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Author : Ellen Eady
Publisher : Majestic Pub
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0967906520
While traveling to Nashville, Tennessee, Harry the hopping mouse gets separated from his family and visits many local attractions while trying to reach the home of country music where he hopes to be discovered.
Author : Grand Ole Opry,Robert K. Oermann
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781599951843
The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of conutry music's most dramatic stories unfold. We'll hear of the great love stories ranging from Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who married in 2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of three stars all in the same month, starting the rumor of the "Opry Curse." We'll learn how after being stabbed, shot, and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his early honky-tonk years "combat country," and we'll find inspiration from DeFord Bailey, an African American harmonica player in 1927 crippled by childhood polio who rose to fame as one of the first Opry stars. Our hearts will break for Willie Nelson, who lost his only son on Christmas Day, and soar for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, who found true love. Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand Ole Opry, these are stories that tell the heart of country--the lives that are lived and inspire the songs we love.
Author : Robert Leleux
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429929158
In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of Neiman's, Daddy wrote that he was leaving us because Mother was crazy, and because she'd driven me crazy in a way that perfectly suited her own insanity. In a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes his East Texas boyhood and coming of age under the tutelage of his eccentric, bewigged, flamboyant, and knowing mother. Left high and dry by Daddy and living on their in-laws' horse ranch in a white-pillared house they can't afford, Robert and Mother find themselves chronically low on cash. Soon they are forced into more modest quarters, and as a teenaged Robert watches with hilarity and horror, Mother begins a desperate regimen of makeovers, extreme plastic surgeries, and finally hairpiece epoxies---all calculated to secure a new, wealthy husband. Mother's strategy takes her, with Robert in tow, from the glamorous environs of the Neiman Marcus beauty salon to questionable surgery offices and finally to a storefront clinic on the wrong side of Houston. Meanwhile, Robert begins his own journey away from Mother and through the local theater's world of miscast hopefuls and thwarted ambitions---and into a romance that surprises absolutely no one but himself. Written with a warmth and a wicked sense of fun that lighten even the most awful circumstances, The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy is a sparkling debut.
Author : Colin Escott
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781599952482
This official guide chronicles the story of the birthplace of country music as told by the people who were there. Escott presents the official inside history of the home of country music, offering fans an exclusive look into the heart and soul of country music. Full color, and packed with photos from the Opry Archives covering 80 years of history.
Author : Diane Diekman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252094200
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixteen number-one hits and two Grammy awards. Yet even with fame and fortune, Marty Robbins always yearned for more. Drawing from personal interviews and in-depth research, biographer Diane Diekman explains how Robbins saw himself as a drifter, a man always searching for self-fulfillment and inner peace. Born Martin David Robinson to a hardworking mother and an abusive alcoholic father, he never fully escaped the insecurities burned into him by a poverty-stricken nomadic childhood in the Arizona desert. In 1947 he got his first gig as a singer and guitar player. Too nervous to talk, the shy young man walked onstage singing. Soon he changed his name to Marty Robbins, cultivated his magnetic stage presence, and established himself as an entertainer, songwriter, and successful NASCAR driver. For fans of Robbins, NASCAR, and classic country music, Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is a revealing portrait of this well-loved, restless entertainer, a private man who kept those who loved him at a distance.
Author : Karen Knotts,Betty Lynn
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781641605144
Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts's career, especially about his iconic role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, but personal views into the man himself are few and far between. In Tied Up in Knotts, a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don's difficult childhood in an abusive home, his escape into comedic performance, becoming a household name, his growth as a feature film actor, his failing health, and his family life throughout, leading to touching and hilarious moments that will make the reader laugh and cry. Those looking for a behind-the-scenes peek at the show, from the nuts and bolts of production to the hilarious pranks and heartfelt moments between the cast and crew, will see it all through the eyes of the little girl who grew up on the set. Knotts will delight readers with the memories of celebrities touched by Don's life, including Ron Howard, Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, Elinor Donahue, John Waters, Barbara Eden, Katt Williams, and Jim Carrey. Tied Up In Knotts delves beyond Barney Fife nostalgia to tell the life story of a man and father.
Author : Inman Majors
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393068021
This brilliant novel of new money and old manners introduces the Cole brothers, charismatic country boys with more money than God. The quiet center of the story is Mike Teague, the Coles' advisor, who knows all the family's secrets.
Author : Jaston Williams,Joe Sears,Ed Howard
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573696732
Red, white, and Tuna is the third play in the four-play saga that began wtih Greater Tuna. It is Fourth of July in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, and the occasion is ripe with tension ... it's just another typical day in Tuna where nothing ever changes while everything does.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : PURD:32754075290399
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Country music
ISBN : IND:30000108640776
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199920839
Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information it contained on that most American of musical genres. Countless fans have used it as the source for answers to questions about everything from country's first commercially successful recording, to the genre's pioneering music videos, to what conjunto music is. This thoroughly revised new edition includes more than 1,200 A-Z entries covering nine decades of history and artistry, from the Carter Family recordings of the 1920s to the reign of Taylor Swift in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Compiled by a team of experts at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the encyclopedia has been brought completely up-to-date, with new entries on the artists who have profoundly influenced country music in recent years, such as the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban. The new edition also explores the latest and most critical trends within the industry, shedding light on such topics as the digital revolution, the shifting politics of country music, and the impact of American Idol (reflected in the stardom of Carrie Underwood). Other essays cover the literature of country music, the importance of Nashville as a music center, and the colorful outfits that have long been a staple of the genre. The volume features hundreds of images, including a photo essay of album covers; a foreword by country music superstar Vince Gill (the winner of twenty Grammy Awards); and twelve fascinating appendices, ranging from lists of awards to the best-selling country albums of all time. Winner of the Best Reference Award from the Popular Culture Association "Any serious country music fan will treasure this authoritative book." --The Seattle Times "A long-awaited, major accomplishment, which educators, historians and students, broadcasters and music writers, artists and fans alike, will welcome and enjoy." --The Nashville Musician "Should prove a valuable resource to those who work in the country music business. But it's also an entertaining read for the music's true fans." --Houston Chronicle "This big, handsome volume spans the history of country music, listing not only artists and groups but also important individuals and institutions." --San Francisco Examiner "Promises to be the definitive historical and biographical work on the past eight decades of country music. Well written and heavily illustratedan unparalleled work, worth its price and highly recommended." --Library Journal
Author : Harold Wallace Ross,Katharine Sergeant Angell White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988-04
Category : Literature
ISBN : NWU:35556018354142
Author : Chris Fabry
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781414319575
Billy, a gifted mandolin player in Dogwood, West Virginia, lives his life as an offering to his divine creator, and when Malachi, an angel sent to observe Billy, begins to see the bigger picture of how each painful step Billy takes is a note added to a beautiful symphony, it will forever change the lives of those who hear it.
Author : Eileen Sisk
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Country musicians
ISBN : 9781556527685
Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with 21 number-one hits and 35 consecutive top-10 hits, a total surpassed only by The Beatles. Sisk chronicles his rise from poverty as son of a sharecropper to one of the nation's best-loved entertainers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bluegrass music
ISBN : UCSC:32106019232336