Posts Tagged ‘Johnny Cash’
Johnny Cash auction in December
Written by admin on October 27, 2010 – 6:11 am -| Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles will be auctioning a huge number of items from the life and career of Johnny Cash in December.
The three-day sale, which commences on December 5, will feature over 1,000 lots, including guitars, handwritten lyrics, and stage outfits. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to MusiCares, a charity benefitting musicians in need. |
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Among the highlights of the sale are three guitars from different points in Cash’s career:
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| Another highlight of the auction is the jumpsuit that Cash wore during rehearsals at San Quentin prison (Est. $3,000/5,000). The jumpsuit features in the infamous photograph “The Finger.”
Other clothes up for sale include Cash’s bicentennial parade worn shirt (Est. $1,000/1,500), knee-high boots with an eagle design on alligator leather (Est. $1,500/2,000), and a Man in Black cape (Est. $2,000/3,000). |
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Click here for further information on the Johnny Cash auction
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Song of the Week #5 – “That’s All Right”
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 6:01 am -| Elvis Presley’s very first single, “That’s All Right,” is this week’s song of the week.
This is one of the most important songs ever recorded. Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, with sidemen Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass), were on a break during a studio session when they began improvising on an old blues song by Arthur Crudup. Producer Sam Phillips was amazed by what he heard and asked them to back up and try it again. The result was a new and unique sound which became known as rockabilly. |
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“Thriller” voted best ever music video
Written by admin on May 3, 2010 – 7:21 am - |
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” has been voted best music video of all time in a major poll of MySpace users. |
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Million Dollar Quartet names New York cast
Written by admin on February 1, 2010 – 10:01 am -The Million Dollar Quartet stage show is transferring to Broadway and the New York Times has reported that it will retain the same cast as the Chicago production.
The show is inspired by the 1956 session at Sun studios in Memphis when Elvis Presley visited his former label and jammed with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. There’s some debate over whether Cash was involved in the session, as he doesn’t seem to appear anywhere on the tapes, but he was definitely in attendance as he features in the photos taken on the day. That said, the musical aims to entertain and doesn’t claim to be historically accurate.
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Cash and Dylan duet
Written by admin on February 17, 2009 – 1:56 am -| Today marks the 40th anniversary of Johnny Cash’s recording session with Bob Dylan at the CBS studios, Nashville, TN. |
The only duet released from the session was ‘Girl from the North Country’. Go over to the Bob Dylan page of our video section to view the two performing the song.
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