The Man in Black is now being honored on the Mississippi Country Music Trail.
A new marker dedicated Friday memorializes a night Johnny Cash spent in the Oktibbeha County Jail.
In the early hours of May 11, 1965, Cash was arrested for public drunkenness after he was found picking flowers at a private home after a show at Mississippi State University. He spent the night locked up, and that served as inspiration for his song, “Starkville City Jail.”