Always Been There: Rosanne Cash, The List, and the Spirit of Southern Music
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An intimate and moving behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Rosanne Cash’s bestselling 2009 album, The List, by the author of Johnny Cash: The Biography Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Author and music journalist Streissguth, having already written a biography of Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash: The Biography), joined Johnny's daughter Rosanne to document the creation of an album (and tour) that in many ways reflects the complicated relationship between daughter and legendary father. Having achieved musical success in her own right, Rosanne's project is based on a lost list of 100 songs that Johnny gave her at the beginning of her career, which he felt every young musician should know. In the process of reconstructing "the List," Rosanne and Streissguth explore Southern music, the family legacy, and Rosanne's memories of the Cashes and the Carters. Streissguth is a skillful biographer, investigating Rosanne's relationship with work and art as well as with her famous parents. Unfortunately for music enthusiasts, the actual "list" never materializes, but that doesn't stop it from giving this intimate, illuminating narrative a satisfying sense of history that should please any fan of modern American music. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Acknowledgements ixChapter 1 Movin' On 1Chapter 2 Sweet Memories 19Chapter 3 Heartaches by the Number 39Chapter 4 Sweeter Memories 59Chapter 5 Big River 75Chapter 6 The Willow and the Rose 93Chapter 7 Miss the Mississippi and You 109Chapter 8 Silver Wings 123Chapter 9 Five Hundred Miles Away 137Chapter 10 Take These Chains 155Chapter 11 Girl in the North Country 169Chapter 12 A Satisfied Mind 187Notes 205Bibliography 209Photo Credits 213Index 215
