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Cooper, Peter. The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson. American Roots, 2006.
Flippo, Chet. Red Headed Stranger. Sony Music Entertainment, 2000.
———. Wanted! The Outlaws. 20th Anniversary. BMG, 1996.
George-Warren, Holly. Dolly. Sony Music Entertainment, 2009.
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———. Dreaming My Dreams. Buddha Records, 2001.
———. Lonesome, On’ry & Mean. BMG Heritage, 2003.
———. Ol’ Waylon. BMG Heritage, 2003.
———. The Ramblin’ Man. Buddha Records, 2000.
———. This Time. Buddha Records, 1999.
———. The Troublemaker. Sony Music Entertainment, 2004.
———. Waylon & Willie. BMG Music, 2000.
———. Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition. BMG Heritage, 2003.
———. Waylon: Nashville Rebel. Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006.
———. Yesterday’s Wine. BMG Heritage, 2003.
Morthland, John. The Best of Billy Swan. Sony Music Entertainment, 1993.
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About the Author
MICHAEL STREISSGUTH is the author of eight books, including Johnny Cash: The Biography. A professor in the Department of Communication and Film Studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, he has written for Mojo, the Journal of Country Music, and many other publications. He has written and produced two documentary films, Record Paradise and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. He lives in Syracuse with his wife and family.
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ALSO BY MICHAEL STREISSGUTH
Nonfiction
Always Been There: Rosanne Cash, the List, and the Spirit of Southern Music
Voices of the Country: Interviews with Classic Country Performers
Johnny Cash: The Biography
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece
Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader
Index
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A
Acuff, Roy, 134, 135, 165, 170, 172, 173
Adkins, Trace, 5
Ahern, Brian, 178, 218
Akeman, David “Stringbean,” 169–70, 231
Akeman, Estelle, 169–70
Alabama, 5
Albright, Richie, 19, 20, 51, 59, 102–3, 108–9, 142–43, 156–63, 188, 192–93, 213, 245
Jennings’ drug arrest and, 224–25, 226, 227
Alexander, Alice, 67
Alexander, Arthur, 54
Allen, Bob, 206
Allman, Gregg, 185
Allman Brothers Band, 145, 209
Alpert, Herb, 19
Altman, Robert, 173–76, 175, 203, 205
Anderson, Lynn, 105, 184
Armadillo World Headquarters, 107–8, 238
Arnold, Eddy, 3, 9, 36, 37, 58, 71, 96, 180
Atkins, Chet, 2, 4, 23–25, 36, 40, 50–52, 68, 70, 74, 93–97, 99, 129–30, 181, 193, 204
Jennings and, 20–21, 23–24, 35, 36, 93, 95–97, 99, 101, 132–34, 147
Nelson and, 24–25, 39, 41, 104
at RCA, 2, 21, 23–25, 35, 41, 95, 134
Reeves and, 36–37
Atlantic Records, 5, 110, 112, 132, 179
Autry, Gene, 195
B
Babcock, Cowboy Joe, 163–64
Baez, Joan, 36, 98
Bailey, Jerry, 206
Baker, Howard, 173
Ball, Marcia, 125–26
Bane, Michael, 33, 35, 206, 207, 238
Bannard, Robert, 71
Bare, Bobby, 3, 20, 21, 36, 70, 93, 121, 139, 142, 205, 214–15
Barefoot Jerry, 120, 120, 164
Bay, Dick, 80–82, 81
Beck, Dan, 114–18, 116, 117, 155–56, 181–83
Beckham, Bob, 54–55, 57–58, 61, 197
Bellamy, Rodney, 229, 230
Bennett, Hugh, 157
Berger, Darrell, 60, 82, 118–20
Betts, Dickey, 209
Bevel, James, 12
Binkley, Joe, 231
