Sing your heart out, country boy
Subtitle: classic country songs & their inside stories by the men & women who wrote them
By: by Dorothy Horstman.
Edition: Newly rev. & expanded ed.
Publisher: Country Music Foundation
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
Subjects: Country music -- History and criticism; Country music -- Texts
Description: This is the definitive country music book.

Here are the lyrics to virtually every country song that matters, from "Your Cheatin' Heart" to "Stand By Your Man" to "Friends In Low Places," with comments on each song by the artist who wrote it, or a friend or heir. The list of contributors reads like all-star night in Nashville. Loretta Lynn tells how "Coal Miner's Daughter" came out of here own experience, while Mary Chapin Carpenter reveals that the inspiration for "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" came from watching a Geritol commercial.

Audrey Williams talks about her husband, Hank. Maybelle Carter remembers A. P. Carter. Kris Kristofferson, Gene Autry, Alan Jackson, Roy Acuff, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Dolly Parton, and countless others speak for themselves.

. This book is divided into fifteen categories, including Songs of Home, Lost and Unrequited Love, Traveling, Prison, and Cowboy songs. Each section begins with a short essay by Dorothy Horstman, country music scholar and song-writer. Also included is a complete bibliography and a discography which leads you to classic recordings of all the songs in the book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ), discography (p.   ), and index.