(10-05-2012 09:32 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(10-05-2012 07:39 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(10-05-2012 11:36 AM)Cletus Wrote:  

Hoehn Chevrolet, 370 Union Ave., Memphis, Tenn. - Circa 1960

The Hoehn family has been in the car business since Hoehn Chevrolet was founded in 1928 by Theodore W. Hoehn. In 1938 the company, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee was transferred to Theodore W. "Bill" Hoehn, Junior. After moving to La Jolla, California for what turned out to be a short-lived retirement, Bill founded Hoehn Motors in Carlsbad in 1975. Bill's two sons Bill and Bob now own the business.

Thanks to this dealership, Johnny Cash got together with his original famous backing musicians Luther Monroe Perkins and Marshall Grant - the Tennessee Two.

Roy Cash, Sr., Johnny's older brother, was service manager at Hoehn Chevrolet. In 1953, while the younger Cash was stationed in Germany with the US Air Force, Luther Perkins joined the staff at Automobile Sales, where he met co-workers Marshall Grant and A.W. 'Red' Kernodle. Grant, Kernodle and Perkins began bringing their guitars to work, and would play together when repair business was slow.

When Johnny moved to Memphis after returning from Germany in 1954, Roy Cash introduced him to Grant, Kernodle and Perkins. The four began to get together in the evenings at Perkins' or Grant's home and play songs. It was during this time that they decided to form a band, with Grant moving to an upright bass, Kernodle to a six-string steel guitar, and Perkins buying a Fender Esquire electric guitar Perkins' performance style on the Fender resulted in the band's famous steady, simple "boom-chicka-boom" or "freight train" rhythm.

By 1955, Cash and his bandmates were in the Memphis studio of Sun Records, to audition for owner Sam Phillips. Kernodle was so nervous that he left the session, not wanting to hold back the group. The band presented themselves as the "Tennessee Three", but Phillips suggested that they call themselves Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. The Tennessee Two became The Tennessee Three when drummer W.S. Holland joined the group in 1960. (The Tennessee Three)

Union Avenue was packed with car dealerships back then. At the time, there was also a Hoehn Chevy lot on Summer Avenue below.



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Those trucks on the lot are from the early sixty. I love old cars and trucks.

Yep ...... 1960 Chevrolet Pickup

That looks like a 4 wheel drive there. I've had my 1958 since 1995. I love them old trucks.