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Index
Title Page
Welcome
Epigraph
Part One
Chapter 1: Dyess and the Dream
Chapter 2: Vivian and the Air Force
Chapter 3: Memphis and Sam Phillips
Chapter 4: Sun Records, the Tennessee Two, and Boom Chicka Boom
Chapter 5: “Hey, Porter,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and a Baby Girl
Chapter 6: Louisiana Hayride and “I Walk the Line”
Chapter 7: Columbia Records, “Big River,” and Pills
Part Two
Chapter 8: Hollywood, Town Hall Party, and Lorrie Collins
Chapter 9: “Ride This Train” and the Huntsville Prison Rodeo
Chapter 10: Billie Jean and the Marriage Proposal
Chapter 11: Casitas Springs and Saul Holiff
Chapter 12: June Carter
Chapter 13: The Drugs and Carnegie Hall
Chapter 14: “Ring of Fire,” “Understand Your Man,” and the Troops in the Far East
Chapter 15: Newport, Bob Dylan, “Ira Hayes,” and Ballads of the True West
Chapter 16: The Los Padres Fire and the El Paso Drug Bust
Part Three
Chapter 17: The Deathwatch
Chapter 18: The Divorce, Bob Johnston, and a Suicide Tale
Chapter 19: Folsom Prison and Marrying June
Chapter 20: The Johnny Cash Show and Superstardom
Chapter 21: Kris Kristofferson, Billy Graham, and Anita Carter
Chapter 22: “It’s a Boy” and the White House
Part Four
Chapter 23: Israel and The Calling
Chapter 24: The Gospel Road and a Change of Managers
Chapter 25: Family Man and National Icon
Chapter 26: Losing the Muse
Chapter 27: The Pills Return and All Hell Breaks Loose
Chapter 28: No One’s Listening
Part Five
Chapter 29: At Betty Ford and Dropped by Columbia Records
Chapter 30: The Beginning of the Mercury Era and Heart Surgery
Chapter 31: Branson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and U2
Chapter 32: Rick Rubin
Chapter 33: The End of the Concert Trail and Struggling with Physical Pain
Chapter 34: A Hero Again
Chapter 35: “The Man Comes Around” and “Hurt”
Chapter 36: The Final Days
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Photos
Guide to Recordings and DVDs
Source Notes
Copyright Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Robert Hilburn
Newsletters
Table of Contents
Copyright
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