FARON YOUNG, FIFTY YEARS AGO: On August 13, 1957, Faron recorded two sides of a single that attempted to catch the teen market, “Vacation’s Over” and “Honey Stop!” He sang both songs when he hosted the Army recruiting television show, Country Style, U.S.A. Dressed in suit and tie, he looked like a businessman with a guitar. […]
I’ve been invited to be one of the authors at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville the week of 12-14 October. Here’s a link to the article in the Tennessean: http://tinyurl.com/2827zy. It hasn’t quite soaked in yet that I’m attending a book festival as an author instead of as a reader. FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-ONE YEARS […]
This weekly newsletter will keep you posted on progress toward the Sept/Oct publication of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story by the University of Illinois Press. The book has been printed and is now in the distribution process. I received my hardcover copy in the mail this week. It’s a real book!!! Please […]
There won’t be a newsletter next week because I’ll be away from my computer. FARON YOUNG, FORTY-SIX YEARS AGO: On July 19, 1961, Faron recorded “Backtrack” (which has always been one of my favorite Faron Young songs). When Faron had done a show in Flora, Illinois, mutual friends introduced him to a classical singer and […]
FARON YOUNG, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: On the afternoon of July 8, 1992, Faron hosted four South Dakota gals at his Old Hickory home. My best friend and her two daughters were driving with me to Jacksonville, Florida, where I lived, and I called Faron to let him know we’d be coming through Nashville. He actually […]
This weekly newsletter will keep you posted on progress toward the October publication of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story by the University of Illinois Press. My copy of the fall catalog arrived in the mail the other day. Faron’s book has a full-page spread on page 4. Copies of the catalog were […]
FARON YOUNG, THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO: On June 4, 1971, Faron was one of nine big names from Nashville who performed a three-hour spectacular at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The first country music package show presented there, it was billed as “Nashville at the Garden.” A crowd of 15,000 watched as Faron stood […]
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO:Â Faron and his Country Deputies did a Memorial Day concert in Wells Bridge, New York, on Sunday, May 26, 1985. When someone requested Hello Walls, Faron said, “We already did Hello Walls. You were in the restroom when we did Hello Walls. Didn’t you hear us when you was in […]
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO: Faron played the Caravan East in El Paso, Texas, on May 23, 1979. The Country Deputies at the time were Ray Emmett, Richard Bass, Al Lewis, Leon Boulanger, and Cootie Wayne. Robyn Young was also on that tour. Throughout the years Faron traveled a ten-day circuit that ran from Texas […]
FARON YOUNG, SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO: Faron appeared as a guest on Nashville Now on May 15, 1990. He told Ralph Emery, “I was watching a show last night, and Mel Tillis was on. I was riding my lawnmower the other day, at midnight. I got a MUI–mowing under the influence, and I ran into a […]