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BAND PHOTOS
Many of the Tennessee 2  photos on this page are from
The Marshall Grant collection
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Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two -- Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins
charted a distinctive course through musical history.
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This Silvertone amp and Marting guitar were the band's earliest instruments and 
were used by Luther and John on all of the groups recordings for Sun.
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Jackie Gleason introducing Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, 
who made their first national television appearancee January 19, 1957, on The Jackie Gleason Show.
Later that year they became regular members of The Grand Ole Opry.
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Roy Orbison with the Luther and Marshall
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John and Luther on stage early in the band's career
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The Tennessee Two were named Instrumental Group of the Year for 1957
by Country Song Roundup magazine.
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Early on, Johnny Cash and the Tennesse Two played many small venues 
where audiences crowded close to the musicians.
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As their popularity soared, bigger halls with stages were the norm.
The band often went out on package tours with Opry stars during the 1950s and '60s.
Luther, John and Marshall show off some of their early stage attire.
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John does his impression of Elvis Presley as Marshall looks on.
John and Luther on stage in the early '60s.
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An early stadium show
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I Was There When It Happened: 
My Life with Johnny Cash 
by Marshall Grant (bassist)
Hardcover: 400 pages
Cumberland House Publishing (August 31, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1581825102
ISBN-13: 978-1581825107
Amazon.com  ~  $17.67 US

While many have heard the music of Johnny Cash, few know the whole story behind his extraordinary career and the stories of those who helped him attain his success. Marshall Grant, Cash's long-time bassist and one of the founding members of Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, chronicles their rise to fame from humble beginnings to world renown.

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