Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Includes material on Hank Williams, Fred Rose, Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Don Gibson, Buck Owens, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Charley Pride, Ronnie Milsap, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, the Dixie Chicks, and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a dusty small town in east Texas. Their close relationship ... is the longest-lasting bond in either of their lives. In alternating chapters, this ... dual memoir weaves together their lives as they experienced them both side-by-side and apart with powerful, emotional stories from growing up,...
164) Taylor Swift
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Provides a first person account of the life and accomplishments of Taylor Swift.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Discover the origins of megastars like Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift while following emerging singer-songwriters as they chase their dreams inside The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville's accidental landmark that has altered the course of music history. It's 35 year history is revealed thru never-before-told stories from those that have worked, played, been discovered, and helped preserve this unassuming strip-mall haunt that is the bedrock of American songwriting....
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A country music romance starring Tess and Jamie, high school sweethearts forced to part by Tess' parents. Years later Tess, now a successful but loveless New York journalist, is assigned to interview Buck Campbell, a famous singer. He turns out to be none other than Jamie. Passion flares anew and despite the presence of Jamie's wife, who is his manager, first love conquers all.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"For Johnny Cash, as for many famous artist, renown was the product of both hard work and luck. Often a visionary and always a tireless performer, he forged his career within a whirlwind of social, economic, and cultural countercurrents. Nine Choices explores the tension between Cash's desire for mainstream success, his personal struggles with alcohol and drugs, and an ever-changing cultural landscape that often circumscribed his options." "Drawing...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"To Live's to Fly is the bracing, fully authorized biography of singer-songwriter-guitarist Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such classic songs as "If I Needed You" and "Waitin' 'round to Die."" "Born to a wealthy oil family in Ft. Worth, hounded by alcoholism and unshakable depression, Van Zandt pursued an often nomadic existence on the fringes of society. Along the way, he composed a striking body of work simultaneously heartbreaking in its...
Author
Series
Blacktop cowboys volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Country music star Devin McClain understands there's a downside to life in the public eye, but the laid back Wyoming cowboy has never imagined he'd attract crazed fans who would do anything to garner his attention. When veiled threats become real, he agrees to hire a discreet security detail. But Devin is shocked when that bodyguard is a hard-bodied woman. He's even more stunned to be attracted to the steely-eyed stunner. Former soldier Liberty Masterson's...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
After years in the spotlight on American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, country music star Lauren Alaina has learned a thing or two about fighting self-doubt and feeling at home in her own skin. In Getting Good at Being You, Lauren shares stories about everything from lost loves to getting a nose ring to battling an eating disorder to grieving a loved one's death. Each story leads to practical tips, take-it-on-the-road strategies, and encouragement...
177) Rhinestone Cowboy
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
With extraordinary candor intended to set the record straight, one of music's most popular performers tells of his sojourn amid the decadence and destructive trappings of fame - the bucks, the booze, the cocaine, the women - and of the religious awakening and unconditionally loving marriage that literally saved his life. Glen Campbell's boy-next-door persona belied his hedonistic, near-fatal lifestyle. It all started like a dream - the rise from ruthless...
178) The life I've picked
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"John McEuen is one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, NGDB. Now 50-years strong, the band is best known for its evergreen bestselling album Will the Circle Be Unbroken and for its gorgeous version of the song 'Mr. Bojangles.' McEuen is one of the seminal figures who conceived and originated the fusion of folk, rock and country, a unique sound still hugely popular today. In addition to performing on tour with the Nitty Gritty Dirt...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Presents a definitive biography of country music legend George Jones.
"In a masterful biography laden with new revelations, veteran country music journalist/historian Rich Kienzle offers a definitive, full-bodied portrait of legendary country singer George Jones and the music that remains his legacy... Kienzle chronicles Jones's impoverished East Texas childhood as the youngest son of a deeply religious mother and alcoholic, often-abusive father....
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"When Taylor Swift's fourth full-length album "Red" sold 1.2 million copies during its first week of release in the fall of 2012, it registered the biggest single-week sales since Eminem's "The Eminem Show" a full decade earlier. It was her second consecutive album to top a million in its debut week and confirmed the talented 22-year-old as one of America's biggest stars"--Provided by publisher.