November 5th - Johnny Cash's "Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian" Book Release event

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A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears
Book Release - Revealing the untold story of Cash's most controversial
album in word and song.

In this remarkable new work, writer and filmmaker Antonino D’Ambrosio
tells the astonishing and dramatic story behind Johnny Cash’s
virtually unknown folk protest record Bitter Tears: Ballads of the
American Indian. Recorded four years before his live performance at
Folsom Prison and six years before he recorded “Man in Black,” Cash,
by making Bitter Tears, placed himself in the middle of the fervent
social upheavals gripping the nation at the time Cash faced censorship
and an angry backlash from radio stations, DJs, and fans, for speaking
out on behalf of Native people on Bitter Tears. Cash decided to fight
back.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:00pm

The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA
415-647-2888

Hosted with readings from the book by author Antonino D'Ambrosio

Anecdotes from legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall

and performances by:

Tiny Television
Yard Sale
Billy and Dolly (of the Monolith)

other special guests TBA

Books will be onsale at the show.

Get tickets in advance $8 -

http://www.inticketing.com/events/51686

EARLY PRAISE FOR THE BOOK -

"I enjoyed Antonino D'Amrbosio's A Heartbeat and a Guitar immensely.
D'Ambrosio really did his homework and he is an exceptional
storyteller. D'Ambrosio successfully tied vast events and peoples real-
life experiences into a fast moving, dramatic arc that reads like an
epic novel. Tragic, infuriating, darkly funny and profoundly
inspiring. D'Ambrosio captures an important slice of our cultural and
political history."
--Wayne Kramer, legendary musician from the MC5

"If you saw the Oscar winning film Walk the Line, tapped your foot to
a Johnny Cash bass line, or didn't know the Man in Black before his
late-career revival, you don't know the full story and you have an
obligation to read A Heartbeat and a Guitar. This remarkable book is
the missing link: it explains the gut-level political passions of Cash
like nothing that exists in print. History is trying to give Cash a
political root canal. D'Ambrosio sets the record straight shines the
light on his fangs.... and a remarkable and forgotten album. I utterly
lost myself in this book."
- Dave Zirin, author a People's History of Sports in the United States

Book includes cover artwork by Shepard Fairey and 34 never before
published photos including those by Jim Marshall (Cash at Folsom
Prison).

Get Advance Copy at -

http://www.amazon.com/Heartbeat-Guitar-Johnny-Making-Bitter/dp/1568584075/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252955979&sr=8-4