Johnny Cash - book "Johnny Cash: The Songs" edited by Don Cusic

Johnny Cash
The Songs

Johnny Cash's late recordings garnered two Grammys and an MTV Video Music Award, and his final studio album, "American IV," went gold - confirming the allegiance of his fans, particularly young ones. His collaboration with Rick Rubin and American Records built bridges between generations and musical styles: Working with singers like Nick Cave, Fiona Apple, and Joe Strummer, and covering songs by Nine Inch Nails, Glenn Danzig, and Soundgarden, Cah's last records found thousands of young, loyal listeners who otherwise wouldn't consider themselves fan of country music.

Cash's voluminous recordings rank as some of the best in country music history. Up to the days directly preceding his death, Cash continued to write and record. Hundreds of his songs, including "I Walk The Line," "Five Feet High and Rising," "Don't Take Your Guns To Town," and "Folsom Prison Blues" are among the bedrock of the country music canon. Cash's songs tell stories - in his unmistakable voice, tragic and comic - that most writers can't tell in 500 pages, stories of hope, despair, vengeance, lust, God, greed, violence, repentance, and love. "Johnny Cash: The Songs," an unprecedented collection of his lyrics, confirms that the Man In Black is one of the great poets of the American people.

Journalist, songwriter, performer and professor Don Cusic is one of the foremost writers on country music.

This paperback book is sold used in great condition. It contains the lyrics of all of Mr. Cash's songs.