"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die."

It's one of the most recognizable song lyrics in popular music -- an always chilling moment from 'Folsom Prison Blues,' written and performed by Johnny Cash. Naturally, few recordings of the song have elicited more goosebumps than the live version on Cash's landmark 1968 album, 'At Folsom Prison.'

The album was recently reissued in a three-disc boxed set, with a documentary written by author Michael Streissguth, who discovered that the hoots, hollers and whistles from more than 1,000 inmates at that very prison immortalized in song weren't all authentic.

Rolling Stone magazine has compiled their choices for the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, with a handful of country artists making the list .

Ray Charles, who crossed genres, recorded several country hits, and influenced country singers like Travis Tritt, placed No. 2 on the survey, just behind Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Johnny Cash just missed the top 20, coming in at 21, and Hank Williams landed at 27.

Also spotlighted are George Jones (No. 43), Patsy Cline (46), Dolly Parton (73), and Willie Nelson (88).

'Busted'
-- Johnny Cash (1963)

The bottom lines: "The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow/Me and my family gotta pack up and go/Where I'll make a living, the Lord only knows/But I'm busted."

The message behind Cash's hit has renewed relevance today -- whether it's cotton or stocks, everybody suffers when the bottom falls out of the market. This guy can't buy, he can't borrow, and he doesn't have anything to sell.

While other country stars throughout the 1950s and in subsequent decades were draping themselves in rhinestone-studded suits, Johnny Cash was pretty much sticking to basic black. The signature color of the iconic Cash will be well-represented in a new spotlight exhibit at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, opening September 30.

Among the artifacts on display in 'Johnny Cash: The Man in Black' will be a black gabardine suit with chain-stitched blue stars and brass buttons. Designed by Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, the suit was worn by Cash on his televised 1977 Christmas special. A black leather duster designed by western couturier Manuel Cuevas and a black leather briefcase bearing the initials JRC are also part of the exhibit. In 1980, Cash traded the briefcase with his then son-in-law Marty Stuart for a solid black one.

A box set featuring live recordings from Johnny Cash's famous Folsom State Prison concerts is set for release October 14. The three-disc CD/DVD set will include the entire first and second concerts, including the previously unreleased tracks 'Blue Suede Shoes,' 'This Ole House,' 'I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,' 'June's Poems' and 27 other performances never before included on an album.

The DVD will feature footage from the 1968 concerts, as well as conversations with former prisoners who were in the audience. It will also include interviews with Cash's buddies Merle Haggard and Marty Stuart, and with his daughter, Rosanne Cash.

'Ragged Old Flag,'
Johnny Cash (1974)

Proudest Lines: "So we raise her up every morning, take her down every night/We don't let her touch the ground, and we fold her up right/On second thought, I do like to brag/'Cause I'm mighty proud of the ragged old flag"

This flag has several badges of honor: A hole was from Washington crossing the Delaware; one rip was from the Battle of New Orleans and another from Vietnam.

The former home of Johnny Cash's parents will go to the highest bidder in an eBay auction. Nashville's Tennessean newspaper reports that the new owner of Ray and Carrie Cash's home, Floyd Robinson, is selling it to move to Florida.

Cash bought the Hendersonville, Tenn. house for his parents, where they lived from 1969 until their deaths. It was then passed down to different members of the Cash family throughout the years, including Johnny and June, who lived there for a brief period while an elevator was being installed in their home just across the street. Robinson, a close friend of the Cash family, purchased the property four years ago.

According to his listing on eBay, Robinson is asking just under $1.4 million. The house includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a recording studio and a view of Old Hickory Lake. The lucky new owner will also get to keep a lot of Cash memorabilia inside the home, including a gold record of 'I Walk the Line,' several guitars, awards and a locket with pictures of Johnny and June inside.