The Legend Dies On

HE WROTE SONGS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET HIM KILLED ... AND THEY ALMOST DID!
>"THE LEGEND DIES ON" chronicles the extraordinary journey of a white hillbilly boy turned folk hero, who fought against the entrenched racism of his youth to become a beacon of hope and resistance. From the rail-yards and cotton mills of Appalachia to the front lines of the civil rights and anti-war movements, he carves out a place for himself among the giants of an era, forging deep and unlikely friendships with icons like Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, and Johnny Cash.

His music, a potent blend of defiance and roots, becomes the soundtrack for a generation hungry for change. He produces a notorious Bob Dylan album that shakes the industry, composes songs that inspire a Paul Newman movie, and stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee, drawing the ire of COINTELPRO's shadowy agents.

Arrested and forced to live underground as a fugitive, his life becomes a thrilling saga of evasion and resilience. After a decade on the run, (including behind the 'Iron Curtain' where he meets a young Vladimir Putin) he is captured returning to the United States, where legendary civil rights lawyer William Kunstler and a cadre of celebrities successfully defends him. Vindicated and free, he doesn't retreat into obscurity-instead, he continues as a mentor to a new generation of voices, including a young Tupac Shakur, passing on the torch of social activism through music.

Along the way he co-owns a circus (no, really!), becomes an award-winning newspaper journalist, pioneers a dot-com 1.0 technology, publishes a 250-thousand circulation magazine, develops and operates major casinos (even briefly working as a Donald Trump vice president), and firmly cements his position as a genuine Americana character.

Today, this "outlaw folksinger" is celebrated in the California Music Hall of Fame, honored in The Congressional Record, given a special citation by the Governor of Maryland, and is immortalized in the Smithsonian' Institutions permanent Folkways collection. THE LEGEND DIES ON is the untold story of a man whose life and music challenged the status quo, inspired a movement, and left an indelible mark on American culture. This is the story of a rebel, a mentor, a legend-and his poetry that helped change the world.

THIS is his story; Outlaw Troubadour: The Ballad of an Appalachian Rebel

THE HARDBACK IS A SPECIAL EDITION WITH PHOTOS AND LYRICS; THE PAPERBACK IS THE STANDARD EDITION