Johnny Cash : the life /
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| Author / Creator: | Hilburn, Robert, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Little, Brown, and Co., 2013. |
| Description: | viii, 679 pages, 16 un-numbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9789671 |
Table of Contents:
- Dyess and the dream
- Vivian and the Air Force
- Memphis and Sam Phillips
- Sun records, the Tennessee two, and Boom Chicka Boom
- "Hey, Porter," "Folsom Prison Blues," and a baby girl
- Louisiana hayride and "I Walk the Line"
- Columbia records, "Big River," and pills
- Hollywood, Town hall party, and Lorrie Collins
- "Ride This Train" and the Huntsville prison rodeo
- Billie Jean and the marriage proposal
- Casitas springs and Saul Holiff
- June Carter
- The drugs and Carnegie Hall
- "Ring of Fire," "Understand Your Man," and the troops in the far East
- Newport, Bob Dylan, "Ira Hayes," and Ballads of the True West
- The Los Padres fire and the El Paso drug bust
- The deathwatch
- The divorce, Bob Johnston, and a suicide tale
- Folsom prison and marrying June
- The Johnny Cash show and superstardom
- Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter
- "It's a Boy" and the White House
- Israel and the calling
- The Gospel Road and a change of managers
- Family man and national icon
- Losing the muse
- The pills return and all hell breaks loose
- No one's listening
- At Betty Ford and dropped by Columbia records
- The beginning of the Mercury era and heart surgery
- Branson, the rock and roll hall of fame, and U2
- Rick Rubin
- The end of the concert trail and struggling wtih physical pain
- A hero again
- "The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt"
- The final days
- Epilogue.
