Country Biographies
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A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck
by Trace Adkins  Publisher Comments Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn’t exactly known for holding back what’s on his mind. And if the millions of albums he’s sold are any indication, when Trace talks, people listen. Now, in A Personal Stand, Trace Adkins delivers...
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Waylon :an autobiography
by Waylon Jennings Synopsis Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas, into his soul and his sound. From childhood, this son of a farm laborer considered nothing else but playing music...
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The Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes
by Willie Nelson Publisher Comments If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life—the good and the bad—and made from it a body of work that...
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Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash
by John Carter Cash Synopsis June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music. On stage from a very young age, June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of...
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Cash
by Johnny Cash Publisher Comments "Insightful, relaxed, and conversational. . . . The stories sing."...
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The Music of Bill Monroe (Music in American Life)
by Neil V Rosenberg Synopsis Spanning over 1,000 separate performances, The Music of Bill Monroe presents a complete chronological list of all of Bill Monroe's commercially released sound and visual recordings. Each chapter begins with a narrative describing Monroe's life and career...
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I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny
by Vivian Cash Publisher Comments I Walked the Line is a chronicle of first love, long-kept secrets, betrayal, forgiveness, and the truth--told at last by Johnny Cash's first wife, the mother of his four daughters. It is a book that had the full support of Johnny Cash, who insisted it...
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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music
by Mark Zwonitzer Publisher Comments The first major biography of the legendary Carter family, whose work lay the foundation for American folk, country and rock music....
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Get to the Heart
by Barbara Mandrell Publisher Comments To her millions of fans around the world she is beautiful, blond, and talented. A multifaceted performer whose music strikes a chord of truth. A loving wife and mother whose traditional values and tremendous faith touch the heart. But in September 1984...
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Cash: An American Man
by Bill Miller Synopsis A longtime friend of "The Man in Black" offers a slim coffee-table-size scrapbook of photos and memorabilia of the legendary country singer. A transcript of his last interview and the poem he wrote longhand after June Carter Cash's funeral are included....
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Coming Home to Myself
by Wynonna Judd Publisher Comments The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar. From the heart of one of the most beloved performers in music comes a candid memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory-a coming-of-age account of a very private...
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Year in Life Michelle Wright
by Michelle Wright Synopsis A candid, day-by-day account of Michelle Wright's personal thoughts and experiences during 2004....
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Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida
by Bobby Braddock Synopsis Bobby Braddock, one of the most successful country songwriters of all time, is a living legend. His smash hit "He Stopped Loving Her Today" won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year Award in two consecutive years and was voted "Song of the...
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Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader
by Michael Streissguth Publisher Comments Johnny Cash is bigger than life, surrounded by myths and legends, a notoriously hard-drinking, hard-drugging man who sings searing songs of death, loss, God, and work. Since his debut in 1955, he has come to embody country music as well as the spirit of...
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Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass
by Richard D Smith Synopsis The definitive biography of Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, is also an exploration of his enormous influence on American popular music. Two 8-page photo inserts. NPR sponsorship....
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Pressing on: The Roni Stoneman Story (Music in American Life)
by Roni Stoneman Publisher Comments The tragicomic life story of one of America's best-known country entertainers, told with warmth and honesty This book recounts the fascinating life of Roni Stoneman, the youngest daughter of the pioneering country music family, and a girl who, in spite...
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The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
by Willie Nelson Publisher Comments National icon Willie Nelson has evolved over the years from country music outlaw swimming against a whiskey river to a Zen-like figure of wisdom and contentment. In this autobiographical collection of life advice, The Tao of Willie, one of America's...
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Loretta Lynn: Still Woman Enough: A Memoir
by Loretta Lynn Synopsis The celebrated country singer discusses her turbulent relationship with Doo, the man she married at the age of thirteen, revealing a woman whose loyalty, spirit, and determination allowed her to triumph in the face of adversity....
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Willie: An Autobiography
by Willie Nelson Synopsis Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captured the imagination of America for more than thirty years; he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of the heart and the Heartland. Told with frankness, deep warmth, and earthy...
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Big & Rich: All Access with DVD
by Big Kenny Publisher Comments The fully authorized, uninhibited, all-access, entirely true story of how Big & Rich are taking over country music. Big & Rich have taken country music by storm since their 2004 debut album A Horse of a Different Color, and they've done it on their own...
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