ROSANNE CASH
 Following her graduation from high school, she joined her father's Road Show where she went from handling the tour's laundry duties to performing, first as a back-up singer then as an infrequent soloist.
 Even with this exposure to the music business, Rosanne was unsure that she wanted to make music her career, so she took some acting classes. She also worked as a secretary in London and travelled extensively abroad.
 Cash was signed with Columbia Records, and began performing with Texas singer/songwriter, Rodney Crowell, who produced three of the songs off her debut album, Right or Wrong. |
Her commercial breakthrough, Seven Year Ache, was released in 1981, and contained three Number One singles, and the title cut even crossed over to the Pop charts.
Following a three-year hiatus where she concentrated on raising her family, daughters Caitlin, born in 1980, Chelsea, born in 1982, and Rodney's daughter Hannah, she released Rhythm and Romance, produced by David Malloy.
The album produced the Grammy-winning "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" which also was a Number One, and a string of hit singles.
In 1990, she returned with Interiors, which was her first studio album in almost three and a half years, and marked her solo-production debut. The record received a Grammy nomination for Best Contempoary Folk Album.
In 1993 she released The Wheel. The album was her most musically diverse effort to date.
"Bodies of Water" Cash's first book (for adult readers) received widespread critical acclaim.
- SEVEN YEAR ACHE
- MY BABY THINKS HE'S A TRAIN
- BLUE MOON WITH HEARTACHE
- I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DONT WANT ME
- NEVER BE YOU
- THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART
- TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX
- IT'S SUCH A SMALL WORLD (WITH RODNEY CROWELL)
- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
- RUNAWAY TRAIN
- I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY
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AFTER A TIME
ALL I WANT
BABY WE CAN BE FRIENDS
BEDROOM LIES
BELLS AND ROSES
BLUE MOON HEARTACHE
BLUE MOON WITH HEARTACHE
CAN I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU
CARRIE
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NOTHING CHANGE PARTNERS
CHILD AGAIN
CHILD OF STEEL
CLOSING TIME
COWBOY S BEST FRIEND
DANCE WITH THE TIGER
EVERYTHING EXCEPT YOU
FIRE OF THE NEWLY ALIVE
FROM THE ASHES
HALFWAY HOUSE
HOLD ON
I CAN'T FORGET CALIFORNIA
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT ME
I HARDLY KNOW HOW TO BE MYSELF
I'LL GO ON BELIEVING
I NEVER MET A MAN LIKE YOU BEFORE
I WANT A CURE
I WANT TO KNOW
IF I WERE A MAN
IF IT WEREN T FOR HIM
IF THERE'S A GOD ON MY SIDE
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
ITS ALL OVER AGAIN
ITS NO LONGER LOVE
JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
LAND OF NIGHTMARES
LIST OF BURDENS
LIVING ALONE
LIVING IN THE LAND OF NIGHTMARES
LONELY HEARTS BRIGADE
LOOKING FOR A CORNER
LOOKING FOR YOU
LOVE HAS LOST AGAIN
LOVE ON A LAYAWAY
MID AIR
MIRROR IMAGE
MUSIC MAN BLUES
MY OLD MAN
NEVER ALONE
NEVER GONNA HURT
NEVER THOUGHT I WAS A GAMBLER
NOT ONLY LOVERS
OLD FASHIONED GIRL
ON THE INSIDE
ON THE SURFACE
PARALYZED
PORTRAIT
PRICE OF TEMPTATION
PRIVATE MOMENTS
REAL LIFE
REAL ME
REAL WOMAN
ROAD WIDOW
ROSES IN THE FIRE
ROSEY'S SONG
SECOND TO NO ONE
SEVEN YEAR ACHE
SEVENTH AVENUE
SLEEPING IN PARIS
SO HARD TO DO
SOMEWHERE IN THE STARS
SOMEWHERE SOMETIME
STILL HUNG UP ON YOU
SUMMER I READ COLLETTE
SUNSETS
TAKE MY BODY
TEARS FALLING DOWN
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
THIS WORLD
TRUTH ABOUT YOU
WE CAN DO WHAT WE LIKE
WESTERN WALL
WHAT WE REALLY WANT
WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT
THE WHEEL
WHY'D YOU LET GO
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT HOME
YOU'RE THE ONE
YOU WON'T LET ME IN
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| Rosanne Cash, editor, Songs Without Rhyme (Hyperion, 2001) |
In her introduction to this book of short prose pieces -- mainly fiction -- by songwriters, Rosanne Cash recalls being congratulated on being "a real writer" after the publication of her first book of short stories.
This points up society's lack of appreciation and respect for the songwriter. Perhaps we are so overrun with songs -- forming a soundtrack to our lives -- that we tend to dismiss the work involved. The starving poets of centuries past are revered for a few remaining stanzas but a prolific songsmith is taken for granted even though his or her songs may touch many more hearts and minds.
Rosanne tries to alter our perception of the songwriters by inviting them to provide short stories, often connected to a song, for this book. Like all such books -- even by established short story writers -- it is a bit variable.
Her father, Johnny Cash, provides a science fiction tale "Holografik Danser" that, if read without looking at the notes, we would dismiss as derivative and hackneyed, not to mention xenophobic. On closer inspection we find out that it was written in 1953 and so possibly pre-dates some we would see it as derived from. I will not reveal the story for fear of spoiling the suspense.
Like with any such book, a reviewer is stymied. Should I list each story and give it marks out of 10 or take a selection and give the gist of the tale? I will do neither because my marking would be subjective and secondly because all readers like to unravel the stories themselves. But I will reveal my -- subjective -- favourite. Rodney Crowell, in his story "I Walk the Line Revisited," reveals a very good eye for detail and provides a beautiful slice of social history and autobiography. His story is alive, poetic, moving and incredible in places.
Rosanne Cash's "bells, ink, sand and roses" is a haunting tale that may take a few readings in order to get its full beauty.
As with every collection there are tales that did not engage me but may be riveting for you. This book is worth investigating if you like short stories or if you are a fan of any of the writers and would like to sample a different aspect of their craft.
The writers included are David Byrne, Johnny Cash, Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Joe Henry, Steven Page, Jules Shear, Jane Siberry, John Stewart, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III and Rosanne Cash.
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