I found The Man In Black on You Tube promoting Lionel Trains. He is doing a variation of his Folsom Prison Blues for Lionel’s Trains n Truckin Line. This was made some 30 years ago. It is worth checking out. He did another one earlier in the same decade, but I had no luck in finding that one.[banghead]
Heres a link to the trains and truckin set ad fearturing the man in black, Mr Johnny Cash.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=O5HzgPk69k4
As a special added feature. The Lionel Space Toys TV Commercial. Kinda campy definately good.
Thanks for the link. Johnny Cash did a number of TV commercials for Lionel during the MPC era. The “Man In Black” also acted as a spokesperson for the Association of American Railroads during this time. MPC made a special engine for Mr. Cash as an added Thank You for his work. The Johnny Cash, Blue Train was made using the 665/8206 tooling with a number of pre-war parts found in Hillside (still in partial use by MPC at that time, 73). A picture is on page 131 of the Lionel, Collectors Guide and History, Volume IV. Ken