White, Howard - Every Highway Out of Nashville, Volume 2

Taschenbuch - 268 pages - Nova Books Nashville - Revised. edition - Englisch This book continues the story of a North Carolina country boy, who tried to serve his country in war-time and wanted to play on The Grand Ole Opry. While in the Navy, he suffered a nervous breakdown after being gassed, but overcame adversity to realize his dream of playing steel guitar with six of the big-gest Opry stars. He married a Nashville native, who worked inside the industry, including radio, record labels, music publishing, side-by-side with notables like Porter Wagoner on Music Row, and authoring several music books.Theirs is a true story of the mu-sic scene, then and now, touching the lives of numer-ous country stars, their sidemen, and session play-ers, and sharing their lives and road stories while traveling every highway out of Nashville. Because I have been a "sideman" and a slightly well-known person, I find How-ard White‘s book to be very interesting. A lot of so-called stars have written their biographies, but I don‘t remember any significant books written by accompany-ing musicians. I think it will be welcomed by interested people, because of this different perspective. I met Howard when he first arrived in Nashville, around 1951. We have shared many laughs and good times, and he has more friends than anyone I know. I am proud to be among them. Chet Atkins My friend, Howard White, has written this book of stories and tales that have happened to him and his friends along the way. I have a feeling that you might find them interesting. I suggest you read the book. Eddy Arnold The highway goes on forever. In Ruth White‘s engrossing new book, Nashville is a place where real people succeeded and failed and overcame, all for the sake of a dream machine called the music business. 7141e4 Michael Streissguth author: "Johnny Cash, The Biography"