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“Streissguth is a skillful biographer. . . . [An] intimate, illuminating narrative [with] a satisfying sense always been ther e b of history that should please any fan of modern American music.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) e a e l nw ta h y e always been ther e “[An] emotion-packed, behind-the-scenes account.” s r —Atlanta Journal-Constitution e When she was seventeen, Rosanne Cash’s father gave her a list of 100 songs he believed every young musician should know. The origi- RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR nal scrap of paper was lost, but the music of the Southern tradition AAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO lived on through Rosanne, and over thirty-five years later the best- NNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS DDDDDDDDDDDD AAAAAAAAAA selling album inspired by that legendary list was released. Always T T T T TTTTT HHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Been There is the story of those years in between, painting an unfor- EEEEEEEEEEEE NNNNNNNNNN gettable portrait of a storied lifetime and career filled with struggle S S S S S S PPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE and triumph—from Rosanne’s recovery from serious brain surgery IIIIIIII RRRRRRRR to the search for and establishment of her own legacy as a musician. ITITITITITITITTTTTCCCCCCCCCCC AAAAAAAAAA Based on original interviews in the studio, on tour, and in her home, OOOOOOOO FFFFFFFF SSSSSSSSSSS Always Been There is a fascinating chronicle of not just a single SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOO album, but of the life of a musician embracing and at the same time UUUUUUUUUUUU stepping out from the shadow of her past. TTTTTTTTT, , , ,, HHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTT EEEEEEEE HHHHHHH RRRRRRRRRRR “An effortless read . . . [and] an enticing view of an artist NNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE unafraid to challenge herself.”—Austin Chronicle MMMMMMMMMMM LLLLLLLL UUUUUUUUUU SSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIII IIIIIISSSSSS CCCCCCCCCCC “Born into tradition, Rosanne Cash has never feared the road TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ,,,,, less traveled.”—Robert Gordon, author of Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ,,,,, SM “Streissguth’s moving and elegantly wrought portrait illumi- T RI nates not only one of popular music’s most enigmatic and EC singular artists, but also the mystery of the creative process ISH S A itself.”—Alanna Nash, author of The Colonel: The Extraordinary G AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD TTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEE SSSSSSSPPPPPPPIIIIIIIRRRRRRRIIIIIIITTTTTTT OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFF UE Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley T HL SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRNNNNNNNNN MMMMMMMMMUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIICCCCCCCCC $14.95 US / £8.99 / $18.95 CAN MUSIC MICHAEL STREISSGUTH Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group Cover design by Alex Camlin Johnny Cash: The Biography www.dacapopress.com Cover photograph © Annie Leibovitz AUTHOR OF 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page i ALWAYS BEEN THERE 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page ii Also by Michael Streissguth Johnny Cash: The Biography Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader (editor) Voices of the Country: Interviews with Classic Country Performers Like a Moth to a Flame: The Jim Reeves Story Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page iii ALWAYS BEEN THERE ROSANNE CASH, THE LIST, and the SPIRIT of SOUTHERN MUSIC Michael Streissguth DA CAPO PRESS A Member of the Perseus Books Group 97803019179-text_Layout 1 5/10/10 2:39 PM Page iv Copyright © 2009 by Michael Streissguth All photos © Michael Streissguth unless indicated otherwise. A list of photo credits appears on page 211 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address Da Capo Press, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142. Designed by Trish Wilkinson Set in 11.5-point Goudy by The Perseus Books Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Streissguth, Michael. Always been there : Rosanne Cash, the List, and the spirit of southern music / Michael Streissguth.—1st Da Capo Press ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-306-81852-3 (alk. paper) 1. Cash, Rosanne. 