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the Life
Little, Brown and Company
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
600 pages
ISBN: 0316194751
EAN: 9780316194754
Kindle: B00BAXFED4
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
The definitive biography of an American
legend
In Johnny Cash: The Life,
Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical
icon whose colorful career stretched from his days at Sun
Records with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to the
remarkable creative last hurrah, at age sixty-nine, that
resulted in the brave, moving "Hurt" video. As music critic
for the Los Angeles Times, Hilburn knew Cash well
throughout his life: he was the only music journalist at the
legendary Folsom Prison concert in 1968, and he interviewed
Cash and his wife June Carter for the final time just months
before their deaths in 2003. Hilburn's rich reporting shows
the remarkable highs and deep lows that followed and haunted
Cash in equal measure. A man of great faith and humbling
addiction, Cash aimed for more than another hit on the
jukebox; he wanted to use his music to lift people's spirits
and help promote what he felt was the best of the American
spirit.
Drawing upon his personal experience with
Cash and a trove of never-before-seen material from the
singer's inner circle, Hilburn creates an utterly
compelling, deeply human portrait of one of the most iconic
figures in modern popular culture - not only a towering
figure in country music, but also a seminal influence in
rock, whose personal life was far more troubled, and whose
musical and lyrical artistry much more profound, than even
his most devoted fans ever realized.
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