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{{quote| ''"[[Hello]]. My name is Johnny Cash.''}}
 
{{quote| ''I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak, and love. And Mother. And God."''}}
 
Johnny Cash (1932-2003), easily one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, was a country artist, singer-songwriter, and rock musician. Known for his deep baritone and distinctive wardrobe, he was nicknamed the Man in Black, and started almost all his concerts with the quote at the top of the page. He's also well-known for his relationship with fellow musician June Carter. His life was eventually adapted into the biopic ''[[Walk the Line]]'' starring [[Joaquin Phoenix]] and [[Reese Witherspoon]].
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During this time, Cash struggled with substance abuse problems and eventually went public with his drug problems. He eventually tried to commit suicide while under the influence. He failed, and instead experienced an epiphany which led him to reconsider his choices. In 1968 he quit using drugs. He also began performing concerts at prisons, and even recorded there. The most famous of these prison albums was ''Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.''
 
Starting in [[The Nineties]], Cash underwent a [[Career Resurrection]]. Under the guidance of [[Record Producer]] Rick Rubin, Cash recorded a series of albums nicknamed "the American series", starting with 1994's ''American Recordings''. Marked by minimalist production (''Recordings'' was recorded solely with a guitar and vocals) and covers of various bands, such as [[Tom Waits]]' "Down There by the Train", [[Soundgarden (Music)|Soundgarden]]'s "Rusty Cage", [[U 2U2]]'s "One", [[Nick Cave]]'s "The Mercy Seat", [[Nine Inch Nails]]' "Hurt" and [[Depeche Mode]]'s "Personal Jesus", these albums earned him critical acclaim and a new, younger audience of [[Alternative Rock]] fans. He died in 2003 at the age of 71, only a few months after his [[Happily Married|beloved wife]], June Carter Cash, died. By that time, he'd earned a reputation not only as a [[Cool Old Guy]], but as one of the greatest legends in music history.
 
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=== His work provides examples of: ===
 
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* [[The Alleged Car]]: The car from "One Piece at a Time" is one of the weirder examples. See [[Stealing From the Till]] below.
* [[Anti-Love Song]]: "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart."
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: "Folsom Prison Blues" and "25 Minutes to Go"
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: "A Boy Named Sue"
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: "A Boy Named Sue"
* [[Fan Nickname]]: He was affectionately referred to as "The Man in Black" for obvious reasons.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: "A Boy Named Sue", yet again. Hell, how many tropes does this song fit into?
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Sue in "A Boy Named Sue", given to him intentionally by his father to toughen him up.
* [[Had to Come Toto Prison Toto Be Aa Crook]]: A lot of his songs deal with this theme, especially the ones he performed at prisons such as Folsom, about how the entire justice system (or "justice", as he might have called it) is flawed.
* [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]: referenced in "The Man Comes Around."
** Of course, the song is about the Second Coming.
* [["I Am" Song]]: "The Man In Black"
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face]]: "I Hung My Head"
* [[Institutional Apparel]]: "I Got Stripes"
* [[Jail Bake]]: "I Got Stripes".
* [[Johnny McCoolname]]: Even has the "Johnny," though he owed that in part to the U.S. Air Force. He was born JR Cash, but the military wouldn't accept initials as a name.
* [[Johnny McCoolname]]
* [[Last Request]]: "Give my Love to Rose" and "Streets of Laredo" feature a recently released convict and cowboy, respectively, asking a complete stranger to perform a task for them.
* [[Laugh Track]]: For no particular reason, "Sunday Morning Coming Down" has a really fake sounding applause machine at the end. He also put out a re-release of "Get Rhythm" (it was previously just a b-side) that had sound effects dubbed in to give the impression that it was being done live.
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* [[Music of Note]]
* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]]: On the ''Folsom Prison'' live album, Cash introduces June Carter to sing the duet "Jackson" with him, and they talk a bit, leading to this exchange:
{{quote| '''Johnny Cash:''' Well, I like to watch you talk.<br />
'''June Carter:''' I'm talking with my ''mouth''. It's way up here. }}
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]: "My name is Sue! How do you do!? Now you gonna die!"
* [[Notable Music Videos]]: "Hurt."
* [[Numbered Sequels]]: The ''American'' albums (which started being numbered from the third one, ''Solitary Man'', onwards)
* [[Person Withwith the Clothing]]: Nick-named the Man in Black.
* [[Ode to Sobriety]]: Type 1 with "Sunday Morning Coming Down," and Type 2 with "Cocaine Blues."
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: "I Hung My Head" from American IV starts with a young man violating rules #1 and #2, resulting in the death of an innocent horeseman and his hanging for manslaughter.
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* [[Take That]]: In the 1980s, he released "Chicken in Black," a big [[Take That]] to his label, wherein his brain is placed into a chicken who starts becoming famous.
** In-work, the song "Sam Hall" is about an unrepentant murderer using his last minutes before the hangman's noose to tell all present to go screw themselves.
* [[Three Chords and Thethe Truth]]: He was a noted progenitor of this style, especially when compared to his contemporaries.
** The ''American'' series is a particularly good example; the first in the series was recorded with only his voice and acoustic guitar.
* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]]: All over the place. "I Walk the Line" jumps all over the place, in particular. Another notable example is "Oney", which uses both of the most common increments for this trope: minor second (A-flat to A) and minor third (A to C).
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