Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Band · Active 1969–2012
Classic Country
Outlaw Country
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two was the original band of the country star Johnny Cash.
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- The Tennessee Two were the guitarist Luther Perkins and the bassist Marshall Grant.
- The group recorded for Sun Records in Memphis beginning in the 1950s.
- Luther Perkins's spare electric-guitar style created the steady “boom-chicka-boom” rhythm of Cash's early hits.
- The group expanded to the Tennessee Three with the addition of a drummer.
