Ring Of Fire: Johnny Cash's Life

Johnny sang a flexible blend of country,rock’nroll,and folk music with a bass baritone voice that made america go crazy.

In order to appropriately analyze the question of “How Elvis influenced and changed the entertainment industry of Rock ‘n’ Roll” the reader must first clearly define and understand the timing and age of the development of his musical career as well as the characteristics of his music. When attempting to clearly understand the implications of his influence on the era, the reader must fully comprehend his early life and the development of his musical career, the type of music he portrayed to his audience, and how he revolutionized and influenced Rock ‘n’ Roll. These facts will be analyzed using the combination of historical data and current articles for determining his influence in the 1950s. Regardless of where and how he grew up, it is well documented that his music influenced the Rock ‘n’ Roll era.

Knoxville, Tennessee is known for many things, especially known as a college town. Little did anyone know that on March 26, 1968 a superstar would be born, and the star would not be known for throwing, running, or catching footballs but singing (“Kenny Chesney.”)? The country genre did not know it for a while, but it had a person that was going to bring country music to new heights. With a mix of some traditional country music mix with some rock country and island country music it would make Kenny Chesney a very successful country artist.

One of the greatest country singers made his way to the top. He sang and sang until he couldn't sing anymore. He started from singing in a prison to singing everywhere. This paper researches the Man in Black, Johnny Cash.

Music was a very common factor for the Cash clan while working the fields. It was an escape they used to try to get their mind away from their hardships. Johnny was always surrounded by people singing, be it his mother singing hymn ballads, or the music the people sang out in the fields while working ("Johnny Cash Biography").

Neil Young became interested in music when he was a teenager. He started playing folk music and started playing in bands that were not very popular, once him and his mother moved to Winnipeg when, he was 15 (Morrison.C, 2006). Even though those bands were not successful, they led him into his music career. Some of Young’s first band groups where the Jades and the Classics, when he was in highschool

How would your life change or become harder if you became a country music superstar with fans all over the world? If Garth Brooks would of made another choice that would not have music he would not be as popular as he is today! Garth did not just think of himself he thought more about his fans, Garth generously loved to give back, because he was a kind hearted person. Garth Brooks struggled in becoming what he is now. Country music superstar Garth Brooks would not be as popular as he is if it was not for his music, His love for Giving Back to kids, and the un-easy road it took to get to where he is now.

Elvis Presley is one of the biggest names in rock and roll. Singer, musician and actor he was an American icon. He is best known as the King of Rock and Roll. His musical influence included the country and pop music of the time, the gospel music he sang in church and the black R&B music he listened to as a teenager (Comprehensive History of Elvis Presley’s Dynamic Life). Elvis has influenced American culture not only while he was living but also in today’s 21st century. It wasn’t easy for him to be accepted; in fact many adults and the older generations of his time were appalled by his performances and his music. In time though, people were able to accept him and he became well-known all over the world. Even after his death Americans are

Country music is one of the most popular genres of music throughout America. There are many influential figures that have changed the way country music sounds, and how people interpret it. Two important people who have made a huge impact on country music overtime are Johnny Cash and Luke Bryan. From their early life, their career, and how society views them, they have opened the minds of people and country musicians all over the country. Johnny Cash’s songs help people to experience his life growing up through the Great Depression and how people lived back then. Through Luke Bryan’s songs people could understand what life was like for Luke growing up in Georgia and all the hardships he faced. Johnny Cash and Luke Bryan are two of the many

Many country music artists looked up to Johnny Cash such as, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Johnny cash took on the toughest gigs in town. He even played at the prison where he definitely left an imprint. Johnny Cash recorded many of his songs at “Columbia Records”. Kris

Let’s just get this out of the way, right off the bat. Monday? Yeah. It SUCKED. There’s no way around it. Even if the rest of my day had gone swimmingly (spoiler alert: it didn’t) the news I woke up to about the shooting in Las Vegas would have been enough to spoil it. Add in Tom Petty’s death and, yeah, there’s no way that day could have been salvaged for me. I could go over my feelings and thoughts about the horrific events in Vegas. Or wax poetic about how much Tom Petty and his music mean to me. But we’ve all read those articles. All had our own thoughts on the matter. I’m not going to rehash something that’s been said a million different ways by people far more eloquent than me.

Elvis came from a poor working class family, during part of his childhood his father was incarcerated for altering checks which caused him to be deeply connected and influenced by his mother, music and preaching from the church he attended every Sunday (Doll 2014). Even with a supportive mother, Elvis developed anxiety as a result of not having his father in his for a period of time (Doll 2014). Elvis found refuge in music, his musical influences included the church, the African American neighborhoods where he lived, and the Grand Old Opry (Doll 2014). Oleta Grimes, the daughter of the man whose checks Elvis’ father was sent to jail for altering the checks of, and Elvis’ fifth grade teacher encouraged him to pursue music (Doll 2014). Elvis was very shy and was an outcast amongst his classmates (Doll 2014). The few white students were condescending towards him, while the African-American students felt he was invading their community (Doll 2014). The introduction of “race music” into his music led to mixed reactions by his classmates (Doll 2014). Some cut the strings of his guitar, others started listening to his music and could appreciate the content (Doll 2014). In 1953, Elvis recorded his first two songs at the studio of Sam Phillips, however, it was not until 1954 with his second recording that he was taken

Johnny Cash achieved many accolades in his long, influential life. Debatably the most noteworthy is how he is one of three artists, Elvis, Hank Williams, and Cash, who is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Becoming a member of both is not an easy feet for any artist. In order to do so one has to be the very best in each style of music. Cash at 48 became the youngest performer to ever be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (Danker). Kris Kristofferson put it the best way, “You felt like he should've had his face on Mount Rushmore” ( Kristofferson). This view was really how the American public viewed J.C. He was an American hero on par with Presidents or war heroes. He was given as

Recorded on April 2, 1956, Johnny Cash’s first hit, “I Walk the Line,” features lyrics in which Cash wrote to explain his devotion to his first wife, Vivian Liberto. At least, that was the original intent. Vivian later divorced Cash due to his use of drugs and affairs he had with other women. With the separation, and the lack of faithfulness to both his wife and to the lyrics of this tune, the lyrics obviously do not hold up in Johnny’s case, however the song still serves to explain one’s unwavering love for another (Turner).

In the preceding quotation, Patsy draws our attention to the fan-celebrity relationship, in this instance, with Johnny Cash. Although several fans in my sample share her sentiment—that Cash is similar to a member of their family—Patsy places him in even higher esteem than do other fans. I isolate this example in the introduction to this chapter because of its mention that Johnny Cash, for Patsy, is not a god, but, as she says, “he’s pretty much the next thing to it.” Fandom-as-religion literature maintains a tendency to bridge the gap between Patsy and God, by referring to the celebrity as a mediator or redeemer figure, in some cases, literally, and in others it is a metaphorical rendering. It is accurate to write the celebrity performs certain mediation for the fan; celebrities, through their image, mediate fans hopes and desires, but also more mundane ways fans interpret their world, such as the examples illustrated in Chapter 4. For Fandom-as-religion scholars, however, celebrities such as Elvis Presley and Cliff Richards mediate more sacred, rather than quotidian, concerns. In Fandom-as-religion literature, the sacred is set-apart and protected from everyday banality, and through universe maintenance, such as the shrine building described by Doss in the chapter “Saint Elvis,” places the celebrity on a sacred pedestal. Other than such connotation, the celebrity as sacred figure is a poorly defined entity in Fandom-as-Religion literature (see Doss 1999;