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TIL in 1965, a young Kris Kristofferson swept floors at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. There, he met June Carter and asked her to give Johnny Cash a tape of his. She complied. After weeks of no reply, Kris landed a helicopter in Johnny’s front yard, gaining his full attention.

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