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DISGRACELAND

Johnny Cash: Pills, More Pills and Playing With Fire

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Johnny Cash took no shit. Was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad or a rave up like nobody’s business. He also burned down a national forest, crashed cars, overdosed, was arrested for drug trafficking, and was obsessed with June Carter. Their love affair is one for the ages. Through it all, Johnny maintained his sense of empathy and his big heart. His story is unlike any other. Listen to Disgraceland to hear how Johnny Cash played with fire both figuratively and literally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

0:10.8

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

0:16.1

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

0:19.7

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

0:23.2

the phone book.

0:24.2

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

0:28.2

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that you've

0:32.9

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

0:36.4

Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify

0:41.3

Stitcher, Cast Box, Amazon Music, you get the picture where everywhere thank you for

0:45.0

listening. Let's get into it.

0:47.5

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

0:58.2

The story is about country singer Johnny Cash, earned scene. He was busted for drug smuggling.

1:11.5

Burned down a national forest, crashed Cadillacs, fueled himself daily with speed, tranquil

1:16.9

izers and beer. It was rebellious to his core. He took little to no lip from anyone,

1:22.8

fought relentlessly with authority, cops, judges, prison wardens, and for the underdog

1:26.9

and against social injustice, once even famously getting into it with the Ku Klux Klan.

1:33.2

He was also daring and big-hearted and most everything he did, daring to dream big and

1:37.5

love and in life and fearless and pursuit of his art and the woman he loved, June Carter.

1:43.4

Johnny Cash constantly played with fire. He was a walking time bomb, a human wrecking ball

1:48.3

of self-destruction, seemingly always one false move from death.

1:53.5

Johnny Cash made great music. That music you heard at the top of the show, that wasn't

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