The myth and legend of the US singer Johnny Cash still makes waves after his death .... it seems that as a vocal defender of 'prisoners rights' in the US, his voice was listened to by the authorities, not so much for his high profile (
there were other campaigners who were singers etc), but because there was an
'urban legend' then doing the rounds, that like the words of one of his songs, he had '
shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die'.
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| Johnny Cash Prison Performer and Prisoner Rights Campaigner |
In fact, apart from a few
nights in various
'drunk tanks' across America, the nearest he had spent to '
hard time', was when he held prison concerts such as those concerts and recordings from Folsom and San Quentin Prisons.
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| Johnny Cash - Drunk Tank Mugshot |
Just goes to show that its often the
'legend' or
'myth', that people prefer to believe in, rather than the plain old truth.
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