JOHNNY CASH
This page is dedicated to the Man in
Black, Johnny Cash - 1932-2003
All black and white photographs are ©
Billy Crallan and used with permission

Billy Crallan, June Carter, Johnny Cash
and me in London
I had the pleasure of meeting Johnny Cash
on many occasions during my time at the BBC. The very first time, which
was well
before my BBC days, was in 1966 at the Pickwick Club, in London, where a
reception was held in his honour just before his first ever concert
appearance in the United Kingdom. British pop singers Joe Brown and
Marty Wilde were amongst the invited guests at the reception.
I met him again a year later – along with
June Carter and Carl Perkins - at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, in
London, when my lifelong friend Billy Crallan took these photographs.
They were taken at a Press reception held by impresario, Mervyn Conn,
prior to another UK tour for Johnny.
Johnny Cash did visit Britain early in the
1960's and appeared on the ABC television show "Wham!"
He sang "Five Feet
High And Rising" with British guitarist, Joe Brown providing the
instrumental backing.
Some time after his appearance Joe received a gift from Johnny - the
tailor made cowboy boots that he had worn on the television programme.
Joe had made a comment about "how much he liked them" and Johnny sent
them to his home as a thank you present.

Affection
shown to June

If this tree
could talk

Holding
hands

I meet the
Man in Black

Another at
the tree

All smiles

Almost
finished

The Park

Hyde Park

Another fan
with Johnny and June

Johnny, June
and Carl Perkins

The Kiss

They must be
tired now

June Carter

Back to the hotel
Johnny Cash died at the Baptist Hospital
in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, September 12, 2003 – he was 71.
Johnny's wife, June Carter Cash, had died just four months earlier in
May at the age of 73 following complications after heart surgery.
It was a great pleasure for me to have
known Johnny Cash. I had met him many times - in London, Sheffield, and
Newcastle and in the United States. He was a kind and gentle person,
always willing to spend time with his fans, and recorded several radio
interviews with me. I will never forget meeting him in Nashville,
Tennessee in 1974 when I walked into a room full of journalists, radio
and television personnel. Johnny stopped his filming and interviews,
looked towards the back of the room, spotted me and said: "Hi, Stan!" He
then turned to the gathered pack of journalists and said "A friend of
mine from England's just walked in!" I felt ten feet tall. There is more
about Johnny Cash in my book
"Chasing Fireflies" which can be bought on line from Trafford
Publishing.

The Johnny Cash Tour Bus © Stan Laundon

The Cash Home © Stan Laundon
Sometime in the future I am hoping to scan the original
black & white photographs again to see if I can improve the quality
More Cash shows the
complete collection of Johnny Cash photographs in their original state
- uncut, unedited and untouched. We thought you would like to see them,
as they were taken, before the internet and photographic technology came
along. Some are out of focus but, as they are the originals from 1967, I
am sure you will forgive us for that.

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