Cash on Cash: Interviews and Encounters with Johnny Cash (Musicians in Their Own Words)

Cash on Cash offers unprecedented insight into one of the most significant American cultural figures of the twentieth century. As an interviewee, Cash was an exemplary communicator to an astonishingly broad spectrum of people: always open and articulate, part friend, part spiritual authority, part flawed hero. Throughout a decades-long career, as Cash took risks, embracing new technologies, formats, and attitudes, he cleaved to a simple, core message of unvarnished truth. A comprehensive collection of Johnny Cash interviews and feature stories, some widely published and others never previously transcribed, culled from the 1950s through the early days of the new millennium, Cash on Cash charts a singular evolution. From hardscrabble Arkansas poor boy to rockabilly roustabout; international fame to drug addiction and disgrace; born again Christian to gimlet-eyed chronicler of spiritual darkness; TV and movie star to Nashville reject; redemption to loss and back again, several times. Cash's story, told in his own words, shines unfiltered light on a journey of archetypal proportions that resonates still. Front Cover Title Page Half Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two | November 15, 1958 | Town Hall Party Division Street Corral Interview—Red Robinson | June 27, 1959 | Interview Transcript Johnny and June Interview and Performance—Pete Seeger | 1966 | Rainbow Quest The Restless Ballad of Johnny Cash—Christopher S. Wren | April 29, 1969 | Look G Chords and Revolutions: The Johnny Cash Show, 1969—Rosanne Cash | 2015 | Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats An Interview with Johnny Cash—Jack Killion and Peter Mccabe | 1973 | Country Music Interview—Larry Linderman | August 1975 | Penthouse Interview—Áine O’Connor | 1975 | RTÉ Ireland Cash Comes Back—Patrick Carr | 1976 | Country Music Pacific Coliseum Interview—Red Robinson | August 28, 1976 | Interview Transcript Johnny Cash’s Freedom—Patrick Carr | April 1979 | Country Music Monroe County Fair Interview—Don Gonyea | August 8, 1981 | Interview Transcript Norrköping, Sweden, Press Conference | November 3, 1983 | Original Transcript Interview—Glenn Jorgenson | 1983 | It’s Great to Be Alive Superstar Cash Still Speaks for the Hearts of Americans—Robert K. Oermann | April 26, 1987 | Nashville Tennessean “Biggest Party Ever” Opens New Cash Exhibit—Robert K. Oermann | March 23, 1988 | Nashville Tennessean Queen Elizabeth Theatre Interview—Red Robinson | July 9, 1988 | Interview Transcript Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction—Lyle Lovett | January 15, 1992 | Original Transcript Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Interview—Robert K. Oermann | March 1995 | Interview Transcript 1-800-TRY-CASH—Rosanne Cash | December 1996 | Interview Interview—Terry Gross | November 4, 1997 | Fresh Air Interview—Anthony Decurtis | October 2000 and February 2002 | Interview Transcript The Man in Black and White and Every Shade In-Between—Bill Friskics-Warren | November–December 2002 | No Depression Interview with Johnny and Rosanne Cash—Holly George-Warren | August 2003 | Interview Transcript Sylvie Simmons Interviews Johnny Cash—Sylvie Simmons | November 2003 | MOJO About the Contributors Credits Index Back Cover "A comprehensive collection of Johnny Cash interviews and feature stories, some widely published and others never previously transcribed, culled from the 1950s through the early days of the new millennium, offering unprecedented insight into one of the most significant American cultural figures of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher