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Sign up for Greg Laurie, pastor and bestselling writer of Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, as he is taking you on a private adventure into the lifestyles and legend of Johnny Money.
On the height of his profession, Money had performed all of it—dwelling without equal rags-to-riches tale of rising up on a cotton farm within the Deep South to turning into a Nashville and Hollywood sensation, making a song along heroes like Elvis Presley and appearing for a couple of American presidents.
However via all of this, Money used to be bothered. By the point he launched the long-lasting Man in Black album in 1971, the center-elderly icon used to be damaged down, hole-eyed, and wrung out.
In his seek for peace, Money become embroiled in controversy. He used to be arrested 5 occasions in seven years. His drug- and alcohol-prompted escapades resulted in automobile injuries and a wooded area hearth that devastated 508 acres. His time used to be divided among Jesus and prison, gospel tunes and the “Cocaine Blues.”
However through the tip of his lifestyles, Money used to be talking brazenly approximately his “unshakeable religion.” What led to the famous person to show from his conflicting passions to embody a lifestyles in Christ?
Johnny Money: The Redemption of an American Icon dives deep into the singer’s inside demons, triumphs, and sluggish go back to religion. Laurie interviews Money’s circle of relatives, buddies, and trade {associates|buddies|mates} to expose how the singer’s precise good fortune got here via discovering the one Particular person whose megastar used to be larger than his personal.