Johnny''s Cash and Charley''s Pride: Lasting Legends and Untold Adventures in Country Music

About Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper is an award-winning musician and respected music journalist. He is the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museums Senior Director Producer and Writer and a senior lecturer in country music at Vanderbilt Universitys Blair School of Music. He is a Grammy-nominated music producer and a songwriter whose works have been recorded by John Prine Bobby Bare Jim Lauderdale and others. He has appeared on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman and was along with the like of the Kings of Leon and financial guru Dave Ramsey named one of Nashville's 10 Most Interesting People by Nashville Arts & Entertainment magazine. Peter Guralnick has written extensively on American music and musicians. His most recent book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was a New York Times best-seller and a Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction pick for 2015. His other books include the prize-winning Elvis Presley two-part biography Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; the acclaimed trilogy on American roots music Sweet Soul Music Lost Highway and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; the novel Nighthawk Blues; and Dream Boogie a biography of Sam Cooke. He splits his time between Nashville and Massachusetts. Peter Guralnick has written extensively on American music and musicians. His most recent book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was a New York Times best-seller and a Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction pick for 2015. His other books include the prize-winning Elvis Presley two-part biography Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; the acclaimed trilogy on American roots music Sweet Soul Music Lost Highway and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; the novel Nighthawk Blues; and Dream Boogie a biography of Sam Cooke. He splits his time between Nashville and Massachusetts.