Fact #147755
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Short story:
Johnny Cash is set to play a show at The Auditorium, Waterloo, Iowa, but that morning his band find him passed out on his hotel room bed, unconscious because of amphetmine abuse. Nevertheless, he recovers sufficiently to play the show in the evening.Full article:
Johnny Western (guitarist with Johnny Cash band) : "There were times we'd find him when we thought he was dead, like the morning in Waterloo . . . . It was colder than hell. John had the window wide open in the hotel and he was passed out on top of the covers with just his boxers on . . . cold as ice. Marshall called the doctor, who gave him some shots and got him under some warm blankets. And you know what? He gets up and does the show that night. It was touch and go like that for years.
(Source : http://www.amestrib.com/blog/positively-fifth-street/his-pill-poppin-days-johnny-cash-almost-died-iowa.html)
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