Johnny Cash: Country’s Rebel Who Captured the World

I started a Patreon if you'd like to support me on there: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson This is a documentary about the life of the legendary musician Johnny Cash. Produced and written by Matt Beat. Check out @johnnycashofficial's music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kACVPfCOnqzgfEF5ryl0x Annotated script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nxf5tqku0PvmiuyhyxbRd6DZZaVPXAP1Zfj6Rm8IqPk/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3wGZ3lU Composed: A Memoir by Rosanne Cash Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3Y9Z7X2 I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny by Vivan Cash and Ann Sharpsteen Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3Y7U09X Johnny Cash: The Biography by Michael Streissguth Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3WPe9kb Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black by Alan Light Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3JtBmFy https://www.johnnycash.com/about/biography/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-cash-mn0000816890/biography https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/johnny-cash-9/ https://achievement.org/achiever/johnny-cash/ https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/johnny-cash/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/me-and-my-cousin-johnny-by-william-cash-q8gvzxml5 https://www.biography.com/news/johnny-cash-10-interesting-facts https://www.johnnycash.com/releases/list/ https://www.johnnycash.com/movies-tv/list/ Johnny Cash is considered not just one of the greatest country singer-songwriters of all time, but one of the best singer-songwriters of all time…period. He’s also one of the best-selling musicians of all time, selling more than 90 million records worldwide. He performed at least 1500 songs in his career…hundreds of those songs he wrote himself. According to my calculations, he released at least 97 albums. Now you can see why I didn’t list them all. Much of his music was about hardship, about the trials and tribulations that everyday folks go through. Despite the dark and sad themes of many of his songs, people often forget that he also knew how to be silly. Some of his biggest songs are quite lighthearted and make you smile. Thanks to his backing bands over the decades, Johnny developed an incredibly unique sound that combined multiple genres, including but not limited to country, gospel, folk, blues, rockabilly, and even rock and roll. Despite being a crossover artist, he particularly helped bring country music into the mainstream. He was, after all, a big reason why I first got into country. There’s a reason why we often first recall those free prison concerts when we think of Johnny Cash today. That’s because his biggest appeal came from the fact that he never stopped being a champion for the downtrodden, for the forgotten in society. He was one of us. #johnnycash #musichistory #musicdocumentaries 0:00 Early Life 4:51 Sun Records Era 9:18 Columbia Records Era 32:58 Mercury Records Era 33:55 American Recordings Era 37:19 Legacy