78 Things You Didn't Know About Johnny Cash, Cool

[Dinger]

http://flavorwire.com/73527/78-things-you-didnt-know-about-johnny-cash-2

I don't believe that richard nixon was his favorite president. Johnny endorsed Al Gore in 2000.

A sample . . .

"41. Carrie Cash, Johnny’s mother, worked at the gift shop for the “House of Cash” museum until her death.
42. Muhammad Ali wrote a poem for Cash called “Truth” which Cash kept locked in a vault.
43. The motto on the Cash family coat of arms reads “Better Times Will Come.”
44. In the 1985 miniseries North and South, Cash played the abolitionist John Brown.
45. He wrote, produced, and narrated Gospel Road, a movie about Jesus’ life, which featured June Carter Cash as Mary Magdalene.
46. The same night Cash got fired from the Grand Ole Opry, he crashed June Carter’s Cadillac into an electrical pole.
47. Cash collected 19th century guns and antique books.
48. At Dolly Parton’s first performance on the Grand Ole Opry stage, Cash coached her backstage.
49. When Cash was 5 years old, his dad shot his dog for eating the table scraps meant for the hogs.
50. When visiting the White House, Cash compared shoe sizes with President Clinton. Cash is a size 13, Clinton is a size 12."

[JuniperLea]

1. I always loved Johnny...

And his wife June, my namesake.

Thanks for posting this! As big a fan as I've always been, some of this stuff is news to me!

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Don't mess with the man in black. n/t

[Echo In Light]

3. Thanks for posting

[baldguy]

4. 70. Richard Nixon was Cash’s favorite president.

Nobody's perfect.

[Dinger]

5. Well, At Least He Endorsed Al Gore In 2000

And I didn't know that Jimmy Carter Was June's cousin.

[Generic Other]

14. roseanne cash tweeted that one wasn't true

nor that the family wanted anyone to wear black on his birthday. The others she said were true.

[RufusTFirefly]

16. Obama is to the right of Nixon. You're right. Nobody's perfect. n/t

[Dinger]

6. Not To Beg, But Could I Have A Kick Or Rec (Or Both) For The Man In Black?

Not for me, for Johnny. Thanks.:)

[waiting for hope]

7. A Kick and a Rec Dinger ..

For Johnny. :)

[etherealtruth]

9. K&R

[Book Lover]

8. Rec and kick for the Man in Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ts4M3irWM

[Dinger]

10. Aww, Man, Thanks For The Kicks And Recs Everyone

:grouphug:

[SalviaBlue]

11. I love Johnny Cash. Thanks for posting.

REC.

[nutsnberries]

12. love it - interesting list!

thanks. :yourock:

[earthboundmisfit]

13. K&R

Thanks, this is cool!

[On the Road]

15. This One is Great:

8. He took only one voice lesson, after which the teacher advised him not to let anyone change the way he sang.

You do not want to be telling Johnny Cash to change his singing voice.

[proteus_lives]

17. Johnny Cash will always be the man!

[highplainsdem]

18. Most of that list could have come from his wonderful 1997 autobiography, CASH, written with Patrick

Carr. Fascinating read.

By the way, there's nothing there about Nixon being his favorite president, and in fact he says he didn't vote for Nixon. (He doesn't say whom he voted for in those elections, or if he voted then.) He does say there that Nixon was a gracious host at the White House, but he also has good things to say about Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Reagan, Carter, Ford and Bush. Quoting from the end of that chapter: "It's not surprising, really, that all the presidents I've known have had a lot of personal charm. If they hadn't, they'd never have gotten to be president."

[Dinger]

20. Yes, That Is A Great Read

"The Man Called Cash" by Steve Turner (published 2004) is my favorite, truly excellent read.

[kentuck]

19. Johnny was one of the greats.

Give my love to Rose.