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Dyess, Arkansas
Dyess is the childhood hometown of musician, Johnny Cash. Cash's family moved to Dyess from Kingsland, Arkansas when Cash was only three. He spent his early life here until his graduation from high school in 1950. Cash's home is located at 4791 CR-924 just outside the city limits. The current owner allows photographs for a donation and sells t-shirts of Cash to raise money for the general upkeep of the house. However, it is a private residence so please keep that in mind if you plan on visiting. There is a donation box out front so that you don't have to bother its occupants. Inside the small town of Dyess, a museum commemorating local celebrities, Johnny Cash and Gene Williams, was slated to open in July 2007.
The Man in Black
Johnny Cash would become known as one of the greatest, influential country musicians of all time. Throughout his career, Cash had been known to dabble in darker music and recorded various Appalachian murder ballads like Banks of Ohio, Long Black Veil, Cocaine Blues (a variation on Little Sadie), Streets of Laredo, etc. and even did an entire theme album titled Murder. It was his original compositions like Folsom Prison Blues ("I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die") that really set him apart and proved that his moniker, the Man in Black, didn't just refer to his clothing.
As country music grew and changed over the years, Cash found himself on the outside of Nashville looking in. When he teamed up with producer Rick Rubin later in his career and their collaborations produced a series of albums titled American Recordings, Cash found a whole new audience. Songs like Hurt, Sam Hall, and Delia's Gone (and its video in which Cash looked like some mad prophet singing about killing his girl) hit rotation in Goth clubs around the country and earned Cash the nickname of "the original Goth." |
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Dyess, Arkansas
The official site of Dyess, Arkansas - The childhood hometown of the Man in Black, Johnny Cash. |
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| See Also on TheCabinet.com |
| Blog: A Visit to Johnny Cash's Childhood Home (09/12/08) |
| Blog: The Dark Destinations Top 50 for Spring 2009 (05/24/09) |
| Blog: Honoring the Man in Black (02/25/10) |
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| Available from Amazon.com |
Murder |
Cash: The Autobiography |
At Folsom Prison |
The Essential Johnny Cash |
Unchained |
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