I interpreted that to mean that I didn't trash the Nashville singers. Leamer and Feiler, New York writers, focused on Nashville in the 1990s, especially Garth Brooks. The superstar avoided Leamer and cooperated with Feiler, but in the end disavowed both books. Nashville is used to gentler books done by locals like Emery. Autobiographies co-written by stars like Naomi Judd, Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell also have done well.
Emery is the man who proved there was a huge market for the stuff.
Nashville Now'' on The Nashville Network from 1983-93. Memories,'' an autobiography. More Memories'' followed in 1993. And these are people I love. So I'm not going to do a rag piece, if you will.