LIFE partners with Sony Music Entertainment and its vast archive of photography to launch a new series of special books: LIFE Unseen, surprising looks at some of our most legendary stars. We kick off the series with Johnny Cash, who passed away 10 years ago, but it seems like he has never left us. T[...]
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 depre[...]
'A brilliant story of an even more brilliant songwriter' Keith Richards 'Hilburn displays a deeply felt affinity with his subject' Patti Smith 'The definitive book on the roller-coaster life of Cash' Rick Rubin In JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE, Robert Hilburn conveys the untarnished truth about a musical ic[...]
Johnny Cash cuts an iconic figure in music history. With his humble demeanour, sombre outfits and that distinctive deep voice, he crossed multiple genres with great success - gospel, rock and roll and of course country. Known for legendary songs about regret and redemption, such as 'I Walk the Line'[...]
An unprecedented collection of lyrics penned by 'The Man in Black' throughout a career which spanned six decades. It confirms Cash's legendary status as an icon in music and excellently demonstrates why he is now regarded by many as one of the world's great poets.[...]
Johnny Cash was the only man elected to both the Country Music and Rock 'n' Roll Halls of Fame. All his life he challenged the accepted way of doing things and by the time of his death in 2003 he had won respect the world over. The book is a fitting tribute in the form of a detailed account of his l[...]
From his legendary 50s Sun recordings to his classic 'American' albums of the late 90s, Johnny Cash has always been the country voice of rock. This is his amazing story - Stephen Miller's vivid account of the life and times of a man who started out with stablemates Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and[...]
"The Resurrection of Johnny Cash" tells the story of perhaps the most remarkable turnaround in musical history. As well as acknowledging Cash's drug, drink and religious travails in the fifties and sixties, the book digs much deeper, focusing on a lesser known but no less remarkable period of his li[...]
A powerful portrait of a legendary musician by a legendary photographer. Carefully curated with full access to the Jim Marshall Archive, this handsome oversized volume offers the definitive view of Johnny Cash's legendary prison concerts at Folsom in 1968 and San Quentin in 1969. Cash had been inter[...]
Award winning songwriter, musician, author, playwright, poet, visual artist, and Appalachian Renaissance man Billy Edd Wheeler is best known for penning "Jackson," which was popularized by Johnny Cash and June Carter with their Grammy-winning recording from 1967. In addition to his own albums and si[...]
Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley, the untold story.
Das Leben einer Legende Johnny Cash, der am 12. September 2003 im Alter von 72 Jahren verstarb, war von Anfang an eine Ausnahme im Musikgeschäft. Er ging stets seinen eigenen musikalischen Weg und ließ sich weder von seinen Plattenfirmen noch vom herrschenden Musikgeschmack etwas vorschreiben. So [...]
Johnny Cashs karriere tager sin begyndelse med rockens fødsel i 50´erne, hvor han debuterer på Sun Records sammen med Elvis Presley. Den slutter med American Recordings-pladerne, som fik en ny generation til at tage legenden til sig.
Ind imellem disse musikhistoriske milepæle var der stor[...]
Den omskakande sanningen om en av musikvärldens främsta ikoner vars mångskiftande karriär sträcker sig från 50-talets Sun Records med Elvis och Jerry Lee Lewis till den bejublade comebacken i samarbetet med demonproducenten Rick Rubin i mitten av 90-talet.
Som musikkritiker på Los [...]
Den omskakande sanningen om en av musikvärldens främsta ikoner vars mångskiftande karriär sträcker sig från 50-talets Sun Records med Elvis och Jerry Lee Lewis till den bejublade comebacken i samarbetet med demonproducenten Rick Rubin i mitten av 90-talet.
Som musikkritiker på Los Ange[...]
Johnny Cash var alltid en välkommen gäst i Sverige. Från det första besöket 1971 då han satte publikrekord i Scandinavium och till den sista bejublade turnén 1997, när han märkt av sjukdom erövrade en ny ungdomlig publik.
Hello Sweden! Im Johnny Cash handlar om hans nära vänsk[...]
Peter Guralnick, dean of rock-and roll-storytellers, writes in the introduction to Johnny's Cash & Charley's Pride, -Peter Cooper has always been in the mix.- Whether spending time with Johnny Cash or Kris Kristofferson, playing bass for Loretta Lynn, discussing songwriting with Taylor Swift, or int[...]