The Raw, Bold Truth: The Memoirs of Johnny B.

When John B. died on January 26, 2001, he died sober. That was his greatest desire. In The Raw, Bold Truth, author Joan Hammersmith, Johnny B's widow, finishes the story John himself started in the late 1990s before he passed away prematurely. In this memoir, Hammersmith narrates the real story of the real Johnny B. the man he was and the man he became. John's goal was to tell the story of his life: his childhood, filled with abuse, grief, and dysfunction; his struggles with mental health i...