Live fast, love hard
Subtitle: the Faron Young story
By: Diane Diekman.
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780252032486
Subjects: Young, Faron; Country musicians -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: As one of the best-known honky-tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams's death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville's music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed more than eighty songs on the country music charts, and founded the long-running country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriter-performers that included Willie Nelson and Bill Anderson.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.