The man in song : a discographic biography of Johnny Cash /

The man in song : a discographic biography of Johnny Cash /

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Author / Creator:Alexander, John M., 1956- author.
Imprint:Fayetteville (Ark.) : University of Arkansas Press, [2018]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Cash, Johnny.
Cash, Johnny.
Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Country musicians.
United States.
Biographies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11399617
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ISBN:9781610756280
1610756282
9781682260517
1682260518
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:There have been many books written about Johnny Cash, but The Man in Song is the first to examine Cash's incredible life through the lens of the songs he wrote and recorded. Music journalist and historian John Alexander has drawn on decades of studying Cash's music and life, from his difficult depression-era Arkansas childhood through his death in 2003, to tell a life story through songs familiar and obscure. In discovering why Cash wrote a given song or chose to record it, Alexander introduces readers anew to a man whose primary consideration of any song was the difference music makes in people's lives, and not whether the song would become a hit. The hits came, of course. Johnny Cash sold more than fifty million albums in forty years, and he holds the distinction of being the only performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The Man in Song connects treasured songs to an incredible life. It explores the intertwined experience and creativity of childhood trauma. It rifles through the discography of a life: Cash's work with the Tennessee Two at Sam Phillips's Sun Studios, the unique concept albums Cash recorded for Columbia Records, the spiritual songs, the albums recorded live at prisons, songs about the love of his life, June Carter Cash, songs about murder and death and addiction, songs about ramblers, and even silly songs. Appropriate for both serious country and folk music enthusiasts and those just learning about this musical legend, The Man in Song will appeal to a fan base spanning generations. Here is a biography for those who first heard "I Walk the Line" in 1956, a younger generation who discovered Cash through songs like his cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt," and everyone in between.
Other form:Print version: 1682260518 9781682260517
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Five Feet High and Rising
  • Autobiographical, Geographical, and Societal Songs
  • 2. I Walk the Line
  • Sun Years
  • 3. What Is Truth
  • Songs of Personal Conviction
  • 4. Ballad of Ira Hayes
  • Concept Albums
  • 5. Far Side Banks of Jordan
  • Gospel According to Cash
  • 6. I Got Stripes
  • Legendary Prison Recordings
  • 7. Ring of Fire
  • Songs for June
  • 8. Sunday Morning Coming Down
  • Kris Kristofferson and the Great Singer-Songwriters
  • 9. Heroes
  • Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, and Other Musical Influences
  • 10. Highwayman
  • Jack Clement, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Other Collaborations
  • 11. Delia's Gone
  • Murder Ballads
  • 12. Committed to Parkview
  • Drug Use and Abuse
  • 13. One Piece at a Time
  • Great Story-Songs
  • 14. You Wild Colorado
  • Deep Cuts and Buried Treasures
  • 15. I've Been Everywhere
  • Travelin' Cash
  • 16. Man Comes Around
  • American Recordings
  • 17. Ain't No Grave
  • Songs Live On
  • 18. September When It Comes
  • Final Reflections.

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