Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 23 December 2009

THE CHRISTMAS ALBUMS OF FARON YOUNG AND MARTY ROBBINS Faron Young recorded an album of Christmas songs in 1979 for television sales. I couldn’t find a photo of the cover of A Christmas Card From Faron, perhaps because it was recorded for a private label and is rare. The album was reissued twice, as Silver […]

Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 9 December 2009

This week marks the anniversary of when we lost Faron Young and Marty Robbins. Marty died of a heart attack on December 8, 1982, at age 57, and Faron died of a self-inflicted bullet wound on December 10, 1996, at age 64. Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story was published in 2007 by the University […]

Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 2 December 2009

“EL PASO” IS FIFTY YEARS OLD For the past two months I’ve been working on Marty Robbins chapters that talk about “El Paso” and the gunfighter ballads. Then one day I was shocked to realize this was FIFTY years go. I’m always a decade behind, and I’d thought it was forty years. Ranger Doug Green […]