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In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical icon, whose colorful career stretched from his days at Sun Records with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to his remarkable, brave and deeply moving ‘Hurt’ video. A man of great faith and humbling addiction, Cash aimed for more than another hit for the jukebox; he wanted his music to lift people’s spirits.
Drawing upon personal experience with Cash and a trove of never-before-seen material from the singer’s inner circle, Hilburn creates an utterly compelling, deeply human portrait of a man whose personal life was far more troubled, and whose artistry much more profound, than even his devoted fans ever realised.
