· Biographer Robert Hilburn, who recently released Johnny Cash: The Life, said the music fans are about to hear was recorded during some of . · 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 , 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 Brand: Hachette Book Group. · ‘Johnny Cash: The Life’ by Robert Hilburn. By David Kirby. January 3, He was tall, rangy, low-voiced, poker-faced and dressed like a barroom gambler. Little wonder, then, that .
Johnny Cash called himself a "C+ Christian"—those close to him thought he was being "a bit generous." Eddie Dean reviews Robert Hilburn's "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. Robert Hilburn, Johnny Cash: The Life (New York: Little, Brown and Company, ), pp. Almost everyone who was close to Johnny Cash () wrote their memoir — his two wives, his son John, his daughter Roseanne, and his bass player of twenty-five years, Marshall Grant (who once wondered aloud how someone could be so talented, so inspirational, and so screwed up).
Their commentaries on key events in Cash's life added emotion and insight to his sometimes erratic behavior. But what I appreciated most about this book is that Hilburn continually focused on Cash's music, quoting Cash's lyrics at key junctures and letting Cash explain why he wrote and played certain songs. Johnny Cash: The Life Robert Hilburn Little, Brown and Company, ISBN: Hardcover, pages Biography From touring with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and June carter to his final days and perhaps the best song he ever recorded, Johnny Cash lived his life and managed his singing career on his own terms. This is the one thing Robert Hilburn makes abundantly clear in his exhaustive commentary regarding the career of Johnny Cash, a career that spanned 5 decades (). Johnny Cash, circa , around a more family-friendly period. Credit Robert Hilburn’s new biography, “Johnny Cash: The Life,” gives us a thorough and thoughtful portrait of the Man in.
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