Icon: Johnny Cash
By John Morthland
Johnny Cash has the simplest and most recognizable sound imaginable - and yet the Man in Black managed to create one of the most diverse, surprising catalogs in American music. From 1955, when he first signed with Sun Records, until 1994, when he made his first album with producer Rick Rubin, the trademark Cash boom-chicka sound of acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass and his own rich baritone voice - occasionally augmented by strings and… more »