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 […]
Great news!!! Lynda Schuh, Sales Manager at University of Illinois Press, wants you to know bookstores are already ordering Live Fast, Love Hard to have it in time for its publication. She says, “While not every single chain store or independent will have a copy on their shelves, they will have it in their systems […]
Ken Nelson sent me a copy of his newly published autobiography, My First 90 Years Plus 3. I’m looking forward to reading his story. It’s available on Amazon.com and at http://www.dorrancebookstore.com/myfi90yepl3.html. Before I can read it, I have to finish proofreading and indexing Faron’s biography. FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO: Fort Jackson’s Special Services sent […]
I’m excited to report that today I received an actual copy of the book. These uncorrected proofs are being sent to reviewers. Now I can read the book instead of manuscript pages while doing my proofreading. I have to review it for errors and write the index within the next two weeks. My sister Kayo […]
You can see the design of the book cover at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/covers/Diekman.jpg. The University of Illinois Press took a photo from the Michael Ochs archive and had it colored. Isn’t it a great cover? FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO: Faron recorded “Sweet Dreams” on April 27, 1956. Written and first recorded by Don Gibson, the song […]
This weekly newsletter will keep you posted on progress toward the September/October publication of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story by the University of Illinois Press. There won’t be a newsletter next week, because I’ll be in Nashville on a Marty Robbins research trip. FARON YOUNG, FORTY-NINE YEARS AGO: The successful hometown boy, […]
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO: On March 26, 1986, Faron gave a deposition for his upcoming divorce trial. Hilda’s lawyer, Mac Robinson, asked, “Faron, hasn’t drinking been a substantial part of y’all’s problems?” Faron answered, “Drinking is a problem with anybody that drinks, Mac.” When Robinson asked if Faron sometimes was too drunk to perform […]