Always remember him recording with Bob Dylan and having a wonderful time, both in stitches (as we say in the UK; there too?) by repeating a chorus over and over again. Girl from the North Country I think it was. Lovely statue.
People who are interested in in Johnny Cash might like this:
The Dyess Colony was established in 1934 as a federal agricultural resettlement community under the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The colony was named for Mississippi County native and Arkansas’s first WPA administrator, William Reynolds Dyess.
Ray and Carrie Cash were among the nearly 500 colonist families recruited from all over Arkansas to the historic Dyess Colony. The Cashes moved to Dyess in March 1935 with their five children, including Roy, 13; Louise, 11; Jack, 5; J. R., 3; and Reba, 1. Two additional children, Joanne and Tommy, were born in Dyess. The Cash home is one of the few houses remaining in the former New Deal-era colony. Johnny Cash lived in Dyess until he graduated from high school in 1950. His music was greatly influenced by his experiences in Dyess, including such songs as “Pickin’ Time” and “Five Feet High and Rising.”
Johnny Cash received the National Arts and Humanities Medal. A reader who served on the
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Sent me this short clip. Thank you, friend.
Here’s a clip of the ceremony: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4619722/user-clip-johnny-cash-receives-national-medal-arts
Always remember him recording with Bob Dylan and having a wonderful time, both in stitches (as we say in the UK; there too?) by repeating a chorus over and over again. Girl from the North Country I think it was. Lovely statue.
Johnny Cash was the Grand Marshall of the Bicentennial Parade in 1976.
Due to his negligence, he started a California wildfire.
The Hilburn book covers that incident.
People who are interested in in Johnny Cash might like this:
The Dyess Colony was established in 1934 as a federal agricultural resettlement community under the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The colony was named for Mississippi County native and Arkansas’s first WPA administrator, William Reynolds Dyess.
Ray and Carrie Cash were among the nearly 500 colonist families recruited from all over Arkansas to the historic Dyess Colony. The Cashes moved to Dyess in March 1935 with their five children, including Roy, 13; Louise, 11; Jack, 5; J. R., 3; and Reba, 1. Two additional children, Joanne and Tommy, were born in Dyess. The Cash home is one of the few houses remaining in the former New Deal-era colony. Johnny Cash lived in Dyess until he graduated from high school in 1950. His music was greatly influenced by his experiences in Dyess, including such songs as “Pickin’ Time” and “Five Feet High and Rising.”
https://dyesscash.astate.edu/the-dyess-colony-circle/
Great news!
Statue looks beautiful!
"I'd love to wear a rainbow every day
And tell the world that everything's okay
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
Until things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black"
AMERICAN LEGEND
I know....statuary hall is kind of a library..