7 Outrageous Scandals That Rocked Classic Country Music
on Nov 28, 2017
4. Johnny Cash Goes To War With The Opry
Back in 1965, legendary singer and country music pioneer, Johnny Cash, had a run-in with the Opry that left him on their blacklist and their stage all broken up.
As depicted in the biographical movie Walk The Line, a drunk and disorderly Cash kicked and smashed all the lights at the front of the Grand Ole Opry stage during a performance. That same night, they informed Cash he was no longer welcome at the Opry.
“I don’t know how bad they wanted me in the first place,” he says of the incident, “but the night I broke all the lights on the stage with the microphone stand, they said they couldn’t use me anymore. So I left and used that as an excuse to really get wild and wound up in the hospital with my third time I broke my nose.”
Lucky for him, Cash was able to make amends with the Opry and return just a short time later.
