Sat Eye Candy: Johnny Cash

WE BLOW OUT A CANDLE FOR THE MAN IN BLACK If he were still with us Johnny Cash would have turned 77 last Thursday, February 26. As it is, he's been gone almost six years. Yet he remains hauntingly present, floating inside American music like a demon-angel Principality, inspiring musicians and helping the rest of us make sense of it all. There's a level of unvarnished understanding, self-awareness and common man empathy in Cash's work that's staggering. As flatly enjoyable as so much of h...

Read full article Share article