CLASSIC COUNTRY FANS..why did JOHNNY CASH ALWAYS WEAR BLACK?

Answer 1

He wore it for black for the poor and the beaten down...

Originally he and the rest of The Tennessee Three wore black because that was all they had that matched each other.

Answer 2

In the movie Walk The Line, his first wife Vivian asks him that, saying it looks like he's going to a funeral, to which he replies "maybe I am". And it was the only color that everyone in his band owned that matched. However most interviews have him stating that he wore black because it reminded him that even though he was a celebrity, he was no different from the working class he came from.

Answer 3

He didnt always wear black Thats just a song he wrote being the man in black is a metaphor

Answer 4

By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black." He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in stark contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black" to help explain his dress code: "We're doing mighty fine I do suppose/In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes/But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back/Up front there ought to be a man in black."

He and his band had initially worn black shirts because that was the only matching color they had among their various outfits.[4] He wore other colors on stage early in his career, but he claimed to like wearing black both on and off stage. He stated that, political reasons aside, he simply liked black as his on-stage color.[4] To this day, the United States Navy's winter blue service uniform is referred to by sailors as "Johnny Cashes," as the uniform's shirt, tie, and trousers are actually solid black in color.

Answer 5

as his song says for the poor and beaten down living in the hopeless hungry part of town, for the prisoner who has long paid for his crimes, but hes there cause hes a victim of the times,for those who never read or listened to the words that Jesus said.for the sick and lonely old, whose bad trip left them cold, for the lives that could have been, each year we lose a hundred fine young menfor the thousands who have died believing the lord was on their side another hundred thousand who have died belei ving we were all on their side.. okiefan thank you for bringin g up on of our great legends..may he rest in peace

Answer 6

says it all in the song man in black, i think is the name of the song

Answer 7

The poor and down trodden.

Answer 8

to see if he could get by with it at the Grand Ole Opry because everyone else was wearing rhinestones.

Answer 9

made him look sexy