Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story (Music in American Life),Used

Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story (Music in American Life),Used

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As one of the bestknown honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williamss death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashvilles 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 longrunning country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive, and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriterperformers 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 Youngs family, band members, and colleagues. Impeccably researched, Diekmans narrative also weaves anecdotes from Louisiana Hayride and other old radio shows with ones from Youngs business associates, including Ralph Emery. Her unique insiders look into Youngs 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 Youngs characteristic ability to entertain and surprise fans, Diekman combines an account of his public career with a revealing, intimate portrait of his personal life.

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