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Josh Davis Music 1040-007

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Born February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas Moved to Dyess, Arkansas at the age of 3 Farmed over 20 acres of cotton with his family

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Music was an escape from the hardship Picked up the guitar at age 12 Mother put him in singing lessons After 3 lessons he was done

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After graduating high school he joined the Air Force Basic training in Texas where he met his wife Vivian Stationed in Landsberg, West Germany Wrote Folsom Prison Blues

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Moved to Memphis Tennessee Formed a band with two mechanics Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins

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Cash and his band made an unannounced visit for an audition Made his first record with Hey Porter His second Cry, Cry, Cry was number 14 on the charts 1956 he wrote Walk the Line which sold over 2 million copies

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Listen for: String Bass Electric guitar Acoustic guitar

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By the early 1960s, Johnny Cash relocated his family to Ventura, California Left Sun for Columbia Records in 1958 and was a musical superstar. Cash was on the road 300 nights a year, barnstorming the country with a barrage of popular hits including Ring of Fire (1963) and Understand Your Man (1964).

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Listen for: Trumpets Acoustic guitar Drums

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Divorce in 1966 1967 met singer-songwriter June Carter, a member of the founding family of country music. June and Johnny had a number of hits including: "It Ain't Me Babe "Jackson "If I Were a Carpenter

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