Johnny Cash: The Life (ALA Notable Books for Adults) - Hardcover

Hilburn, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316194751 ISBN 13: 9780316194754

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 2013

Synopsis

The national bestseller celebrated as "the ultimate Johnny Cash biography....Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep." -- Rolling Stone

In this, the definitive biography of an American legend, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical superstar. Johnny Cash's extraordinary career stretched from his days at Sun Records with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to the remarkable creative last hurrah, at age 69, that resulted in the brave, moving "Hurt" video.

As music critic for the Los Angeles Times, Hilburn knew Cash throughout his life: he was the only music journalist at the legendary Folsom Prison concert in 1968, and he interviewed both Cash and his wife June Carter just months before their deaths. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-seen material from the singer's inner circle, Hilburn creates an utterly compelling, deeply human portrait of a towering figure in country music, a seminal influence in rock, and an icon of American popular culture. Hilburn's reporting shows the astonishing highs and deep lows that marked the journey of a man of great faith and humbling addiction who throughout his life strove to use his music to lift people's spirits.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Robert Hilburn "As a writer, his words have an economic sense and frugality that put him across the street from other great commentators and critics of the rock era....For three decades at the "Times", he steadily deciphered the shouts and hollers, whispers and miasma of a music business that rose and fell over the period he sat at his desk." -- Bono, from the Introduction to "Corn Flakes with John Lennon"

Praise for Robert Hilburn

"As a writer, his words have an economic sense and frugality that put him across the street from other great commentators and critics of the rock era....For three decades at the "Times", he steadily deciphered the shouts and hollers, whispers and miasma of a music business that rose and fell over the period he sat at his desk.""
"--from the Introduction to "Corn Flakes with John Lennon" "Bono "

Praise for Robert Hilburn

"As a writer, his words have an economic sense and frugality that put him across the street from other great commentators and critics of the rock era....For three decades at the "Times", he steadily deciphered the shouts and hollers, whispers and miasma of a music business that rose and fell over the period he sat at his desk.""
"--from the Introduction to "Corn Flakes with John Lennon" "Bono "

Praise for JOHNNY CASH:

"With straightforward prose, and through years of meticulous research, Robert Hilburn unravels the sometimes dark and magical life of one of music's greatest legends. Oftentimes this is a chronicle of pain, whether Hilburn is detailing Cash's early loss of his beloved brother, or the anguish he talked to Rick Rubin about feeling upon the death of wife June, but Hilburn gives much insight into what drove Cash's work. This is a harrowing story of addiction, musical genius, and enduring faith that goes far deeper than any film biopic ever will. In the end, Hilburn has achieved what is most certainly the definitive Johnny Cash biography." -- Charles R. Cross, author of "Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain"

"Johnny Cash and Robert Hilburn are two of the true blessings of my life. Both the best at what they do and each a gifted artist. It's a killer combination." -- Kris Kristofferson

Praise for Robert Hilburn:

"As a writer, his words have an economic sense and frugality that put him across the street from other great commentators and critics of the rock era....For three decades at the "Times", he steadily deciphered the shouts and hollers, whispers and miasma of a music business that rose and fell over the period he sat at his desk." -- Bono, from the Introduction to Corn Flakes with John Lennon

Praise for JOHNNY CASH: "Johnny Cash was a man both extraordinary and ordinary. Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head like Robert Hilburn." -- Bono

"Robert Hilburn displays a deeply felt affinity with his subject, illuminating Johnny Cash as the moral compass of country music." -- Patti Smith

"With straightforward prose, and through years of meticulous research, Robert Hilburn unravels the sometimes dark and magical life of one of music's greatest legends. Oftentimes this is a chronicle of pain, whether Hilburn is detailing Cash's early loss of his beloved brother, or the anguish he talked to Rick Rubin about feeling upon the death of wife June, but Hilburn gives much insight into what drove Cash's work. This is a harrowing story of addiction, musical genius, and enduring faith that goes far deeper than any film biopic ever will. In the end, Hilburn has achieved what is most certainly the definitive Johnny Cash biography." -- Charles R. Cross, author of "Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain"

Praise for JOHNNY CASH:

"Johnny Cash was a man both extraordinary and ordinary. Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head like Robert Hilburn." -- Bono

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316194751
• ISBN 13: 9780316194754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 679