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 More Than 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. Faron Young, A Study In Contrasts -- A Shreveport Beginning -- On To Nashville -- Goin' Steady And Into The Army -- The Young Sheriff, Living Fast And Loving Hard -- Country Music On Life Support -- Legends In The Making -- Hello, Walls, Goodbye Capitol Records -- Family Matters -- Wings And Wheels -- The Music City News -- Making Music In The 1960s -- Faron And Friends -- Business On Music Row -- A Drunk, Not An Alcoholic -- From Severed Tongue To Number One -- This Little Girl Of Mine -- The Sheriff And His Deputies -- There He Was In Tulsa -- Giving Hilda A Break -- After The Top Tens -- D-i-v-o-r-c-e -- Closing Out A Career -- Last Call. Diane Diekman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [223]-252) And Index.
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- Arts & Photography
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- Musical Genres
- Music
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Author : Diekman, Diane
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2007-08-13
Number Of Pages : 296
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0252032489
ISBN-13 : 9780252032486
Item weight : 1.3 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.9 in x 9.1 in
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