Johnny Cash : the life / Robert Hilburn.
A noted music critic who knew him tells the unvarnished truth about Cash, whose personal life was far more troubled and his artistry much more profound than even his most devoted fans have realized.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316194754
- Physical Description: viii, 679 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Dyess and the dream -- Vivian and the Air Force -- Memphis and Sam Phillips -- Sun Records, the Tennessee Two, and Boom Chicka Boom -- "Hey, porter", "Folsom Prison blues", and a baby girl -- Louisiana Hayride and "I walk the line" -- Columbia Records, "Big river" and pills -- Hollywood, town hall party, and Lorrie Collins -- "Ride this train" and the Huntsville Prison rodeo -- Billie Jean and the marriage proposal -- Casitas Springs and Saul Holiff -- June Carter -- The drugs and Carnegie Hall -- "Ring of fire", "Understand your man", and the troops in the Far East -- Newport, Bob Dylan, "Ira Hayes", and Ballads of the True West -- The Los Padres fire and the El Paso drug bust -- The deathwatch -- The divorce, Bob Johnston, and a suicide tale -- Folsom Prison and marrying June -- The Johnny Cash Show and superstardom -- Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter -- "It's a boy" and the White House -- Israel and the calling -- The Gospel Road and a change of managers -- Family man and a national icon -- Losing the muse -- The pills return and all hell breaks loose -- No one's listening -- At Betty Ford and dropped by Columbia Records -- The beginning of the Mercury era and heart surgery -- Branson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and U2 -- Rick Rubin -- The end of the concert trail and struggling with physical pain -- A hero again -- "The Man comes around" and "Hurt" -- The final days -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to recordings and DVDs -- Source notes -- Index. |
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Subject: | Cash, Johnny, 1932-2003. Country music. Musicians. Autobiographies. Men > Biography. Composers. Singers. Arkansas > Biography. Tennessee > Biography. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 CASH (Text) | 50686014545524 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bangor Public Library | B 92 CAS (Text) | 75011000369618 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 782.421642 C338H (Text) | 85131001668756 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Coudersport Public Library | B CASH (Text) | 30183000441228 | Adult Biography | Checked Out | 11/06/2014 |
Dalton Community Library | 92 CASH (Text) | 50689010366820 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 921 CASH (Text) | 92516248 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults B CASH Biography (Text) | 34007001974992 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Cash (Text) | 39427102765880 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
Juniata County Library | 92 Cash (Text) | 39640100390820 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Knoxville Public Library | 921 CAS (Text) | 30543000210032 | Adult Biography | In Process | - |