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Johnny Cash : the life / Robert Hilburn.

Hilburn, Robert. (Author).

Summary:
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.
Subject: Cash, Johnny, 1932-2003.
Country music.
Musicians.
Autobiographies.
Men > Biography.
Composers.
Singers.
Arkansas > Biography.
Tennessee > Biography.

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  • 19 of 23 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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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 -
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Juniata County Library 92 Cash (Text) 39640100390820 JUNM Non-Fiction Available -
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