Did you know that Johnny Cash was adictied to drugs?He was also a famous singer and guitarist.This this the spectucular life of Johnny Cash and why it was so spectacular.
“He was born into an improverished Arkansas family in 1932 and grew up working in the cotton fields.His baptist upbringing meant that music he heard was religious” (“Johnny Cash” 2). In 1947 he held a play at this high school (Dolan 72). Johnny Cash gratuated from Dyess High School in 1950 and joined the Air Force for four years (“Johnny Cash” 2). Johnny cash left the Air Force in 1954 and married Vivian Liberto (“Johnny Cash” 2).
Johnny Cash worked in an auto assembly plant and a margarine factory in 1949 to 1950 (“Johnny Cash”1). He also worked in appliance sales in 1954. At the end of his Air Force carrier he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant (Dolan 76). In 1950 he opened his music studio (“Johnny Cash” 82). In 1954 he made enough money to quite his job at the Home Equipment store (Dolan 88). His first daughter was born nine months after he married Vivian Liberto in 1954 (Dolan 76). In 1956 Johnny Cash left his sales job and recorded Folsom Prison Blues (“Johnny Cash” 2). From 1969 to 1971 he hosted a small variety
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in Hendersonville,Tenneessee. He also worked at American Recordings (“Johnny Cash” 1). Financial difficulties in lat 1955 force him to put Presley’s contract up for sale (Dolan 95). He release I Walk the Line in April 1956 (Dolan 93). He purcashed 15 acres of hillside land outside Las Casitas in 1961 (Dolan 98). He released Ring of Fire after Drinking and doing drug in 1963 (“Johnny Cash” 2). He earned a Grammy Award in 1970 (“Johnny Cash” 3). He was inducted into the Country Music Association Hall of Fame in 1980 (“Johnny Cash” 3). In the late 80s he recorded many song for Sun Sides (Dolan 97). Johnny Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In 1991 (Dolan 117). In 2003 Johnny Cash died in Nashville,Tenneessee (“Johnny Cash”