-------------------------------------- Photo of Marshall Grant by Nancy Jacobs 2007 Bass player Marshall Grant was born in May 1928. He and Luther Perkins were the Tennessee Two, the band which backed Johnny Cash. Marshall Grant was an important part of the boom-chicka-boom sound of Johnny Cash that changed country music. Before his band was signed by Sun Records, Grant was a mechanic in Memphis. In addition to playing bass, Grant also served as road manager, stage manager, and driver for Johnny Cash. Raised in Bessemer City, North Carolina, Marshall Grant currently lives in Hernando, Mississippi, with his wife Etta. . ------------------------------------------------------------------ Interview with Marshall Grant (coming soon)
Photo by Nancy Jacobs
Rockabilly site tells about Luther Perkins, Marshall Grant, and Johnny Cash. YouTube video of Marshall Grant in Starkville talking about the night that Johnny Cash was arrested and put in the "Starkville City Jail." Johnny
Cash talks at San Quentin about his arrest for picking flowers
in Starkville. Marshall Grant is seen to the left. Marshall Grant's (as Cash's bass player) discography. Video of Cash singing "Starkville City Jail" and printed lyrics.
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After the death of Johnny Cash, Grant managed the Statler Brothers
until his retirement in 2004. In Walk the Line
(the biographical film about Johnny Cash), Marshall Grant is
played by the actor Larry Bagby. Grant's memoir I
Was There When It Happened: My Life with Johnny Cash
(co-authored by Chris Zar) tells the story behind his career
and that of Johnny Cash. Grant reveals many events unknown to
the general public about the troubled life of Johnny Cash. He
tells all about the "Man in Black from the Man in Back."
Grant is now a regular fixture at Starkville, Mississippi's,
annual Johnny Cash Flower-pickin' Festival held in October.
Marshall
Grant takes a break from book signing at program sponsored by
Starkville Reads at Johnny Cash Festival, 2007.
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