Johnny Cash - Frederick Place, Brighton, UK
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The singer-songwriter, Johnny Cash, is one of more than 20 artists who are now dead and has been remembered by being included on this mural on the side of the Prince Albert public house in Brighton. The stars were all favourites of the landlord.
Waymark Code: WMR7C2
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/22/2016
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The Brighton Toy Museum website tells us:
The Prince Albert Mural (also known as "the Frederick Place mural", or "That Mural With All The Dead Rock Stars") was painted by artists Sinna One and Req on the side of the Prince Albert Pub, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, on the wall facing Frederick Place. The mural appeared in the summer of 2013.
The Biography website has an article about Johnny Cash that tells us:
Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter whose music innovatively mixed country, rock, blues and gospel influences.
Born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, Johnny Cash joined the Air Force in 1950 and trained in Texas where he met his first wife. After his service and discharge, he formed a band and landed a record deal. By the early 1960s, he was a musical superstar, known for his innovative hit songs with gospel undertones, such as with hit songs like. In 1967, he married June Carter. He recorded his last track of his final album a week before his death in 2003.
The original photo from which Johnny Cash's part of the mural was created can be seen here.