Johnny Cash: The Biography

To millions, Johnny Cash was the rebellious Man in Black, the\nunabashed patriot, the redeemed Christian-the king of country\nmusic. But Johnny Cash was also an uncertain country boy whose\ndreams were born in the cotton fields of Arkansas and who struggled\nhis entire life with a guilt-ridden childhood, addictions, and\nself-doubt. A sensitive songwriter with profound powers of musical\nexpression, Cash told America and the world the stories of a\nnation’s heroes and outcasts._Johnny Cash: The\nBiography_explores in depth many often-overlooked aspects of the\nlegend’s life and career. It examines the powerful artistic\ninfluence of his older brother, Roy, and chronicles Cash’s air\nforce career in the early 1950s, when his songwriting took\nform…and when he purchased his first guitar. It uncovers the\norigins of his trademark boom-chicka-boom rhythm and traces his\ncourtship of Bob Dylan in the folk revival era of the\n1960s._Johnny Cash_also delves into the details of Cash’s\npersonal life, including his drug dependency, which dogged him long\nafter many thought he had beaten it. It unflinchingly recounts his\nrelationships with his first wife, Vivian Liberto, his second wife,\nJune Carter Cash, and his children. And it follows Cash as man and\nmusician from his early years of success through the commercially\ndesolate years of the 1980s to his reemergence under the influence\nof producer Rick Rubin-and association that revitalized his career\nyet raised contradictions about Cash’s values and\ncraft.Scrupulously researched, passionately told,_Johnny Cash:\nThe Biography_is the unforgettable portrait of an enduring\nAmerican icon.\n\n