tales of tough times and triumph from country's legends /
Ken Burke
1st ed
Chicago, Ill. :
A Cappella Books,
c2004
xxiv, 328 p. :
ill., ports. ;
23 cm
Includes index
Rags to riches. Brenda Lee ; Hank Locklin ; Big Al Downing ; Glen Campbell -- Close encounters of the country kind. Ray Campi on Ken Maynard and Walter Matthau ; Johnny Legend on Wesley Tuttle ; Deke Dickerson on Rose Maddox and Hank Thompson ; Cody Canada of Cross Canadian Ragweed on Nick Benson ; Marshall Lytle on Bill Haley ; Jack Clement and Billy Lee Riley ; Pat Boone on Red Foley -- Coming back and coming home. Joe Stampley ; Freddy Weller ; Chris Hillman ; Don Williams ; Linda Gail Lewis and Kenny Lovelace on Jerry Lee Lewis -- Spirituality. Wanda Jackson ; Freddie Hart ; Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys ; Tillman Franks -- The Elvis factor. Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires ; Barbara Pittman ; Wanda Jackson ; Gary Bryant -- Country comedy. T. Bubba Bechtol ; Dr. Demento ; Brent Burns ; Little Jimmy Dickens -- Some big stars and an icon. Bobby Bare ; Mickey Gilley ; Hank Thompson ; Johnny Wright ; Kitty Wells -- Redemption. Marty Martel on Johnny Paycheck ; Freddie Hart