Tell it Like it is: A Biography of Faron Young

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I first met Faron Young on St. Patrick’s Day, 1970, at a concert in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.   He wouldn’t let me walk the three miles back to my college dorm after the late show, and he insisted on taking me there in his bus.   Over the years, after graduating from college and […]

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Faron Young’s Country Deputies

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Front/Lead guitar Doyle Wilburn (deceased) Jimmy Fautheree (deceased)

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Faron Young Q&A

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Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story By Diane Diekman Published by the University of Illinois Press — Fall 2007   Who is Faron Young?   Faron gained fame as a country singer in the 1950s, in the mold of his friend Hank Williams, and was eventually inducted into the Country Music Hall of […]

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