Always Been There

In 1973, Rosanne Cash's father gave her a list of 100 songs, many from the

Southern tradition, that he felt a young musician had to know. _Always Been

There_ tells the inside story of the album that, more than thirty-five years

later, resulted from "the list."

Based on original interviews conducted in the studio, at home in New York

City, and on tour in Europe, _Always Been There_ documents a pivotal episode

in Rosanne Cash's long and fascinating career. As she, along with producer and

husband John Leventhal, painstakingly reconstructs what songs made "the list"

and why, we gain an unmatched understanding of a longer musican continuium

that includes the Carter Family and other fabled names of the Southern

pantheon and their influence on her music and writing. We also see how

Leventhal's talents as an arranger and musician pair with Rosanne's searching

vocal performances to make these old songs new again.

_Always Been There_ tracks Rosanne Cash's singular and storied career from her

early commercial hits with albums like _King's Record Shop_ through her

controversial split with Nashville tradition on albums like the mercurial

_Interiors_ to the sublime _Black Cadillac_. It paints an unforgettable

portrait of Rosanne confronting music-making in the aftermath of serious brain

surgery, her lifelong search for her legacy, and her unique creative

partnerships.