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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 1, 2012 at 10:36pm

Eddie,

Where did you find this? I'm looking forward to expert opinions, but what a fantastic letter!

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on January 1, 2012 at 11:56pm

Look at known authentic writing from Johnny. Notice anything about his "i's"?  Also look at other known authentic letter formations

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 2, 2012 at 12:22pm

I don't know Cash...just thought it was cool. But I see what you're talking about. I didn't know there were many forged letters floating around.

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Anderson on January 2, 2012 at 11:55am

Ebay.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 2, 2012 at 12:21pm

I'm sure it will be pulled down. 

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on January 1, 2012 at 11:58pm

Oh yea,also look at his "a's" in known authentic writing.  I think the answer will be obvious sadly :( 

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Anderson on January 2, 2012 at 11:57am

There is a big factual inaccuracy; A Boy Named Sue was written by Shel Silverstein, nor Shelby Singleton! Singleton is the guy who bought the Sub Records catalog from Dam Phillips. Cash would have never made such a mistake, or would he ?

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on January 2, 2012 at 2:19pm

Nope, He wouldn't have.  He gave credit for the song to Shel on stage at Madison Square Garden in the 1970's  However, this letter wasn't written by John R. Cash :(

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Anderson on January 2, 2012 at 7:43pm

 

But the context is great except for the factual error.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on January 2, 2012 at 7:54am

There are some examples of Johny's authentic writing in this thread http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/johnny-cash-signatur...

Bill Miller and John Carter Cash's new book are filled with examples.

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Permalink Reply by just some dude on January 4, 2012 at 10:49am

Seems like there's an awful lot of unnecessary punctuation as well - the authentic Cash stuff that I've seen is very bare bones writing style.

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