{"product_id":"0252032489","title":"Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArts \u0026amp; Photography\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusical Genres\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCountry\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":46671289155774,"sku":"0252032489-3","price":9.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/51aT1TGruSL.jpg?v=1776881453","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0252032489","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}