Johnny’s $40 shoes
Monday, January 19th, 2009Take a look at a newspaper article published on the first anniversary of Johnny Cash’s death in 2004. This piece planned seeds for Starkville to create the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival.
When Robbie Ward, executive director for the festival, interviewed “Smokey” about having a pair of Johnny Cash’s shoes, the longtime Starkville resident said he loved Cash and his music. He then played a record of Cash singing “Folsom Prison Blues. ”
Click on the article below to read the story. 
