Cash’d Out, a tribute to Johnny Cash, plays at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in the Crystal Bay Casino’s Crown Room. No cash needed for entry.
If you close your eyes, you’ll swear The Man in Black is onstage. Douglas Benson plays the part of Johnny Cash in the San Diego band that has been channeling Cash’s music for more than a dozen years, with some 150 songs in its repertoire. We heard he even shot a man in Reno — just to watch him die — before contracting a serious bout of the Folsom Prison Blues. The Cash’d Out Band is as real as it gets, collecting four San Diego Music Awards over the years for best tribute band.