The Man In Black In 1970

From a 28-page tribute to Johnny Cash in the May 23, 1970 issue of Billboard.

 A great moody shot, page one of a Columbia Records ad.

 

Sam Phillips weighs in...

Merle Haggard goes by his sobriquet, and offers a tantalizing inside joke...

 Meanwhile, Glen had better days, grammatically, but the sentiment's there...