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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]].

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]]'s "Rusty Cage", [[U2]]'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.

 

* [[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."

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: "Folsom Prison Blues" and "25 Minutes to Go"

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: "A Boy Named Sue"

* [[Fan Nickname]]: He was affectionately referred to as "The Man in Black" for obvious reasons.

* [[Institutional Apparel]]: "I Got Stripes"

* [[Jail Bake]]: "I Got Stripes".

* [[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.

* [[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:

'''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!"

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