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    Legends of Country Music: Johnny Cash
    Legends of Country Music: Johnny Cash
    Legends of Country Music: Johnny Cash
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    Legends of Country Music: Johnny Cash

    By James Hoag

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    “Before rock and roll, there was country” – Johnny Cash.

    This is the first in the "Legends of Country Music" series.

    This is, like the "Legends of Rock & Roll" series, a mini-biography of one the great performers from Country Music, Johnny Cash.

    I have always loved every genre of music, but didn't get introduced to Country Music until the early Eighties. Once converted, I was a total country fan.
    This book is about Johnny Cash, his life, his ups and his downs. It is a brief biography and I include all of the major points in the life of this great musician. But even more importantly, it's about the music. This series is my way of honoring the people that have brought so much joy to our lives over the years. Johnny Cash defined a music genre for more than one generation.

    This is an unauthorized fan tribute.

    Inside you'll find:

    Introduction - Remarks about Johnny Cash in general and a kick-off for the book.
    Growing Up - Johnny grew up during the depression. Times were hard and he learned to work.
    A Tour in the Air Force - After high school he left his sweetheart and joined the Air Force.
    Meeting Sam Philips - How did he get started in the music business?
    “I Walk the Line” - The story behind his first big hit.
    Million Dollar Quartet - The coming together of four of the superstars of the Fifties.
    “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” - Johnny continues to chart with another number one.
    Columbia Records - Why did Johnny switch from Sun to Columbia Records?
    Drugs and Alcohol - The two things that almost killed him.
    San Quentin Prison - Did Johnny Cash ever go to prison? His songs sound like he did.
    The Carter Family - The family that practically invented country music joins Johnny's group.
    “Ring of Fire” - Who really wrote this great country standard?
    “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” - Who was Ira Hayes? Johnny sang about the downtrodden and the mistreated.
    Jesse - Jesse was Johnny's camper and he used it to get in a whole lot of trouble.
    “Jackson” - A great duet of Johnny Cash and June Carter.
    June Carter Cash - The story of the woman who become Johnny's second wife and his soul mate.
    Hitting Bottom - How we came so close to losing Johnny Cash.
    Three Number Ones - Then everything turned around and he had three number ones in a row.
    Johnny Liked Prisons - Johnny liked to play before prisoners in various prisons.
    Richard Nixon and Billy Graham - Two very different people, but both friends of Johnny.
    The Man in Black - Does Johnny wear black all of the time and why does he?
    The Highwaymen - The country super group of the Eighties.
    In Decline - His career starts to decline.
    American Recordings - He gets a new label and a new lease on life.
    The Passing of a Legend - June and Johnny pass away within four months of each other.
    Legacy of Johnny Cash - Every Legends book has a Legacy section where we review the awards and contributions of the artist.
    Afterword - My closing thoughts.
    Selected Discography - A list of the major works by Johnny Cash.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Hoag
    Release dateMay 12, 2016
    ISBN9781310251900
    Legends of Country Music: Johnny Cash
    Author

    James Hoag

    James Hoag has always been a big fan of Rock & Roll. Most people graduate from high school and then proceed to "grow up" and go on to more adult types of music. James got stuck at about age 18 and has been an avid fan of popular music ever since. His favorite music is from the Fifties, the origin of Rock & Roll and which was the era in which James grew up. But he likes almost all types of popular music including country music.After working his entire life as a computer programmer, he is now retired and he decided to share his love of the music and of the performers by writing books that discuss the life and music of the various people who have meant so much to him over the years.He calls each book a "love letter" to the stars that have enriched our lives so much. These people are truly Legends.

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      Legends of Country Music - James Hoag

      Legends of Country Music – Johnny Cash

      By

      James Hoag

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Growing Up

      A Tour in the Air Force

      Meeting Sam Phillips

      I Walk the Line

      Million Dollar Quartet

      Ballad of a Teenage Queen

      Columbia Records

      Drugs and Alcohol

      San Quentin Prison

      The Carter Family

      Ring of Fire

      The Ballad of Ira Hayes

      Jesse

      Jackson

      June Carter Cash

      Hitting Bottom

      Three Number Ones

      Johnny Liked Prisons

      Richard Nixon and Billy Graham

      The Man in Black

      The Highwaymen

      In Decline

      American Recordings

      The Passing of a Legend

      Legacy of Johnny Cash

      Afterword

      Selected Discography

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Before rock and roll, there was country – Johnny Cash.

      This is the first volume in a projected series about the great legends of country music. You don’t have to be dead to be a legend. There are many people alive today that I consider legends. Even if you’re a big country fan, my goal is to bring you nuggets of information you did not know before.

      If you’ve read any of my other books, this one might surprise you. I have been writing about Rock and Roll for the past two years or so and there are some people who don’t think Rock and Roll and Country should mix.

      I am not one of those people. I’ve been a fan of all types of music for as long as I have been alive. However, I really didn’t discover country music until about 1980 when I met the guy who became my best friend. He worked as a disc jockey at a local country music station and one day he asked me, Do you like country music?

      I told him I hadn’t really listened to it that much. He proceeded to convert me and I’ve been a big fan of country music ever since. So, with that we start a new series about the Legends of Country Music, and, who else better to start off that series than the Man in Black, himself, Johnny Cash.

      For you rock and roll purists out there, Johnny was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame (and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame), so he really straddles both genres of music. Johnny had a rough life. He was into everything, drugs, alcohol, you name it. He almost lost his life a couple times, but, in the end, he cleaned himself up and died an honorable man.

      This is my tribute to Johnny Cash.

      Growing Up

      Johnny Cash was born J.R. Cash on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas. Kingsland is a small town of about 450 people today, about 70 miles south of Little Rock. I don’t know how many lived there in 1932, but it was probably much less. This was a small, poor town and the people who lived there were mostly sharecroppers, working the land. They lived in what is called a shotgun house, three rooms all in a row. It was a shack, really and right next to the railroad tracks. The house would shake every time a train went by.

      Johnny’s parents were Ray Cash and Carrie Cloveree Rivers and they are both of Scottish descent. In fact, in later years when Johnny researched his ancestry, he found he was descended from royalty. He claims his father is descended from Malcolm IV of Scotland, although I’m not sure how, since Malcolm died at only 24 years of age with no wife or children. Johnny was the fourth of seven children. He had

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