POLITICAL OPINIONS OF MARTY ROBBINS I came across a Marty Robbins recording of “Ain’t I Right” on YouTube and thought I would post it so everyone could hear his opinion of politicians and communism in 1966: http://www.youtube.com/embed/-sEqzEgDZ0g. Marty told an interviewer, “I thought it was a hit. At the time there was a lot of […]
LOSING MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG This week brings memories of the deaths of both Marty Robbins and Faron Young. Marty’s fourth heart attack took his life on December 8, 1982. Faron’s depression led to his death by suicide on December 10, 1996. I’d never missed an opportunity to attend their shows, even knowing I’d […]
ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK RELEASE PARTY FOR FARON’S BIOGRAPHY It’s already been four years since we gathered at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville to celebrate the release of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story. (Thanks to David McCormick for organizing such a wonderful night.) The Country Deputy musical reunion hosted by Darrell McCall […]
This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story was published in 2007 and will be issued in paperback in February 2012. Publication Update: I have mailed the corrected page proofs of […]
This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press published Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story in 2007 and is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Here is the book cover:
Publication Update: I have seen and approved the cover for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. As soon as copyright issues are settled, I’ll post it for all to admire. I think you will be as pleased with it as I am. I also approved the back matter for the paperback release of […]
Publication Update: I finally have a publication date for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. The editor says, “Everything is comfortably on schedule for a 3/1/2012 pub date. The spring catalog comes out in November, and Marketing should be in touch with you in a month or so about jacket and catalog copy.”
MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG ON 20 JULY While searching for events in the lives of Marty and Faron on this day, I came across the major non-music theme in both lives, racing for Marty and alcohol for Faron.
Publication Update: the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins has gone back to the publisher. In September I’ll receive two copies in page number format. One copy for final edit and one for making the index. MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG 55 YEARS AGO Marty and Faron were filming Raiders of Old California […]
Publication Update: I received the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins on Monday. Finally! I’ll be reviewing it over the next few weeks. The copy editor’s note said, “What a pleasure it was to have copyedited this manuscript! Your descriptions of Marty Robbins’s life and the people in it helped me picture him and […]