This is a periodic newsletter about “Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story,” published last year by the University of Illinois Press, as well as progress on writing “Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins.” Here’s the link to my online interview with Norm Goldman, publisher and editor of Bookpleasures.com: http://tinyurl.com/3zteyj

JODY NIX IN WASHINGTON DC
Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys are bringing western swing music to Washington D.C. (If it’s here already, I haven’t found it.) They will be one of the groups at the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, in the segment called “Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine.” (more…)

Here’s my periodic newsletter about “Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story,” published last year by the University of Illinois Press, as well as progress on writing “Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins.”
GRAND OLE OPRY AND MIDNITE JAMBOREE
While in Nashville I attended the Saturday night Opry. (Thanks to Opry museum and photograph curator Brenda Colladay for the ticket.) Kenny Sears and the Time Jumpers provided great music on the outdoor stage, (more…)