Faron was born 75 years ago this week, and today I’m thrilled to be able to publish the University of Illinois Press marketing blurb that describes his biography. You can find it below my signature block at the end of this newsletter. I’m also thrilled to announce the book should be in the stores by […]
Today I approved the marketing copy (which I was happy to learn I didn’t have to write) for advertising the book. It begins: “An intimate biography of honky-tonk great Faron Young.” FARON YOUNG, THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO: On February 18, 1975, Faron played in his third Jackie Gleason Pro-Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Inverrary Country Club […]
The University of Illinois Press is publishing Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story on its Fall 2007 list. I’m working on the index, and I’ve learned the book will be approximately 240 pages. FARON YOUNG, THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO: Faron’s dad died February 10, 1976. His mother, Doris, had died in 1974, and when […]
The University of Illinois Press is publishing Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story on its Fall 2007 list. This weekly newsletter will keep you posted on the progress. Recent questions from the publisher have concerned a cover photo and how to advertise at Book Expo America in New York City in May. Thanks […]
FARON YOUNG, THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO: On January 28, 1971, Faron and his Country Deputies entertained a group of 200 cardiac physicians at a Baptist Hospital symposium on “The Practicing Physician and Intensive Coronary Care.” The event took place at Nashville’s King of the Road Motor Inn and was reported in The Tennessean by Jack Hurst. […]
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 […]