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Johnny Cash is one of those musical artists that has had the unique experience of their legend growing even larger than they ever were themselves. The interesting thing about learning Johnny Cash trivia is that a person can get to know the real stories behind the country musician rather than the inflated urban legends which followed him around for so many years. The success of the movie “Walk the Line” in the last decade has also rekindled an interest in the singer, as had his sudden recent period of prolific work and releases near his death, creating an interest in things such as a Johnny Cash quiz which hadn’t existed for some time.

Much Johnny Cash trivia begins with the fact that Cash lost one of his six siblings at a very young age, in a accident in a wood mill. Cash had been very close to his brother and the incident seem to instill a sort of guilt and a darker sensibility in the man that would be present throughout his life. Cash was married twice, first to Vivian Liberto with whom he had several children, and later to June Carter whom he remained married to for the rest of their lives. Cash had to propose to Carter numerous times over the years before she finally agreed to marry him in 1968.

There is much that might appear in a more outdated Johnny Cash quiz that would place emphasis on his outlaw image and nature. The truth was much less glamorous than the image had made it out to be, as Cash was quick to point out himself in his later years. He struggled with drug addiction for many years, but never actually served time in prison despite popular perception. He was arrested several times but was only ever held overnight.

Johnny Cash had numerous hits throughout his career, songs which shaped country music and have been covered countless times as the classics of the genre. Some of the best and most important include “Walk the Line” “Ring of Fire” and “Folsom Prison Blues”. He managed to reinvent himself and remain relevant throughout his entire life, including being a member of the Highwaymen, and finally, with the series of “American” albums which he would release at the end of his life. His cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”, and the video which accompanied by it was considered by many to be one of his crowning achievements artistically.