At 64, he's the most storied Country singer in town. He's also now the coolest, thanks in part to his affinity for Johnny Cash. Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune Sherwin Linton launched his career in the music business in the mid 1950's as a disc jockey and live performer of Rock-A-Billy Music on radio station KWAT in Watertown, SD. Sherwin moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1957, and expanded his territory from the mid-west to playing nightclubs and ballrooms throughout the country. He journeyed to Nashville in 1966 where he cut "Cotton King," a song that catapulted him to the top of the Country charts. Roy Acuff, with whom Sherwin toured, was so impressed with Linton's talents that Sherwin was signed to the legendary Acuff-Rose Publishing Company and Hickory Records, resulting in numerous TV show appearances and coast-to-coast tours. In 1971 Sherwin took his concert show behind the walls of granite at the South Dakota State Peni...