Nickname: The Man In Black
Genre: Outlaw Country
Most Memorable Recording: I Walk The Line
Followers: Oh, Laura, Cobra Skulls, Angela Easterling, Blue Dust Drifters, Yesterday's Ring, Cody McCarver, The Nightwatchman, Heartland, Hush Hush Revolution, The Weight, Scouts Honor, Texas Lightning, Ghost Buffalo, Strange Rebel Frequency, Tom Brosseau, Amy Millan, Wingdale Community Singers, KT Tunstall, Rumbleseat, Brian Capps, Sons & Daughters, Murder by Death, Richard Brown, Curses!, Baby Dayliner, Buddy Jewell, Cowboy Buddha, Dustin Kensrue, John Guliak, Billy Don Burns, Willis, Sleepy, Weeping Willows, Ike Reilly, Margo & the Marvettes, Gary Pig Gold, Charlie Pangoniak, The Ruiners, Big Boss Sausage, Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash, Limbeck, Trick Pony, Michel Montecrossa, The Scotch Greens, Josh Ritter, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Almost, Rocky Votolato, Tyler Burkum, Byron Hill, One Riot One Ranger, The Wilkinsons, Mississippi Mudsharks, Jeb Loy Nichols, Steve Von Till, Sherrié Austin, Grace Braun, Jonboy Langford & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, The Crook Brothers, Eddie Spaghetti, Curt Kirkwood, The Statler Brothers, Damon Bramblett, Orion, The International Submarine Band, Sanford Clark, Uncle Tupelo, Social Distortion, Meat Puppets, John Fogerty, Steve Young, Jeff Steven, Red Sovine, Jo-El Sonnier, C.W. McCall, The Mavericks, Bob Luman, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Horton, Merle Haggard, Dave Dudley, Rodney Crowell, Marty Stuart
Johnny Cash was one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Cash didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound like honky tonk or rock & roll. He created his own subgenre, falling halfway between the blunt emotional honesty of folk, the rebelliousness of rock & roll, and the world weariness of country. Cash's career coincided with the birth of rock & roll, and his rebellious attitude and simple, direct musical attack shared a lot of similarities with rock. However, there was a deep sense of history -- as he would later illustrate with his series of historical albums -- that kept him forever tied with country. And he was one of country music's biggest stars of the '50s and '60s, scoring well over 100 hit singles.
