1959: Fishing with Johnny Cash

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1959: Fishing with Johnny Cash
Credit: Image: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Fishing with Johnny Cash

Two country singers take it easy.

Chris Wild

May 1959

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Singer/songwriters Johnny Horton and Johnny Cash hang out on the steps of the post office in Kingsland, Arkansas. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
I’m a fishin’ man out on the lake / All you need is a line and a pole that’ll never break - Johnny Horton, "I'm a fishin' man"
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Cash and Horton craft fishing lures in a workshop. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Now over on the lake in a shady little nook sat a sweet little thing trying to bait her hook... - Johnny Horton, "I'm a fishin' man"
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Cash and Horton bait hooks at a lakeside camp. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The way she looked in her bathing tan, I almost forgot I was a fishing man. - Johnny Horton, "I'm a fishin' man"
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Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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