Author: Wilbur Cross
Publisher: Paperjacks
ISBN: 9780770106386
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Details the life and career of the performer, from his childhood on a houseboat, through a chance to play professional baseball, to his string of country music classics
The Conway Twitty Story
Author: Wilbur Cross
Publisher: Paperjacks
ISBN: 9780770106386
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Details the life and career of the performer, from his childhood on a houseboat, through a chance to play professional baseball, to his string of country music classics
Publisher: Paperjacks
ISBN: 9780770106386
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Details the life and career of the performer, from his childhood on a houseboat, through a chance to play professional baseball, to his string of country music classics
The Conway Twitty Story
Author: Wilbur Cross
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385231985
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Details the life and career of the performer, from his childhood on a houseboat, through a chance to play professional baseball, to his string of country music classics
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385231985
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Details the life and career of the performer, from his childhood on a houseboat, through a chance to play professional baseball, to his string of country music classics
Yonder Stands Your Orphan
Author: Barry Hannah
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Man Mortimer, "a pimp and casino playboy who resembles dead country singer Conway Twitty", seeks revenge against a small Mississippi community.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Man Mortimer, "a pimp and casino playboy who resembles dead country singer Conway Twitty", seeks revenge against a small Mississippi community.
Loretta Lynn
Author: Loretta Lynn
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307741230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Tying in with the publication of the singer's long-awaited autobiographical sequel--"Still Woman Enough"--this is the original autobiography of the girl from Butcher Holler. of photos.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307741230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Tying in with the publication of the singer's long-awaited autobiographical sequel--"Still Woman Enough"--this is the original autobiography of the girl from Butcher Holler. of photos.
Looking Back to See
Author: Maxine Brown
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557289344
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Revealing, entertaining window on the music of the ’50s and ’60s
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557289344
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Revealing, entertaining window on the music of the ’50s and ’60s
My House of Memories
Author: Merle Haggard
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062023217
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this riveting personal story, award-winning, bestselling country music recording artist Merle Haggard takes you on a tour through his house of memories, offering a fascinating look inside his turbulent yet successful life. Merle reveals the true stories about his birth and troubled upbringing in a converted railroad boxcar. He recalls the loss of his father when he was nine, after which his childhood disobedience transformed into full-blown delinquency that eventually landed him behind the cold walls of San Quentin. He gives tribute to his mother and relives the painful memory of her death. He shares the lessons he learned from a life shaped by violence, gambling, and drugs, never shying away from the fact that he continues to pay for decades of reckless living. And he talks about the music he loves—how, ultimately, it has defined the man he is.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062023217
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this riveting personal story, award-winning, bestselling country music recording artist Merle Haggard takes you on a tour through his house of memories, offering a fascinating look inside his turbulent yet successful life. Merle reveals the true stories about his birth and troubled upbringing in a converted railroad boxcar. He recalls the loss of his father when he was nine, after which his childhood disobedience transformed into full-blown delinquency that eventually landed him behind the cold walls of San Quentin. He gives tribute to his mother and relives the painful memory of her death. He shares the lessons he learned from a life shaped by violence, gambling, and drugs, never shying away from the fact that he continues to pay for decades of reckless living. And he talks about the music he loves—how, ultimately, it has defined the man he is.
My Southern Journey
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Liberty Street
ISBN: 0848747151
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the south. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from regional obsessions from college football and fishing, to mayonnaise and spoonbread, to the simple beauty of a fish on the hook. Collected from over a decade of his writing, with many never-before-published essays written specifically for this edition, My Southern Journey is an entertaining and engaging read, especially for Southerners (or feel Southern at heart) and anyone who appreciates great writing.
Publisher: Liberty Street
ISBN: 0848747151
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the south. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from regional obsessions from college football and fishing, to mayonnaise and spoonbread, to the simple beauty of a fish on the hook. Collected from over a decade of his writing, with many never-before-published essays written specifically for this edition, My Southern Journey is an entertaining and engaging read, especially for Southerners (or feel Southern at heart) and anyone who appreciates great writing.
Rockabilly
Author: Billy Poore
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 0793591422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
...a great reference guide, detailing artists, chart activity, career milestones, tours and recent activity.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 0793591422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
...a great reference guide, detailing artists, chart activity, career milestones, tours and recent activity.
