The Johnny Cash Show rolled into town, performing at the Minneapolis Auditorium on May 15, 1960.

Other performers were Johnny Horton, Kitty Wells, and The Fendermen. The Fendermen consisted of Phil Humphrey and Jim Sundquist, from Madison, Wisconsin.  Amos Heilicher was their agent.  They were booked for this show at the last minute because of their skyrocketing popularity in the Twin Cities.  “Muleskinner Blues” (written in 1931 by Jimmie Rodgers) was originally released on Cuca Records in 1959.  They re-recorded it in at Kay Bank Studios in Minneapolis and it was released on SOMA  It entered the Billboard chart on May 23, 1960.  The record peaked at #5 and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks.  On June 11, 1960, they appeared on American Bandstand.  Lightning didn’t strike twice, there was litigation between the two record companies, and the two split up in 1961.  The Fendermen were inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame in 2005.