Reminder: A Heartbeat and a Guitar, tonight at Greenlight!

Monday, February 8, 7:30 PM
A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears in words and music
Antonino D'Ambrosio reads from A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears (Nation Books)

Music by Anthony Roman & David Milone of Radio 4 and Anthony Rizzo

Local writer, filmmaker, photographer and musician Antonino D'Ambrosio first chronicled the intersection of popular music and social movements with his book Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Politics of Joe Strummer. His new book A Heartbeat and a Guitar tells of the collaboration of iconoclast Johnny Cash and little known folk artist Peter LaFarge, the album they created, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, and the personal, political and cultural struggles that informed the album. The book has been praised by Jim Jarmusch, Chuck D, and the late Howard Zinn. D'Ambrosio will tell the story of Bitter Tears this evening with words and music, along with friends and fellow musicians Anthony Roman & David Milone of Radio 4 and Anthony Rizzo. The performance will be followed by a discussion/q&a.

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