By the Time I Get to ILX: Good Books About Country Music

Robert Hilburn bio of Johnny Cash is pretty solid.

this was the first (and it seems p definitive) Carter Family bio I ever read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15824.Will_You_Miss_Me_When_I_m_Gone_The_Carter_Family_and_Their_Legacy_in_American_Music

Yes. I have only read bits of it, but those bits have been grebt. Wonder if anyone here has read Among My Klediments?

how is the George Jones autobiography, anyone know?

Have only read comments about it on Amazon. Most described it as very truthful about his drinking and troubles in his life, while one person found it more detailed about his younger years than later .

I read it years ago, don’t recall much in the way of details, past it being a solid ghostwritten autobiography, reads well and quickly. Not much musical insight IIRC, more along the lines of the story of GJ’s life (which is obviously very interesting!) and a sprinkling of opinion about the world in general.