![]() ![]() There has been a tendency in recent years to bake down Cash’s personality into dress code, a handful of iconic photographs, a simplistic movie bio or even a not very representative late-career video. Unfortunately, becoming a legend often translates into becoming an image more than a human being. These contradictions made the "Man in Black" the compelling figure he was, and along with the integrity he exhibited throughout his life, they invested his music with a unique power that continues to resonate long after his passing. He embraced tradition, and yet he exercised the freedom to follow his own mind he was both a god-fearing Christian and a rebellious outlaw he moved among presidents and yet remained a man of the people he believed in home and family and yet spent much of his life on the road performing for thousands of people. His hit recordings and memorable live performances have a lot to do with it, but the way that he lived his life certainly does, too. He was a larger-than-life figure during his lifetime, whose legend has continued to grow after his death - and whose name has become synonymous with country music. Johnny Cash - the name really needs no explanation. ![]()
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