Category: Music: Country

Willie Nelson shares his life story in this "heartfelt" bestselling memoir of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms (Washington Post)."Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclope...
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Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness

By: Kleist, Reinhard

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams : October 2009

Seller ID: 478931

ISBN-13: 9780810984639

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The first and only illustrated biography of "The Man in Black", Johnny Cash, the most famous country singer of all time Cash was a 17-time Grammy winner who sold more than 90 million albums in his lifetime and became an icon of American music in the 20th century. Graphic novelist Reinhard Kleist depicts Johnny Cash's eventful life from his early sessions with Elvis Presley (1956), through the concert in Folsom Prison (1968), his spectacular comeback in the 1990s, and the final years before his death on September 12, 2003.Already a bestseller and award-winner in Europe, Johnny Cash: I See a Dar...
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Reba McEntire: Country Music's Queen

By: Cusic, Don

Price: $6.98

Publisher: St Martins Pr : January 1991

Seller ID: 470514

ISBN-13: 9780312064501

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Shows how the ground-breaking female country vocalist won the hearts of American fans, from a dusty rodeo arena in Oklahoma to the bright lights of Nashville's Grand Ol' Opry.
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She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

By: Smarsh, Sarah

Price: $11.98

Publisher: Scribner : September 2021

Seller ID: 470350

ISBN-13: 9781982157296

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

In this Time Top 100 Book of the Year, the National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland "analyzes how Dolly Parton's songs--and success--have embodied feminism for working-class women" (People). Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities--and strengths--of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, "country music was foremost a lang...
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The country music message: All about lovin' and livin'

By: Rogers, Jimmie N

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Prentice-Hall : January 1983

Seller ID: 470515

ISBN-13: 9780131843660

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

The Judds: A Biography

By: Millard, Bob

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Doubleday : May 1988

Seller ID: 470512

ISBN-13: 9780385244411

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Wynonna Judd has a smile like Elvis Presley's, a voice comparable to Patsy Cline's, and a vocal style that's (almost) all her own. Onstage, she shares the music and the limelight with her Kentucky-born mother Naomi. Together, the Judds have become the hottest country-western duo singing today. They've brought country back to its roots with a rockabilly beat and helped bring Nashville renewed success as a music capital. Author Bob Millard traces the colorful lives of mother and daughter, from Naomi's tragic loss of her brother in childhood, to her escape into early marriage, through the "U-Haul...
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The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend

By: Turner, Steve

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers : November 2005

Seller ID: 465973

ISBN-13: 9780849908156

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash-not just his unforgettable music but also his relationship with June Carter Cash and his faith in Christ. His authenticity, love for God and family, and unassuming persona are what Steve Turner captures with passion and focus in this inspiring book.Different from other books written about...
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