Marshall Grant Dies at 83; Bass Player in Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two

[Hissyspit]

Source: LA Times

Marshall Grant dies at 83; bass player, manager for Johnny Cash
Marshall Grant, who worked as Johnny Cash's road manager and played bass for him for more than two decades, helped create the singer's famous sound.

By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
August 9, 2011

Marshall Grant, who played standup bass in Johnny Cash's original trio and helped create the legendary singer's distinctive, rhythmic sound in the 1950s, has died. He was 83.

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"Marshall was supposed to give a speech, even play his bass on one song," Rosanne Cash told The Times Monday. Grant had participated in the rehearsal Wednesday afternoon but was hospitalized with an aneurism that night, she said.

"I loved him so much — he treated me like a daughter," she said, adding that Grant called her almost every month in recent years to talk about "the old stories."

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"He was a true friend to Cash and can even be credited with saving his life on numerous occasions," Hilburn, who is writing a biography of Cash, told The Times Monday.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-me-marshall-grant-20110809,0,4577297.story

[farmboxer]

1. I liked working for Johnny Cash years ago

The first time I worked for him he simply came up to me and started talking as if he had known me all his life. He really stood up for the working people. Really good person, had his own sound.............

[Uncle Joe]

2. RIP Marshall Grant

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.