HISTORIC DYESS COLONY AND JOHNNY CASH BOYHOOD HOME by Keith Sutton
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ne would be hard-pressed to find an Arkansan from any era more famous than Johnny Cash. Known to his fans as “The Man in Black” because of his favored stage attire, Cash was a towering presence in the music industry for decades. He recorded more than 1,500 songs, many of which he wrote himself. Among many other accomplishments, he won 11 Grammy awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll, Country Music, Rockabilly, Gospel Music and Nashville Songwriters halls of fame. It would be incomprehensible to imagine what American music would have been like without his contributions. 18
In late 1968, Johnny Cash and his wife June visited Dyess for a story in Look magazine. Cash visited his old home, which was then empty, and was photographed on the back porch there by Look photographer Joel Baldwin. Source: Library of Congress.
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ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU • WINTER 2020
