Second-Grader Brings the House Down With Johnny Cash Rendition

Second-Grader Brings the House Down With Johnny Cash Rendition
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Though Johnny Cash passed away in 2003, “The Man in Black” remains one of the best-selling artists of all time. He’s a legend in the world of country and rock for his “rockabilly” style that brought together his signature “chugging” guitar, which sounded like the many trains he sang about, with an incredibly deep and soulful voice.

Cash has often been celebrated, covered, and even imitated. But perhaps one of the most inspired interpretations of his trademark song “Folsom Prison Blues” comes not from musicians who knew him personally, such as Jerry Lee Lewis or bluesman Slim Harpo, but from an anonymous second-grader, who goes only by the moniker “Little John Cash.”