
Johnny Cash's American Recordings
Tony Tost
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.
Duration - 4h 24m.
Author - Tony Tost.
Narrator - Johnny Heller.
Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2021 Tony Tost ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
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. Duration - 4h 24m. Author - Tony Tost. Narrator - Johnny Heller. Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025. Copyright - © 2021 Tony Tost ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:14
Dedication
Duration:00:00:05
Preface
Duration:00:03:27
Chapter 1
Duration:00:01:35
Chapter 2
Duration:00:02:13
Chapter 3
Duration:00:04:26
Chapter 4
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter 5
Duration:00:13:53
Chapter 6
Duration:00:18:33
Chapter 7
Duration:00:38:29
Chapter 8
Duration:00:04:44
Chapter 9
Duration:00:07:01
Chapter 10
Duration:00:17:07
Chapter 11
Duration:00:05:20
Chapter 12
Duration:00:12:29
Chapter 13
Duration:00:12:06
Chapter 14
Duration:00:15:15
Chapter 15
Duration:00:19:17
Chapter 16
Duration:00:10:31
Chapter 17
Duration:00:12:09
Chapter 18
Duration:00:16:23
Chapter 19
Duration:00:23:20
Chapter 20
Duration:00:08:03
Chapter 21
Duration:00:01:26
Chapter 22
Duration:00:04:30
Chapter 23
Duration:00:06:54
End Note
Duration:00:00:26
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:38