Johnny was first introduced to music by the every day sound of
his mothers singing folk songs and hymns. Along with that Johnny
also heard hymns sang by people working in the railroad yard
near by. Hearing these types of music influenced young Cash and
he absorbed it all. The influence of these songs would later
show in Johnny’s life when he would draw from it to write the
songs “Five Feet High and Risin” and “look at them beans”. Cash
would stay in Dyess Colony until he set off for Detroit after he
graduated high school to look for work in 1950. He found a job
in Pontiac Michigan working at an automotive plant. That didn’t
last long and then Cash went to basic training in Texas after he
joined the Air Force. During Johnny cash’s time in the service
he met his first wife Vivian Liberto. When he was shipped to
Landsberg Germany he organized what would be his first band
named the Landsberg Barbarians. After being discharged from the
army in 1954 Cash moved to Memphis and got married. He worked a
few different j