Book Reviews
Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story
Faron Young, who is today one of the more underestimated country singers of his generation despite his long career and many hit records, was a hard man for even his friends to peg. That is because, as so aptly described by Diane Diekman in her Faron Young biography, Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young […]
A Tale Out of Luck - Willie Nelson Novel
Country singer and national icon Willie Nelson has teamed up with Mike Blakely to write A Tale out of Luck, a western novel with a bit of a mystery thrown into the mix.
Hank Tomlinson, the novel’s protagonist, has probably fared better than most Texas Rangers who were suddenly thrown out of work when the […]
River of No Return (Tennessee Ernie Ford Bio)
Ernest Jennings Ford was at heart a family man devoutly devoted to his wife and two sons. At the very peak of his Hollywood success, the man who will forever be known as “Tennessee Ernie” Ford, the radio character he created for himself, decided to walk away from all the glamour because of his concern […]
To Live’s to Fly (Townes Van Zandt Bio)
Townes Van Zandt is a music legend in Texas and was, without a doubt, one of the most talented songwriters of his generation. In addition, Van Zandt had a memorable singing voice and style that make him instantly recognizable to anyone even casually familiar with his work. Sadly, Van Zandt also […]
Sing Me Back Home - Dana Jennings
OK, I admit it. When it comes to real country music, and those whom I believe truly appreciate it as the art form that it is, I am prejudiced. Never in a million years would I believe that some guy from New Hampshire, a writer and editor for the New York Times, of […]
“Jimmie Rodgers” by Nolan Porterfield
Nolan Porterfield’s 1979 “Jimmie Rodgers” is the definitive Jimmie Rodgers biography, a frank and honest look at a man who was determined to make the most of what he knew was going to be a very short life. Porterfield pulls no punches in the biography and spends as much time discussing Jimmie’s weaknesses as […]
Carry Me Back
There have been three constants in my life for almost as long as I can remember: books, baseball and country music. That’s why when I stumbled onto Laura Watt’s Carry Me Back, I knew that I was holding a book that was meant for me. The only thing that could have made the book more […]
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