2. Singers—United States—Biography. 3. Cash, Rosanne. List. I. Title. ML420.C2654S87 2009 782.421642092—dc22 [B] 2009033830 PB ISBN: 978-0-306-81917-9 First Da Capo Press paperback edition 2010 First Da Capo Press edition 2009 Published by Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group www.dacapopress.com Da Capo Press books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page v Dedication To Leslie and Cate, Willie, and Emily 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page vi 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Movin’ On 1 Chapter 2 Sweet Memories 19 Chapter 3 Heartaches by the Number 39 Chapter 4 Sweeter Memories 59 Chapter 5 Big River 75 Chapter 6 The Willow and the Rose 93 Chapter 7 Miss the Mississippi and You 109 Chapter 8 Silver Wings 123 Chapter 9 Five Hundred Miles Away 137 Chapter 10 Take These Chains 155 Chapter 11 Girl in the North Country 169 Chapter 12 A Satisfied Mind 187 Notes 205 Bibliography 209 Photo Credits 213 Index 215 vii 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page viii 97803018523-textrev_Layout 1 1/15/10 5:28 PM Page ix Acknowledgments So many lists accompany a book about The List: to-do lists, set lists, grocery lists, phone lists, lists of questions, lists of expenses, lists of albums to buy, lists of reference books to order. And lists of people to thank. Leslie Bailey Streissguth, Emily Streissguth, Cate Streissguth, Willie Streissguth, Karl Streissguth, Phil Streissguth, Wayne Stevens, Julie “McGuffin” Grossman, Annette “Talisman” Hogan, Danny Kahn, John Leventhal, Bestor Cram, Rick DePofi and Craig Bishop of New York Noise, Ben Schafer at Da Capo Press, Jim Fitzgerald, Linda LeMura, Janet Hamley Ott, Mike Bailey, Ian Ralfini, Bruce Lundvall, Alanna Nash, Marian MacFarland, Jane Diel, Maria Homewood, Marion Pugh, Phil Cunningham, Sebastian Thewes, Kate Kazeniac Burke, Kevin Hanover, Sue Caulfield, Cisca Schreefel, Russ Tarby, Robert Gordon, Jim Marshall, Alan Mayor, Richard Weize, Joe Lee, Dick Bangham, Maureen Foran-Mocete, Dominic Musacchio, Jesse Beecher, Steve Andreassi, and Cindy Baffa and Giulio Andreassi at the IUP Lodge and Convocation Center in Hoboken, New Jersey. And Rosanne Cash. ix

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“Streissguth is a skillful biographer. . . . [An] intimate, illuminating narrative [with] a satisfying sense always been ther e b of history that should please any fan of modern American music.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) e a e l nw ta h y e always been ther e “[An] emotion-packed, behind-the-scenes account.” s r —Atlanta Journal-Constitution e When she was seventeen, Rosanne Cash’s father gave her a list of 100 songs he believed every young musician should know. The origi- RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR nal scrap of paper was lost, but the music of the Southern tradition AAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO lived on through Rosanne, and over thirty-five years later the best- NNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS DDDDDDDDDDDD AAAAAAAAAA selling album inspired by that legendary list was released. Always T T T T TTTTT HHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Been There is the story of those years in between, painting an unfor- EEEEEEEEEEEE NNNNNNNNNN gettable portrait of a storied lifetime and career filled with struggle S S S S S S PPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE and triumph—from Rosanne’s recovery from serious brain surgery IIIIIIII RRRRRRRR to the search for and establishment of her own legacy as a musician. ITITITITITITITTTTTCCCCCCCCCCC AAAAAAAAAA Based on original interviews in the studio, on tour, and in her home, OOOOOOOO FFFFFFFF SSSSSSSSSSS Always Been There is a fascinating chronicle of not just a single SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOO album, but of the life of a musician embracing and at the same time UUUUUUUUUUUU stepping out from the shadow of her past. TTTTTTTTT, , , ,, HHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTT EEEEEEEE HHHHHHH RRRRRRRRRRR “An effortless read . . . [and] an enticing view of an artist NNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE unafraid to challenge herself.”—Austin Chronicle MMMMMMMMMMM LLLLLLLL UUUUUUUUUU SSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIII IIIIIISSSSSS CCCCCCCCCCC “Born into tradition, Rosanne Cash has never feared the road TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ,,,,, less traveled.”