![]() ![]() Part of Cash’s paradox is that he was at once a definitive country artist and a persistent challenger to ideas of what country is and could be. But his music contained so much-and yet was so casually singular-that it made room for all. You could hear in Cash what you wanted to hear. When he was born to struggling cotton farmers in Arkansas in 1932, country was still considered-and outright called-“hillbilly music” by the time he died in 2003, the influence he’d had in shaping both the rebellion of rock ’n’ roll and the preservationist spirit of modern country was undeniable. There were lots of Johnny Cashes: mama’s boy, rabble-rouser, Bible-thumping hymn singer, and middle-fingered outlaw. ![]()
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