When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin\'s record label in 1993, he was already in the wax museum of memory, a fondly regarded but totally marginalized legend, unheard on the radio and unseen on the charts.
Tony Tost digs into the worlds of American Recordings , showing it to be the crossroads where cultural, spiritual and mythic forces cam.
His odyssey from oldies act to folk hero depended entirely on his first American Recordings album, a record of uncompromising directness.
When Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin\'s record label in 1993, he was already in the wax museum of memory, a fondly regarded but totally marginalized legend, unheard on the radio and unseen on the charts