Bishop’s American Pub, 6, 119, 128–29, 129, 219
Blackburn, Rick, 180, 233, 235–36
Blake, William, 4, 29, 199
Bledsoe, Ron, 183
Bowman, Don, 20, 37
Bradley, Harold, 22, 24, 94, 176
Bradley, Jerry, 93–95, 97–98, 105, 133, 134, 146–47, 189–90, 193, 226–27, 232, 233
Bradley, Owen, 21–22, 24, 50, 94, 181
Breau, Lenny, 74
Brewer, Sue, 41–42, 51, 59
Briggs, David, 61, 70, 198
Briley, Beverly, 74, 167–68, 244
Brock, William E., III, 167
Bromberg, David, 111
Brown, Douglas, 169, 231
Brown, John, 169
Brown, Zac, 5
Bruce, Ed and Patsy, 233
Bryant, Boudleaux, 57
Bryant, Felice, 57
Buffett, Jimmy, 78, 114, 120, 156
Burton, James, 178, 217
Bush, Johnny, 25
Buttrey, Kenneth, 198
Byrd, Jerry, 57
Byrds, 140
C
Calisch, Edith Lindeman, 180
Campbell, Glen, 70, 181
Canby, Vincent, 175
Captain Midnight, see Schutt, Roger
Carlos, John, 153
Carpenter, Mary Chapin, 3
Carr, Patrick, 206, 234
Carter, Anita, 47
Carter, Jimmy, 208–11, 210, 211, 244
Carter, Rufus, 81, 82
Casey, Jim, 51, 52, 64, 121–25, 122, 133, 139, 164
Cash, Johnny, 4, 5, 15, 29, 37, 45, 49–51, 58–65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 77, 107, 126, 138, 139, 152, 155, 158, 164, 168, 169, 184, 187, 199, 206, 209, 213, 223, 234, 237–38, 243
Clark and, 128
drug use of, 59
Highwayman, 238–39
Jennings and, 59
Kristofferson and, 61–65, 96
Matthews and, 122–24
Cash, John Carter, 124
Cash, June Carter, 59, 60, 63, 124, 209
Cash, Rosanne, 3, 168–69, 168, 197, 219, 237
CBS Records, 3, 179, 181, 184, 234, 235, 237
Chandler, Peck, 140–41
Chapel, Lana, 82
Chaplin, Geraldine, 175
Chapman, Marshall, 78–80, 115, 206, 219
Charles, Ray, 16
Chavez, Cesar, 240–42, 242
Cherry, Hugh, 223
Chrisman, Woody, 80
civil rights, 6, 7, 11–13, 63, 76, 107, 208, 240, 241
Clapton, Eric, 60, 152
Clark, Guy, 7, 84–85, 125, 127–28, 128, 130, 177
Clark, Susanna, 127
Clayton, Lee, 96, 135, 137, 154, 234
Clement, Jack, 3, 14, 15, 45, 50–54, 63, 94, 121–22, 125, 139, 186–87, 188, 213–14
Jennings and, 186–89
Clement, Sharon, 186, 188
Cline, Patsy, 16, 21, 36
Coben, Cy, 40
cocaine, 177, 212–13, 219
Jennings and, 213, 219–20, 223–28, 232–34, 237, 244
Cochran, Wally, 98, 100, 118, 146
Coe, David Allan, 82, 115, 119, 155–57, 156, 174, 192, 237
Colter, Jessi, 3, 148, 149, 186, 188–90, 188, 193, 196, 198, 211, 213, 214, 224
Columbia Records, 5, 49–50, 155–56, 162, 163, 179
Conrad, Bill, 221
Coolidge, Rita, 198, 199, 235, 240
Cooper, Peter, 47, 241
Cossette, Pierre, 213–14
Cotten, Dick, 74
Cotten Music Center, 73–74, 73
Country Music, 89, 109, 136, 154, 155, 184, 191, 200, 206–7
Country Music Association (CMA), 221–23
Cramer, Floyd, 22
Crockett, Davy, 93
Cronkite, Kathy, 182
Crowell, Rodney, 3, 7, 126–30, 126, 137, 177–79, 212–13, 217–19, 232
Jennings and, 219–20
Cummings, Barbara, 159–60
Curtis, King, 32
Curtis, Sonny, 99
D
Darrell, Johnny, 14
Davidson, Dianne, 1, 6, 82, 114
Davis, Danny, 68–70, 93, 94, 96, 151
Davis, Mac, 200
Davis, Miles, 103
Davis, Skeeter, 171–73, 244
Day, Jimmy, 25, 71
Denisoff, R. Serge, 32, 133
Denny, Jim, 23
Denver, John, 181
DeVito, Hank, 219
DeYoung, Bill, 34
Diamond, Neil, 98
Dobson, Richard, 126
Dowd, Tom, 110
Drake, Jack, 186
Drake, Pete, 70, 137
Dripping Springs Reunion, 134–38, 142, 182
Drusky, Roy, 53
Dudley, Dave, 43
Dylan, Bob, 20, 36, 43–46, 49, 50, 60–61, 67, 91, 111, 114, 152, 191, 209
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