Cash: The Autobiography

by Cash, Johnny; Carr, Patrick

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HarperCollins, 1998 Near-new condition. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated with photos. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 432 pages. Synopsis "if my life has anything to say, I'll say it here" Johnny Cash, from a statement he made on the publication of his autobiography, Cash He was the "Man in Black", a country music legend, the "quintessential American troubadour." He was an icon of rugged individualism who had been to hell and back, telling the tale as never before. In his unforgettable autobiography, Johnny Cash tells the truth about the highs and lows, the Struggles and hard-won triumphs, and the people who shaped him. In the last year Johnny Cash has enjoyed a great resurgence of popularity winning the 2003 Grammy for Best Male Country vocalist and nominated for 7 MTV Music Video Awards. His fan base cuts across multiple generations. In the summer of 2004 a major motion picture, starring Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix will chronicle his early years and courtship of the woman who became his life's partner, June Carter Cash.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Book summary

With an introduction that includes giving thanks for a pair of comfortable shoes, as only someone who spent the first 15 years of his life mostly barefoot could, the autobiography of the late Johnny Cash is, like his music, simple and eloquent. Discovering country music via Roy Acuff and the Louvin Brothers, among others, he became part of the immortal Sun Records stable of musicians that also included Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins; he recounts his initial meeting with legendary Sun Studios owner and producer Sam Phillips, his shaky attempts at recording his debut single (it took over 30 takes), his thrill at performing his first hit "Cry, Cry, Cry" on the LOUISIANA HAYRIDE radio show, and his first Cadillac. He's also candid about his amphetamine and alcohol addiction, admitting the constant conflict between his darker impulses and his long-standing religious convictions. Throughout, Cash leaves detached analysis and precise recounting of minute detail to music scholars; but what is lost here in objectivity is gained in a series of remarkable vignettes steeped in country music history, all told through the filter of co-author Patrick Carr's superb prose recreation of the singer's trademark laconic, baritone drawl.

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