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| Title: | Country Music Changed My Life
: Tales of Tough Times & Triumph from Country's Legends |
| Author: | Ken Burke |
| ISBN: | 1556525958 : 9781556525957 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 328 |
| Weight: | .366 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - December 2005 |
| List Price: | 8.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Country & western |
In this book based on new interviews, some of country music's greatest stars share personal moments of redemption, inspiration, and heartache related to the music that shaped their lives. Brenda Lee explains how her childhood singing gift raised her entire family out of dire poverty, and Pat Boone speaks about the spiritual influence of his father-in-law, Red Foley. Barbara Pittman talks about her childhood friendship with Elvis Presley, while Little Jimmy Dickens divulges how Hank Williams came to write a song for him and why he never recorded it. Mickey Gilley talks about gladly living in, then gladly escaping, the shadow of his cousin Jerry Lee Lewis, and Hank Thompson reveals how his background in electrical engineering helped revolutionize country music. More stories from Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Johnny Legend, Chris Hillman, and many others explain the inspiration and effect of country music in their lives.
Rags to Riches; Close Encounters of the Country Kind; Coming Back and Coming Home; Spirituality; The Elvis Factor; Country Comedy; Big Stars and an Icon; Redemption.
