The Johnny Cash Bus Conversion Rides Again
The man in black himself, Johnny Cash, liked his MCI bus conversion coach so much he wrote about it in his autobiography. And now the big, black coach is back. Bought on eBay by enthusiast Dave Wright, the coach has been lovingly restored and is on the road again. This time, it’s carrying The Tennessee Three, the band that played backup for Johnny Cash’s greatest hits.
The 1979 MC9 no doubt has many stories to tell, among them that the walnut in the stateroom came from a tree Cash’s father chopped down on the family farm in Tennessee, which was used by Ulysses S. Grant as his Civil War headquarters.
MCI is currently featuring an article on Johnny Cash’s touring bus with more interesting stories about the history of “JC Unit 1″ - its current new life, and eventual plans to donate the coach to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
