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

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

In cooperation with the Johnny Cash estate, a noted music critic who knew the icon tells the unvarnished truth about Cash, whose personal life was far more troubled and his artistry much more profound than even his most devoted fans have realized.