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Inside the House of Cash

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    John Carter Cash pens new memoir about his famous family

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He's known simply as the man in black now Johnny Cash fans are getting up behind the scenes look at the music legend.

Take a look at some of this never before seen home video.

Little -- me.

I mean along being.

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The -- footage and other personal items from Johnny Cash are being released as part of the new book called house of cash.

-- right now is the author and sun June Carter.

And Johnny Cash John Carter cash.

-- thank you for having me but bitterly cache hit is a little that's fine so now if your dad hadn't gone into music where -- be a possibility He might have wound up on the Food Network.

I don't know He.

He He loved the -- made some great stuff and -- talk about that in the book He He was He was a at a cooker of wonderful chili.

So is there that was his favorite thing because now I look as tightly as we look at the book there are all sorts of letters and pictures that nobody's ever seen before this little -- out -- this is his sketches so you know that are in there.

He you know He was of course have a wonderful artists as everyone knows a great you know music -- sure that -- that is more beyond that He was a pain -- -- was -- photographer and he's as you said He was a cook with it was a bit of a pack rat too because He saved everything and kept it in the story at all.

Yet He and my mother -- you know for all the years on the road when they receive an item from someone they would they would keep -- course there were innumerable.

Tape you know recordings.

There you know all different formats and just an amazing amount of of stuff that -- the -- -- their their -- through the years when they passed away became necessary to go through these things.

Sure and figure out you know what was a -- -- -- -- -- some some of those great treasures I felt like it was important share with the world that's for the books about it it is a beautiful.

Beautiful book.

And it could it also reflects your father your other complicated guy yet He was a tortured me -- a lot of people realize so that his brother Jack.

Was killed in the -- accident fourteen and they're really affected the rest of his life.

Well I think you know.

That start -- is real about my dad.

However.

About believe there is a common conception of my father that that is a little.

Misunderstood I think there's a whole lot more to the man that people don't know.

And I felt it important to share that with the world you know my father's deep spiritual nature how gentle He was as a as a father and as a husband.

And and you know there's a lot about that in this book it's it's.

You know it's any tells it in his own hand here if they really can tell from your point of view because she knew it was a great debt.

Yeah He was here He was and I remember him as such and I missed my father every day but for the blessing of the fact that He is such a wonderful entertainer and I still get to see yeah that's right.

-- the great thing about videotape and audiotape you can hear him.

Whenever you want to India yet -- most of it is a great book beautiful book as well it's called house of cash -- let void its ease of my father Johnny Cash by John Carter cash and so I think you're much.

Thank you for having -- -- -- -- --