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In 1954, Cash and Vivian moved toMemphis, Tennessee, where he sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night he played with guitaristLuther Perkinsand bassistMarshall Grant. Perkins and Grant were known as theTennessee Two. Cash worked up the courage to visit theSun Recordsst...
When it came time to assemble a band, two musicians were must-haves: guitaristMarty Stuart,who played with Johnny in his backing band The Tennessee Three from 1980-86, and the late, great upright bassistDave Roe, who toured in Johnny’s band, beginning in the early ‘90s and lasting near...
for this show he was backed only by his new wife, June Carter Cash, and The Tennessee Three: Luther Perkins (electric guitar), Marshall Grant (bass) and W.S. Holland (drums). With the smaller crowd and sparse musical lineup, Cash deviated from his usual show of that era,...
Over the past two years, album producers John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz invited a stellar cast of musicians to create new music to accompany these newly discovered Cash writings. Recorded primarily at The Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Johnny Cash: Forever Words is also the...
The Johnny Tillotson 1960 teen love song "Why Do I Love You So" was a short song with a long-lasting heartbroken message. It is perhaps one of the more romantic teen ballads written at the time, and remains another forgotten oldie rarely played on the ra