JOHNNY CASH MUSEUM & CAFE

This museum of just 200 m ² is a real tribute to the man that was Johnny Cash. It opened its doors in 2013 and deserves attention. The life of Cash is discovered through many objects that have belonged to him and the projection of excerpts from several films and films in which he incursion. Naturally his gold and platinum discs are proudly exposed, all like some of his guitars. A shop corner is installed at the entrance.

Born in Arkansas in 1932, Johnny Cash grew up in a poor family suffering from the Great Depression. He discovers the guitar while performing his military service in Germany. It will remain three years until 1954. From Germany, he married and lived in Memphis. He arrives at Sun Studios with his guitar, a recognizable low baritone voice, and Tennessee Two: Guitarist Luther Perkins and the bassist Marshall Grant. From 1955 it registers single on single. Very quickly, it's a success with titles like I Walk the Line or Folsom Prison Blues. He talks about marginals, organizes concerts in prisons, sings the pain of the Indians deprived of their land… These dark subjects as well as his concert attire, irrémédiablement black, give him the nickname of the Man in black. In 1980, he was the youngest recipient of the Country Hall of Fame in Nashville. He died of illness on September 12, 2003, a few months after his wife June Carter (1929-2003), she was a famous country singer.