Johnny Cash

$240.00

10 in stock

Only thirty-five (35) prints of JOHNNY CASH were produced for this 2013 edition. Each print is signed in the lower right, hand-titled in the center, and numbered in the lower left (all beneath the image).

The image area is 15″ high x 11-1/2″ wide centered on an untrimmed 19″ x 13″ sheet. Paper, ink, and production specifications, as well as shipping details, are available on our PRINT SPECS page.

Prices will increase for subsequent prints as the edition depletes. Purchase price does not include shipping costs, which are calculated during checkout.

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Johnny Cash died ten years ago this month. His passing was not a cause for celebration, but the dark and confessional overtones of the Man in Black’s work make an observance appropriate. Drew Friedman chose not to portray Cash in black, but rather in ambiguous shades of gray. Throughout his life the singer suffered personal tragedy and wallowed in self-destructive behavior, but he recognized the power of redemption.

His recording career spanned a half century and spawned a hundred albums. When he auditioned for Sun Records in 1954 he sang gospel, but soon switched to rockabilly. In his final years, he recorded songs by Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, and U2. In between is an encyclopedic catalog that defines no genre—not even country—because nothing and nobody sounded like Johnny Cash. He was inducted into three Halls of Fame: Country, Gospel, and Rock & Roll.

Despite his outlaw image, Cash’s longest stints in prison were the concerts he performed at Folsom and Huntsville lockups. After his death, his Hendersonville TN home was sold to Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, but before the house could be restored, it burned to the ground.