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Johnny Cash Quiz

John R. Cash was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts,and a trademark all-black stage wardrobe which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".
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Last updated: May 7, 2021
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Town of birth
Kingsland
State where he was born and raised
Arkansas
The Cash farm in Dyess experienced this natural disaster, which led Cash later to write the song "Five Feet High and Rising
Flood
In 1944, Cash's older brother, with whom he was close, was cut almost in two by an unguarded table saw at work and died a week later. His name was?
Jack
Branch of the US Armed Forced where Johnny enlisted
Air Force
Country (former sovereign country) where he worked as a Morse code operator
West Germany
Cash bought this instrument n a local store off base and began learning to play.
Guitar
His first wife
Vivian
City in Tennessee where he lived and where he had sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer.
Memphis
American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. It was first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
Sun Records
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State prison in California where his hit live album in 1968 was recorded
Folsom
His favorite color
Black
American country music supergroup, composed of four of country music's biggest artists who pioneered the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.
The Highwaymen
His second wife
June Carter
His daughter
Rosanne Cash
2005 biographical musical romantic drama film directed by James Mangold about his life
Walk the Line
Co-written by his second wife and the very talented Merle Kilgore, by name this track remains the greatest track Cash ever had a hand in, it defines his legacy and adds fuel to the fires of his greatness.
Ring of Fire
In 2002, Cash’s made a cover of this Nine Inch Nails’ industrial-rock styled song
Hurt
Johnny and his second wife got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout in this city
Jackson
Year of death
2003
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