W.S. 'Fluke' Holland, drummer for Johnny Cash, dead at 85
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A West Tennessee music legend has died.
W.S. “Fluke” Holland, who was Johnny Cash’s drummer, died after a short illness on Wednesday. He was 85.
According to his obituary, family will receive friends for a visitation on Saturday at West Jackson Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until noon with the funeral beginning at noon. He will be buried at Ridgecrest Cemetery.
Holland was born in Saltillo and was a graduate of J.B. Young High School.
A year after graduating, he joined the Carl Perkins Brothers band in 1954 and toured with them for six years before joining Cash’s band in 1960.
He played drums on the 1955 Sun Records recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" and performed on the "Million Dollar Quartet" session that featured Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins, and Cash. Holland appeared with the Carl Perkins band in the 1957 rock and roll movie Jamboree, performing "Glad All Over."
The Tennessee Three ended in 2003 following Cash's death. In 2005, Holland remade the trio. In January 2008, Bob Wootton announced on his mySpace page that Holland had decided against continued touring with him, instead forming the "W.S. Holland band". In an interview, Wootton said that Holland had decided to dissolve the partnership after Wootton backed out of playing the Folsom anniversary concert.
In 2014, Holland was honored at the Carl Perkins Center in Jackson, Tennessee for his 60 years of musical contributions.
In 2018, Holland was honored with the "Lifetime Achievement" award during the annual Tennessee Music Awards event at the University of Memphis Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee. He was also inducted into the Radio Nostalgi Hall of Fame in Sweden on July 3, 2016.
Holland made a cameo appearance on the History Channel program Pawn Stars, accompanying a classic car collector who was trying to sell Johnny Cash's Rolls-Royce to Rick Harrison. They did not agree on a price.
He’s survived by his wife, Joyce, and two daughters – Kim Lovelace and Krista Holland.
The family requests memorial donations be made in his honor to either West Jackson’s Hartland Ministry or YouthTown of Tennessee.
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