Johnny Cash. The Life

The definitive, intimate, no-holds-barred biography of Johnny Cash.

In "Johnny Cash:The Life", Robert Hilburn conveys the untarnished truth about a musical icon. 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 influential figures in modern popular culture.

"A brilliant story of an even more brilliant songwriter" (Keith Richards)

"Hilburn displays a deeply felt affinity with his subject" (Patti Smith)

"The definitive book on the roller-coaster life of Cash" (Rick Rubin)

"Johnny Cash ... Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head: Robert Hilburn" (Bono)

"A great story requires great storytelling, and that's exactly what it receives here" (Charles Shaar Murray, "Literary Review")

CONTENIDO:

Part One
1. Dyess and the dream
2. Vivian and the Air Force
3. Memphis and Sam Phillips
4. Sun Records, the Tennessee Two, and "Boom Chicka Boom"
5. "Hey, Porter", "Folsom Prison Blues", and a baby girl
6. Louisiana Hayride and "I Walk the Line"
7. Columbia Records, "Big River" and pills

Part Two
8. Hollywood, Town Hall Party, and Lorrie Collins
9. "Ride this Train" and the Huntsville Prison Rodeo
10. Billie Jean and the marriage proposal
11. Casitas Springs and Saul Holiff
12. June Carter
13. The drugs and Carnegie Hall
14. "Ring of Fire", "Understand Your Man" and the troops in the Far East
15. Newport, Bob Dylan, "Ira Hayes" and "Ballads of the True West"
16. The Los Padres Fire and the El Paso drug bust

Part Three
17. The deathwatch
18. The divorce, Bob Johnston and a suicide tale
19. Folsom Prison and marrying June
20. "The Johnny Cash Show" and superstardom
21. Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter
22. "It's a Boy" and the White House

Part Four
23. Israel and the calling
24. "The Gospel Road" and a change of managers
25. Family man and national icon
26. Losing the muse
27. The pills return and all hell breaks loose
28. No one's listening

Part Five
29. At Betty Ford and dropped by Columbia Records
30. The beginning of the Mercury Era and heart surgery
31. Branson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and U2
32. Rick Rubin
33. The end of the concert trail and struggling with physical pain
34. A hero again
35. "The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt"
36. The final days
Epilogue

Acknowledgements
Guide to recordings and DVDs
Source notes
Index