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Title: Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash ISBN: 0-06-101357-9 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Downhome Charm
Comment: Johnny Cash had a profound impact on the American music scene, and much of that was due to his 1990s revival via his four American Recordings albums. This is a simplistic, downhome bio of Americana's Johnny, and though it's not sparkling in form, prose, or organization, it comes straight from Johnny's heart. It's well worth reading if you want to know a little more about how the man views life and learning.
It's not the most *interesting* bio, but it's a look-see into his soul. He's simple, he's straightforward, and he's honest, though he's not too giving of all the details. Hence his lack of candor. One thing you do grab from this is how Johnny and June were soulmates, how they shared life's best and worst moments, and how Johnny knows and understands any mistakes he's made there. Thankfully, he doesn't practice victimology and blame the rest of the world for his problems. Instead, he tells us he looks to God for guidance.
He tells the reader a few stories that will be new to them, in regards to his life of celebrity. Other than that, this is not a summarization of all that he's done or where he's been, but instead, it's a small window through which he viewed life and its assorted players. Read it if you are really interested in Johnny Cash.
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive word on J.R. Cash.
Comment: I read this book two years ago, and couldn't put it down. When I reread it following Mr. Cash's death, I still couldn't put it down. Other reviewers have claimed that the book "lacked candor" and was not "even remotely interesting," but this is far from the truth. Cash paints vivid pictures of the stages of his life, and tells fascinating anecdotes to go along with them. The reader will learn a variety of things about the man and his life - from the various grades of cotton, to his high school crush on Grand Ole Opry star June Carter, to the history behind his many homes (including one with Yankee soldiers buried under the driveway) - and these are just the little things. He relates all the stories of his life with honesty, spirituality, and - oftentimes - humor. The book will probably surprise readers unfamiliar with Cash, for it proves him to be a very deep, spiritual, and intelligent man.
Some readers are not satisfied with the time he focused on his drug addiction. Cash gave that part of his life the time it was due - no more, no less. He spends more time on the topic in his earlier autobiography, "Man in Black." By 1997, his life was far more than a recent recovery from these demons. And the reader who said that Johnny Cash never had an affair needs to read the book a little closer...
If you are familiar with Cash's speaking voice, it should be easy for you to hear him reading the book aloud in your mind. That is the way the text goes along - like a conversation (albeit one-sided), with the same brief tangents you would expect if you were just sitting and talking to the man. The telling of events follows no strict timeline, which - though potentially a little frustrating at first - leaves you feeling very satisfied and as if you got to know the man by the end. There is a new book about Johnny Cash coming out this year. Though it may be an interesting read, THIS is the definitive word on J.R. Cash.
Rating: 5
Summary: A "Must Have" for Cash fans!
Comment: I bought the book mostly out of curiosity about the "Man in Black" as he was always known to me. I grew up listening to Johnny's music, but in my teens, went my own way into the realm of heavy metal and other types of rock music. I came back to country music in my 30's and realized that the artists there really aren't much different from those I idolized as a teen...that's to say they all have their demons. Johnny Cash was one of those country singers that made quite an impression on me as a kid...I don't really know what it was about him, but I always liked and remembered his music and songs. This book brought it all together for me in the sense that he is very upfront about his particular demons and the fact that even as a man in his late 60's(his age when he wrote this book)he still faced down his demons every waking day. Johnny Cash lived a hard life and he tells his life in this book. The Man in Black will be sorely missed in the anals of the music world, as well as in the hearts of those who loved & admired him!
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Title:American Recordings ASIN: B000062X9D Publisher: Universal Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title:American 3: Solitary Man ASIN: B000062X9B Publisher: Universal Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title: Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader by Michael Streissguth ISBN: 0306811227 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title:American IV: The Man Comes Around (Bonus DVD) ASIN: B00008IAMD Publisher: Universal Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words by Johnny Cash ISBN: 999243158X Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: August, 1975 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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