Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash Cover

Known as The Man in Black for the way he dressed on stage, Johnny Cash began his expansive five-decade career in 1955. As his career progressed, he kept to his own style of song a sound that often intersected folk, ran alongside rock & roll, but was labeled as country. With his own distinct sound and stark rhythms, his songs were the backdrop of a generation of Americans looking for a branded, yet eclectic style of music. Before JR, as he was called on his birth certificate and how family members addressed him, was a teenager, he knew that he enjoyed writing songs. In high school, he performed for the towns local radio station, and by listening to his mothers hymns and tuning into the country radio station, he tried to create songs that made his mother proud. As a youngster, the accidental death of his brother would haunt Cash for the rest of his days. Many claim that this was the muse for his melancholic, dark sound another primary reason he always wore black. Inspired by a documentary film about Folsom Prison while serving in the Air force from 1950 until 1954, Cash bought a guitar and wrote more music, including one of his most famous recordings with Sun Records entitled Folsom Prison Blues. Following his Air Force stint in Germany, he married Vivian Leberto, moved to Memphis, and worked with his small band, which included Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant, while attempting to make a living as a salesman. After obtaining a session with Sam Phillips at Sun Records, he …