They Came to Nashville
Author: Marshall Chapman
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826517358
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Marshall Chapman knows Nashville. A musician, songwriter, and author with nearly a dozen albums and a bestselling memoir under her belt, Chapman has lived and breathed Music City for over forty years. Her friendships with those who helped make Nashville one of the major forces in American music culture is unsurpassed. And in her new book, They Came to Nashville, the reader is invited to see Marshall Chapman as never before--as music journalist extraordinaire. In They Came to Nashville, Chapman records the personal stories of musicians shaping the modern history of music in Nashville, from the mouths of the musicians themselves. The trials, tribulations, and evolution of Music City are on display, as she sits down with influential figures like Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, and Miranda Lambert, and a dozen other top names, to record what brought each of them to Nashville and what inspired them to persevere. The book culminates in a hilarious and heroic attempt to find enough free time with Willie Nelson to get a proper interview. Instead, she's brought along on his raucous 2008 tour and winds up onstage in Beaumont, Texas singing "Good-Hearted Woman" with Willie. They Came to Nashville reveals the daily struggle facing newcomers to the music business, and the promise awaiting those willing to fight for the dream. Co-published with the Country Music Foundation Press
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826517358
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Marshall Chapman knows Nashville. A musician, songwriter, and author with nearly a dozen albums and a bestselling memoir under her belt, Chapman has lived and breathed Music City for over forty years. Her friendships with those who helped make Nashville one of the major forces in American music culture is unsurpassed. And in her new book, They Came to Nashville, the reader is invited to see Marshall Chapman as never before--as music journalist extraordinaire. In They Came to Nashville, Chapman records the personal stories of musicians shaping the modern history of music in Nashville, from the mouths of the musicians themselves. The trials, tribulations, and evolution of Music City are on display, as she sits down with influential figures like Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, and Miranda Lambert, and a dozen other top names, to record what brought each of them to Nashville and what inspired them to persevere. The book culminates in a hilarious and heroic attempt to find enough free time with Willie Nelson to get a proper interview. Instead, she's brought along on his raucous 2008 tour and winds up onstage in Beaumont, Texas singing "Good-Hearted Woman" with Willie. They Came to Nashville reveals the daily struggle facing newcomers to the music business, and the promise awaiting those willing to fight for the dream. Co-published with the Country Music Foundation Press
Live Fast, Love Hard
Author: Diane Diekman
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252093801
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams’s death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville’s music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts, and founded the long-running country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive, and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriter-performers that included Willie Nelson and Bill Anderson. In 2000, four years after his untimely death, Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Presenting the first detailed portrayal of this lively and unpredictable country music star, Diane Diekman masterfully draws on extensive interviews with Young’s family, band members, and colleagues. Impeccably researched, Diekman’s narrative also weaves anecdotes from Louisiana Hayride and other old radio shows with ones from Young’s business associates, including Ralph Emery. Her unique insider’s look into Young’s career adds to an understanding of the burgeoning country music entertainment industry during the key years from 1950 to 1980, when the music expanded beyond its original rural roots and blossomed into a national (ultimately, international) enterprise. Echoing Young’s characteristic ability to entertain and surprise fans, Diekman combines an account of his public career with a revealing, intimate portrait of his personal life.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252093801
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams’s death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville’s music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts, and founded the long-running country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive, and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriter-performers that included Willie Nelson and Bill Anderson. In 2000, four years after his untimely death, Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Presenting the first detailed portrayal of this lively and unpredictable country music star, Diane Diekman masterfully draws on extensive interviews with Young’s family, band members, and colleagues. Impeccably researched, Diekman’s narrative also weaves anecdotes from Louisiana Hayride and other old radio shows with ones from Young’s business associates, including Ralph Emery. Her unique insider’s look into Young’s career adds to an understanding of the burgeoning country music entertainment industry during the key years from 1950 to 1980, when the music expanded beyond its original rural roots and blossomed into a national (ultimately, international) enterprise. Echoing Young’s characteristic ability to entertain and surprise fans, Diekman combines an account of his public career with a revealing, intimate portrait of his personal life.