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    songs from our individual lists and mutually discussing the tenth song. The first song is Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. Ashley Armitage chose this song‚ and with very good reason. Ring of Fire was released in April of 1963 and has lasted through the years. It was originally recorded by Anita Carter. There is some speculation about the original writer of the song‚ June Carter or Johnny Cash. Although the years go by‚ this song is still widely known and continues to be used in many different form in

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    Theory – Johnny Cash Johnny Cash‚ the Great Man Thomas Carlyle’s popular theory of the great man is defined as one who was highly influential due to their personal charisma‚ intelligence‚ wisdom or political skill‚ utilizing one or many of these skills to change or create a path in history . Johnny Cash can be defined by Thomas Carlyle’s great man theory due to his influential impact on the history of music through his unique voice and continuous disrespect for authorities. Cash challenged

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    November 7‚ 2011 Johnny and Ray One wouldn’t think that the lives of Johnny Cash and Ray Charles have anything in common. However‚ after viewing the movies Walk the Line‚ starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter‚ and Ray‚ starring Jamie Foxx portraying Ray Charles‚ their similarities are as striking as their differences. Both of these films are biopics chronicling the rags to riches lives of two of the most influential musicians whose careers began in the

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    In his song‚ Johnny Cash explores aspects of social responsibility‚ competitive advantage‚ consumer choice‚ inequality‚ and various forms of cost-benefit action. One can refer to economic concepts in the song starting from the point when the singer acknowledges that his mother wanted to prevent him from playing with dangerous assets like guns as well as emphasizes the role of making proper consumer choices. However‚ as a part of social responsibility‚ the singer made a bad consumer choice and used

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    Screenplay: Gill Dennis & James Mangold Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael Music: Johnny Cash‚ T Bone Burnett Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatre: Empire Theatres Date: 12/12/05 Time: 7:15 P.M. "Walk the Line" is a biographical film about the life and times of country ’s bad boy‚ Johnny Cash. The movie starts out midway through Cash ’s career at the legendary ‘Folsom Prison Concert ’ of 1968. Before you see Cash perform at the prison you are whisked back to his childhood. It tells the story

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    the famous singer Johnny Cash’s real life. Johnny Cash grew up in the Great Depression era. He had a rough childhood‚ especially when he lost his older brother at a young age. When Johnny was old enough he moved out of his house‚ away from his family‚ and joined the Air Force‚ he was stationed in Germany. Johnny found his love of music there‚ and bought his first guitar. The first song he wrote while there was very sad and brought up many emotions for him about his childhood. Johnny made a quick decision

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    Recording “Folsom Prison Blues” helped to bring Johnny back in good favor to the public eye. Saul then arranged shows for Johnny to play for promoters who lost all their money after he cancelled on them. He almost ended his comeback in May of 1968 when he and June honeymooned in Israel. This gave him the idea for writing songs about Jesus and the Holy Land. Obviously‚ Saul was concerned about a religious record being the follow up to “Folsom Prison Blues.” After just establishing Johnny’s

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    condemned prisoners over a 42-year period. It is possibly best known in popular culture for two concerts performed at the facility by musician Johnny Cash in the late 1960s and held Rich James as a prisoner. Its current warden is Rick Hill. “…And I ain ’t seen the sunshine since I don ’t know when‚ I ’m stuck in Folsom prison‚ and time keeps draggin ’ on…” – Johnny Cash‚ Folsom Prison Blues. In the 1860′s‚ the Livermore family decided the American River at Folsom was an ideal location for development of

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    Johnny Comes Around‚ Again Judgment day is something everyone is going to experience one day in his or her life‚ whether done by himself or herself‚ or by some sort of higher power. Judgment‚ defined as “the ability to make considered decisions or come to a sensible conclusion” as well as “a misfortune or calamity viewed as a divine punishment”‚ is commonly referenced in a biblical sense. One artist that is not a stranger to being judged for music styles and lyrics is country music legend Johnny

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    Most of us know of Johnny Cash as the “Man in Black”. However‚ do we truly know who he is? Some could say he was a great performer‚ oblivious of how his music has had a tremendous impact in their lives. Johnny Cash was an exceptionally influential person in American history. His “Man in Black” image helped solidify not only his place as a music writer and performer‚ but also his ability to overcome the depths of drug addiction. On February 26‚ 1932 the star was born in Kingsland‚ Arkansas. The middle

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