This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life.

The 'All Music Guide to Country' is a complete guide to country music's performers and their top recordings, covering the entire spectrum of the genre, from old-time country to new alternative country.

A revelatory insight into the hidden history of this legend.

The first major biography of the legendary Carter family, whose work lay the foundation for American folk, country and rock music.

June Carter was born in the mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music. On stage from a young age, June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of humor. This book looks into the life of June Carter Cash, through the eyes of her child John Carter Cash.

Contains three companion sets of trading cards - Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music - in book form. This work provides the biography of each musician, along with a full colour original illustration.

In the American South, blacks and whites have been influencing each other's music for generations, from the hymns of the 18th century to the soul music of the 60s. Full of personal interviews, this book goes in search of the artists behind this blend of music.

In this volume Nat Hentoff explores jazz, blues, country and gospel and the musicians who bring the music to life. It includes stories of Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk and Dizzy Gillespie.

This is the official, authorised tribute and celebration of a one-of-a-kind country, folk and rock music legend, Johnny Cash. He recorded more than 1500 songs in his illustrious career and worked with a vast range of artists including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and Joe Strummer.

A biography of the country music singer-songwriter whose battles with drink, drugs and God is the stuff of legend.

This is a tribute to American roots music - country, rockabilly and the blues - spotlighting artists both celebrated and obscure. Guralnick conveys the passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes desperately, on the road.

The Politics of Country Music. An up-close-and-personal take on country music's vast political discord.

With a sleuth's attention to detail, Streissguth explores the mysterious origins of an album every bit as mythic as Sgt Pepper or Pet Sounds. -Details

Long before Elvis Presley, rock 'n' roll was being performed by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, The Midnighters and The Dominoes. This book contains portraits of these and 16 other performers, and is also a paean to a forsaken time of relentless excess and fierce music.

A biography of Patsy Cline, the American country singer who died in a plane crash at age 31.

The years from about 1950 to 1970 were the golden age of twang. Country music's giants all strode the earth in those years: Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, George Jones and Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. This book pushes past the iconic voices and images to get at what classic country music truly means to us.

An intimate biography of honky-tonk great Faron Young. As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams' death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville's music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts.

Started by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in 1925, WSM became one of the most influential radio stations in the history of broadcasting. Introducing colourful artists and businessmen from the station's history, this volume invites the reader to reflect on the status of Nashville, radio, and country music in American culture.