a few ways for you to. By the time he’d refashioned himself as the Man in Black, with 1968’s and 1969’s twin prison albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin, he’d already generated a lifetime’s worth of work. Never quite faithful to Nashville but never separatist either, his music seemed to exist on a parallel track, equally informed by the candor of folk and the stability of gospel, by the deference of tradition and the rugged bluntness of outlaw culture. Part of Cash’s paradox is that he was at once a definitive country artist and a persistent challenger to ideas of what country is and could be. But his music contained so much-and yet was so casually singular-that it made room for all. Beautiful Words (Narrative) The Holy Land 1969. He Turned the Water Into Wine (with The Carter Family & The Statler Brothers) The Holy Land 1969. Honky-Tonk Girl (Mono) Classic Albums Collection 1960. You could hear in Cash what you wanted to hear. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (Live) Bootleg, Vol. When he was born to struggling cotton farmers in Arkansas in 1932, country was still considered-and outright called-“hillbilly music” by the time he died in 2003, the influence he’d had in shaping both the rebellion of rock ’n’ roll and the preservationist spirit of modern country was undeniable. There were lots of Johnny Cashes: mama’s boy, rabble-rouser, Bible-thumping hymn singer, and middle-fingered outlaw.
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