Johnny Cash is Pardoned

For those of you who don't know the story, Johnny Cash played a show in Starkville in 1965 and was arrested for public drunkenness. He said he was only picking flowers, and he wrote a song about it called "Starkville City Jail." A Starkville resident, Robbie Ward, decided to work to get Johnny pardoned for the incident. People were very receptive to the idea and in 16 weeks, it turned into a full-blown music festival. Our company, Blufish Design helped coordinate the poster design competition and a submission from Blufish Arizona won! (I was NOT a judge!) The artist, Zach Crowell, came to Starkville for the festival with his girlfriend Ashley. The owners of the the AZ office, Matt & Kira, also made the trip with their new baby Weston! Here are some pictures of the fun!

Kira and Weston at Blufish Mississippi.

Friday night there was a Charity Auction at the PIKE fraternity house, where Johnny also played in 1965.

The poster artist, Zach, with Pat Cole, who had the winning bid for the poster's original artwork.

Like father like son! Matt and Weston check the Crackberry.

A Johnny Cash impersonator, dubbed "Johnny Crasher," showed up and bought almost all of the Johnny Cash memorabila at the auction.

Setting up the merchandise tent Saturday morning. JohnnyCash.com was nice enough to send us a lot of Cash goodies, including a tiny baby onesie that said "I Crawl the Line."

Little Folsom Prisoner!

Watching the early afternoon bands.

Taking a break to watch some football in the bar.

Kathy Cash, Johnny's daughter, and Joanne Cash, Johnny's sister, came from Tennessee to accept the pardons.

The mayor and the sheriff presented the pardons.

Marty Stuart, who is a Mississippi native (and was married to one of the Cash daughters), performed with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives.