> Here, I'll say only that if anyone is seeking to
> imbue this timeless dispute (between a pampered performer and unamused
> promoters) with some kind of breathless morality, it ain't me.
>
> Oh, that's it, now I get it. Johnny Cash and those other folks were in
pain, drank, popped pills, shot up and broke things (or took off their outer
layer to cool off) because they were pampered... yeah, no genuine
difficulties in their lives and certainly not any exacerbated by the demands
of promoters "unamused" at the pampered artists' behavior but who,
otherwise, were warm, supportive, caring people open to musical innovations
and syntheses and willing to help real artists - or at least those who had
the proper values, or remorse or were willing to...