And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Johnny cash was, without a doubt, one of the countrys most influential artists, a singer and songwriter, who gave stories about everyday folk. He was a man filled with self doubt and who battled Robert Hilburn addiction before finding redemption. Robert hilburnRobert Hilburn tells his story. The text is simply call johnny cash the life. And lets take a listen to johnny cash singing one of his most iconic songs, folsom p rison blues. Mother told me to always be good, but i shot a man in reno just to watch him die. When i hear that whistleblowing, head and i hang my cry were just and i talking. That was a clip of johnny cash performing in compton. When you think of 2014, you do not think of a country guy there. What was he doing there . There was a Country Music show, kind of like the grand old opry, and a lot of Service Members moved in there, and it was a real Country Music haven before hiphop days. That tshirt.