Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings

Object Details

Artist: Jim Marshall, 3 Feb 1936 - 24 Mar 2010
Sitter: Johnny Cash, 26 Feb 1932 - 12 Sep 2003; Waylon Jennings, 15 Jun 1937 - 13 Feb 2002

Exhibition Label: Son of an Arkansas sharecropper, country music legend Johnny Cash (right)-the "Man in Black"-sold more than fifty million records and recorded more than 1,500 songs, including such hits as "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line." In this 1974 photograph by Jim Marshall, Cash stands alongside his friend, collaborator, and one-time roommate Waylon Jennings, who himself enjoyed wide renown as a country music star with such albums as Honky Tonk Heroes. While both men contributed greatly to country music's rise to international importance beginning in the 1950s, it was Cash-the winner of eleven Grammys and the host of his own television show-who became the much-beloved face of this musical tradition. Although he sang "I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die," he began his concerts with the friendly greeting, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."

1974

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8"); Sheet: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8"); Mount: 28.2 x 40.8cm (11 1/8 x 16 1/16"); Mat: 40.6 x 55.9cm (16 x 22")

National Portrait Gallery

Topic: Costume\Headgear\Hat; Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen; Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cowboy hat; Architecture\Doorway; Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Cup; Johnny Cash: Male; Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter; Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist; Waylon Jennings: Male; Waylon Jennings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter; Waylon Jennings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; Portrait

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