My copyedited manuscript arrived in the mail last week, and I’m in the process of reviewing and accepting or rejecting changes. The publisher’s style differs considerably from mine, and manuscripts can always use tweaking. FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: On January 26, 1952, Webb Pierce and his Southern Valley Boys played a March of Dimes […]
FARON YOUNG, THIRTY YEARS AGO: In January 1977 Faron told BBC interviewer David Allen, “I’m in the worst spot, I think, in Nashville, because I live right on a lake. My home is sitting right down on the point. Those north winds come in, and the hill is frozen, so we have to park our […]
I heard Eddie Stubbs mention the book on his WSM Radio show Monday night. Thanks, Eddie! FARON YOUNG, FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO: Faron’s photo appeared in The Nashville Tennessean three days in a row in January 1965. The first headline read, “Faron Young Seized in Raid: Country Music Star Charged With Assaulting Police Officer.” Next came, […]
Happy New Year! The University of Illinois Press will publish Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story on its Fall 2007 list. That means I’ll achieve my goal of getting Faron’s biography published during the year in which we commemorate the 75th anniversary of his birth. FARON YOUNG, FORTY-SIX YEARS AGO: On January 7, […]
The University of Illinois Press will publish Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story on its Fall 2007 list. The manuscript has been assigned to a copyeditor, and I should receive a printout by mid-January. Progress! No newsletter next week. My daughters and I are flying to South Dakota for Christmas. If ever this […]
The University of Illinois Press will publish Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story on its Fall 2007 list. I just learned from my editor that the book will receive an extra tier of marketing by being paired with Craig Havighurst’s history of WSM Radio. That should help get out the word! I posted […]
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO: December 4, 1984, was the night Faron’s 30-year marriage ended. When he fired a pistol through the kitchen ceiling of their Harbor Island house, it was the last straw for Hilda. Faron refused her ultimatum to seek help to stop drinking, and Hilda gave up on trying to save their […]
I’m saddened to report that Damion Young–eldest son of Faron and Hilda–died November 25, 2006, at four in the morning. He’d been seriously ill, and his death was expected, but that doesn’t make it easier. I first met Damion when he joined my brother Kenny and me at Shoney’s one evening in 2000 during our […]
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO: Faron visited Ralph Emery’s television show, Nashville Now, on November 23, 1984. That evening marked Faron’s first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry in 21 years. Ralph commented on his dress suit, and Faron said, “I buy one suit a year, just in case somebody I know dies. I can […]
FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: The contract that Webb Pierce signed with Gotham Records on November 12, 1951, resulted in Faron’s first recording session. It took place in the KWKH studio in Shreveport shortly after Faron dropped out of college. Webb owned Pacemaker Record & Transcription Company, but he was under contract to another recording […]