[Poll Book Tally] Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash 3 stars

[Karin]

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Tennessee - Country Music

Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash by John Carter Cash
2.5 stars rounded up

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Of course I have heard of the Carter Family and Johnny Cash, but I didn't grow up listening to their music and have never seen the movie "Walk the Line." Naturally I have heard some of Johnny Cash's songs, but my main memory of any of his songs is a really funny bit a fellow homeschooler's daughter did to "Ring of Fire", so that hardly does justice to it. What I hadn't known until I read this, is that the song was co-written by June Carter and another woman whose name now escapes me (there are many names in the book, of course). This is another family with a lot of substance abuse issues (primarily Johnny and some of the kids, including June's daughters from her previous two marriages).

This story is different than most of the other country music biographies I've read in that June was born into a very country music family, although as a child she didn't show much talent for singing on key but she did show her comedic chops early. Evidently she eventually learned to sing well and on key, because she did well on her own before the invention of auto-tune and she was quite the song writer, so it's not true that only naturals can have talent in music.

This isn't brilliant reading, but the author actually can write, so if you are a fan of this music and/or this family, I am guessing you would enjoy this book.