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Citizen Cash - The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash (Hardcover)
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Citizen Cash - The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash (Hardcover)
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Johnny Cash was an American icon, known for his level bass-baritone
voice and sombre demeanour, for huge hits like "Ring of Fire" and
"I Walk the Line." He's one of the best-selling musicians of all
time, and his crossover appeal earned him inductions into the
Country Music, Gospel Music, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. But
he was also the most prominent political artist in the United
States, even if he wasn't recognized for it in his own lifetime, or
since his death in 2003. Then and now, people have misread Cash's
politics, usually accepting the idea of him as a "walking
contradiction." Cash didn't fit into easy political
categories-liberal or conservative, Red state or Blue state, hawk
or dove. Like most people, Cash's politics were remarkably
consistent in that they were based not on ideology or scripts-but
on emotion, instinct, and identification. He supported Richard
Nixon in his Vietnam War policies, while also seeming to stand up
both for those asked to fight the war and for those who protested
against it. Instead of choosing sides, Cash channelled an emotional
discontent that bridged America's youth and the "silent majority."
Foley traces the political evolution of the Man in Black as a
prominent public citizen. Drawing on untapped archives and new
research on social movements and grassroots activism, Citizen Cash
offers a major reassessment of a legendary figure.
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