Johnny Cash's American Recordings

A superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology. A superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology.

Zusatztext Tost is like a foster son of Greil Marcus, beating his own path into old, weird America through the life of the Man in Black. Informationen zum Autor Tony Tost Klappentext This title offers a superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology. When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's record label in 1993, he was a country music legend who, like his fellow Highwaymen Willie, Waylon and Kris, remained a fondly regarded yet completely marginalized Nashville figure, unheard on the radio and unseen on the charts. Cash's odyssey from oldies act to folk hero pivots on his first American Recordings album, a document of almost unbearable solitude and directness. It is a singular record, an instance in which a musical giant has been granted a kind of midnight reprieve, a chance to regain and renew his legend. Tony Tost illuminates the ways in which American Recordings is the crossroads where cultural, spiritual and mythic archetypes come together in the figure of The Man in Black. Ultimately, this is a guidebook to myth and mystery, a means of apprehending the stark beauty of Cash's greatest record, the sound of a man alone and fighting for his soul, one song at a time. Vorwort A superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology. Zusammenfassung When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's record label in 1993, he was a country music legend who, like his fellow Highwaymen Willie, Waylon and Kris, remained a fondly regarded yet completely marginalized Nashville figure. This title offers an investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Permanence (1)Permanence (2)Americana (1)Independence DayThe GiftAmericana (2)DeliaLet the Train Blow the WhistleThe Beast in MeDrive OnWhy Me, LordBad Luck WindCowboy PrayersPrecedenceTo Be FreeHe Had the Nerve and He Had the BloodWhere Are Your Guts?Where the Train Goes SlowRedemptionLike a SoldierPermanence (3)The Man Who Couldn't CryThe Old, Weird American...

Vorwort
A superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology.

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Tony Tost

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This title offers a superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology. When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's record label in 1993, he was a country music legend who, like his fellow Highwaymen Willie, Waylon and Kris, remained a fondly regarded yet completely marginalized Nashville figure, unheard on the radio and unseen on the charts. Cash's odyssey from oldies act to folk hero pivots on his first American Recordings album, a document of almost unbearable solitude and directness. It is a singular record, an instance in which a musical giant has been granted a kind of midnight reprieve, a chance to regain and renew his legend. Tony Tost illuminates the ways in which American Recordings is the crossroads where cultural, spiritual and mythic archetypes come together in the figure of The Man in Black. Ultimately, this is a guidebook to myth and mystery, a means of apprehending the stark beauty of Cash's greatest record, the sound of a man alone and fighting for his soul, one song at a time.

Zusammenfassung
When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's record label in 1993, he was a country music legend who, like his fellow Highwaymen Willie, Waylon and Kris, remained a fondly regarded yet completely marginalized Nashville figure. This title offers an investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology.

Inhalt

Preface Permanence (1) Permanence (2) Americana (1) Independence Day The Gift Americana (2) Delia Let the Train Blow the Whistle The Beast in Me Drive On Why Me, Lord Bad Luck Wind Cowboy Prayers Precedence To Be Free He Had the Nerve and He Had the BloodWhere Are Your Guts? Where the Train Goes Slow Redemption Like a SoldierPermanence (3) The Man Who Couldn't Cry The Old, Weird American