Where is the Johnny Cash Trail?
The Johnny Cash Trail:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The city of Folsom has completed the first section of the "Johnny Cash Trail" that will pay tribute to the country music icon and his 1968 album "At Folsom Prison."
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The city is planning a $3 million fundraising drive to pay for remaining critical elements – infrastructure for a 2-acre park next to the bridge and a series of art installations along the trail, including a 40-foot steel statue of the Man in Black. While the city has used federal and state funds for the trail and bridge, officials say donations are a more appropriate source of money for the art.
Saturday’s ceremony next to the bridge will run from 9 a.m. to noon with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. Cash’s Grammy-winning daughter, Rosanne Cash, is expected to attend the ceremony after performing the night before at the Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom.
The Folsom prison performance marked a turning point in Johnny Cash’s career, said former Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn, author of “Johnny Cash: The Life,” which The Washington Post has called the definitive Cash biography.
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