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SWEAT_0121 Officially Licensed Johnny Cash Merchandise
Johnny Cash Johnny's Guitar Hoodie
As his career was taking off in the early 1960s, Cash started drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates.
For a brief time, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Waylon Jennings, who was heavily addicted to amphetamines.
Cash used the uppers to stay awake during tours. Friends joked about his "nervousness" and erratic behavior, many ignoring the warning signs of his worsening drug addiction.
In a behind the scenes look at "The Johnny Cash Show", Cash claims to have "tried every drug there was to try".
Although in many ways spiraling out of control, Cash's frenetic creativity was still delivering hits. His rendition of "Ring of Fire" was a crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on the country charts and entering the Top 20 on the pop charts.
The song was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. The song was originally performed by Carter's sister, but the signature mariachi-style horn arrangement was provided by Cash, who said that it had come to him in a dream.
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