Scottish roots of Johnny Cash, the man in black tartan

Chance meeting on a plane led king of country music to discover his musical roots were ScottishJohnny Cash had a voice that rumbled as deep as bone and songs that secured his reputation as one of the greats of country music. Now, seven years after his death, his final album, American VI: Ain't No Grave, will be released on 26 February – which would have been his 78th birthday. But while his millions of fans may have believed Cash to be an all-American outlaw, the man himself was obsessed ...

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