Johnny Cash is considered one of the best American songwriters, and now fans have a chance to get their hands on the most comprehensive collection of his lyrics and writings to date.
THE COMPLETE JOHNNY CASH: Lyrics from A Lifetime of Songwriting (pre-order here) collects Cash’s lyrics and entries from his personal notebooks, diaries, pronouncements, and private pages. The book will be published on October 14th. It is 720 pages and will cost $60.
THE COMPLETE JOHNNY CASH features his catalogue of over 500 songs and 38 never-before seen handwritten lyrics and poems including “A Man Should Try” and “Everything’s Alright,” according to a press release. It is organized chronologically and with added commentary by Mark Stielper. The foreword is written by the singer’s son, John Carter Cash.
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Cash, who died in 2003, recently became the first musician to have a statue in the US Capitol as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. His daughter Rosanna Cash attended the unveiling of the statue in September in honor of her late father.
“Words cannot come close to expressing our pride to see my dad accorded such a singular privilege, the first musician in history to be included in the Statuary Hall Collection,” Rosanne said at the time. “I’m very careful not to put words in his mouth since his passing, but on this day, I can safely say that he would feel that of all the many honors and accolades he received in his lifetime, this is the ultimate.”
Last year was an eventful year for the “Man in Black.” In addition to the statue, Cash’s posthumous album, Songwriter, was released in July 2024.
