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About this photograph
By mid-August 1958, Johnny Cash had finished recording the songs that would comprise two of his first Columbia Records releases: The Fabulous Johnny Cash and Hymns by Johnny Cash. This shot of Johnny Cash in a motel room, his chin resting nonchalantly on the body of a signature model Gibson six-string, shows the artist on the road on the brink of his pop-country breakout. By 1959, The Fabulous Johnny Cash would reach #19 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart while two of its singles -- Don't Take Your Guns To Town and Frankie's Man, Johnny -- would scale the nation's top 10 pop and country charts.
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11" x 14" - Limited Edition
16" x 20" - Limited Edition
20" x 24" - Limited Edition
30" x 40" - Limited Edition
Print type
Archival pigment print
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Archival paper
Signature
Estate stamped
About the photographer
Don Hunstein worked as chief staff photographer for Columbia Records for over thirty years. During his time there Hunstein had access to a broad range of musicians from a wide variety of genres. At the time Columbia Records felt it was important to document the cultural history of the music of their time, giving him the opportunity to do more than album covers and publicity shots. Hunstein photographed hundreds of album covers and documented the recording of many of the great albums in music history.
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