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Johnny Cash is the ultimate Rock n’ Roll and Country Music legend. He defined an era. He was one of the first performers to cross over into as many genres as he did. He was a bad boy before there were even such things as bad boys. His legacy and life have forever affected American culture and music.

Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas. His father, Ray, was a worker on sawmills and railroads. In 1936, the Cash family was one of the 600 families chosen to re-locate and reclaim the land known as Dyess in Arkansas. The land was next to the Mississippi River and was mostly swamp land. This project was known as the Dyess Colony Scheme. The family lived in Dyess until 1937 when the family was evacuated after the land was flooded. When Cash was twelve years old, he began writing his own music. He was inspired by listening to country songs on the local radio station. When he was in high school, Cash began singing on the Arkansas radio station, KLCN. I...