—Robert Gordon, author of Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ,,,,, SM “Streissguth’s moving and elegantly wrought portrait illumi- T RI nates not only one of popular music’s most enigmatic and EC singular artists, but also the mystery of the creative process ISH S A itself.”—Alanna Nash, author of The Colonel: The Extraordinary G AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD TTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEE SSSSSSSPPPPPPPIIIIIIIRRRRRRRIIIIIIITTTTTTT OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFF UE Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley T HL SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRNNNNNNNNN MMMMMMMMMUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIICCCCCCCCC $14.95 US / £8.99 / $18.95 CAN MUSIC MICHAEL STREISSGUTH Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group Cover design by Alex Camlin Johnny Cash: The Biography www.dacapopress.com Cover photograph © Annie Leibovitz AUTHOR OF 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page i ALWAYS BEEN THERE 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page ii Also by Michael Streissguth Johnny Cash: The Biography Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader (editor) Voices of the Country: Interviews with Classic Country Performers Like a Moth to a Flame: The Jim Reeves Story Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page iii ALWAYS BEEN THERE ROSANNE CASH, THE LIST, and the SPIRIT of SOUTHERN MUSIC Michael Streissguth DA CAPO PRESS A Member of the Perseus Books Group 97803019179-text_Layout 1 5/10/10 2:39 PM Page iv Copyright © 2009 by Michael Streissguth All photos © Michael Streissguth unless indicated otherwise. A list of photo credits appears on page 211 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address Da Capo Press, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142. Designed by Trish Wilkinson Set in 11.5-point Goudy by The Perseus Books Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Streissguth, Michael. Always been there : Rosanne Cash, the List, and the spirit of southern music / Michael Streissguth.—1st Da Capo Press ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-306-81852-3 (alk. paper) 1. Cash, Rosanne. 2. Singers—United States—Biography. 3. Cash, Rosanne. List. I. Title. ML420.C2654S87 2009 782.421642092—dc22 [B] 2009033830 PB ISBN: 978-0-306-81917-9 First Da Capo Press paperback edition 2010 First Da Capo Press edition 2009 Published by Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group www.dacapopress.com Da Capo Press books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page v Dedication To Leslie and Cate, Willie, and Emily 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page vi 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Movin’ On 1 Chapter 2 Sweet Memories 19 Chapter 3 Heartaches by the Number 39 Chapter 4 Sweeter Memories 59 Chapter 5 Big River 75 Chapter 6 The Willow and the Rose 93 Chapter 7 Miss the Mississippi and You 109 Chapter 8 Silver Wings 123 Chapter 9 Five Hundred Miles Away 137 Chapter 10 Take These Chains 155 Chapter 11 Girl in the North Country 169 Chapter 12 A Satisfied Mind 187 Notes 205 Bibliography 209 Photo Credits 213 Index 215 vii 97803018523-text_Layout 1 8/27/09 10:30 AM Page viii 97803018523-textrev_Layout 1 1/15/10 5:28 PM Page ix Acknowledgments So many lists accompany a book about The List: to-do lists, set lists, grocery lists, phone lists, lists of questions, lists of expenses, lists of albums to buy, lists of reference books to order. And lists of people to thank. Leslie Bailey Streissguth, Emily Streissguth, Cate Streissguth, Willie Streissguth, Karl Streissguth, Phil Streissguth, Wayne Stevens, Julie “McGuffin” Grossman, Annette “Talisman” Hogan, Danny Kahn, John Leventhal, Bestor Cram, Rick DePofi and Craig Bishop of New York Noise, Ben Schafer at Da Capo Press, Jim Fitzgerald, Linda LeMura, Janet Hamley Ott, Mike Bailey, Ian Ralfini, Bruce Lundvall, Alanna Nash, Marian MacFarland, Jane Diel, Maria Homewood, Marion Pugh, Phil Cunningham, Sebastian Thewes, Kate Kazeniac Burke, Kevin Hanover, Sue Caulfield, Cisca Schreefel, Russ Tarby, Robert Gordon, Jim Marshall, Alan Mayor, Richard Weize, Joe Lee, Dick Bangham, Maureen Foran-Mocete, Dominic Musacchio, Jesse Beecher, Steve Andreassi, and Cindy Baffa and Giulio Andreassi at the IUP Lodge and Convocation Center in Hoboken, New Jersey. And Rosanne Cash. ix

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