Review: Read this if you want to learn about Johnny Cash's songs, or the man
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
Johnny Cash's music affects everyone differently at a very personal level, but it affects everyone who hears it. This book covers Johnny's life from Childhood, through his military service, his early life when he was starting a music career and a family, through his successful years, his years with June, his health struggles, and his death. If you want to know more about Johnny Cash, if you want little gems of information that you won't see in biopics like "Walk the Line", and you are passionate about his music, like the author, I suggest you pick up a copy of this book. Here are a few facts I learned about Johnny from this book:- Johnny Cash was the first Westerner to pick up news Stalin had died, while he was working as a decoder in the Air Force.- Johnny Cash had an impromptu jam session with Elvis, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis!! That session turned into Johnny's first 'super group', The Million Dollar Quartet. He was part of a second super group, The Highwaymen, decades later.- Johnny Cash created a concept album honoring American Indians, "Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian".- Johnny Cash caused a 508 acre forest fire in Los Padres National Forest.- Johnny Cash tried to kill himself by crawling into Nickajack Cave, and never crawling out, but he felt God found him in the cave, and he lived.Check this book out, if you're a Johnny Cash fan.