Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 20 January 2010

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MARTY ROBBINS, WEBB PIERCE, AND CARL SMITH IN BUFFALO GUN Marty narrates this 1956 movie, beginning with, “That there’s Webb Pierce, and that’s Carl Smith, and that’s me, Marty Robbins. Sure can’t figure out why but we’re all in–” and the Jordanaires start singing “Buffalo Gun.” At the end of the song, narrator Marty says, […]

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Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 13 January 2010

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MARTY ROBBINS AND RICHARD CHILDRESSI sometimes describe biography writing as fitting together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. For me, it’s pure excitement whenever a piece snaps into place. I experienced the feeling recently when working on the chapter about Marty’s 1974 NASCAR races. I had just described his career-high fifth place finish at Michigan and […]

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