Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain: Tales of Romance and Tragedy

By Robert K. Oermann format: hardcover publication: October 2008 ISBN: 9781931722896

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The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of country music's most dramatic stories unfold. Like a good country song, this is a book of highs and lows. We'll hear of the great love stories ranging form Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yarwood, who married in 2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of Patsy Cline, Jack Anglin and Texas Ruby all in the same month, starting the rumour of the 'Opry Curse'. We'll learn the hearbreaking source of hit songs like Reba McEntire's 'I'm a Survivor' and hear how, after being stabbed, shot and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his early honky-tonk years 'combat country'. We'll find inspiration from Deford Bailey, an African American harmonica player in 1927 crippled by childhood polio who rose to fame as one of the first Opry stars. Our hearts will break for Willie Nelson, who lost his only son on Christmas Day and soar for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, who found true love. These are the stories that tell the heart of country and the inspiration for the songs and stars we love. Stars who share a common bond in music and membership in the Grand Ole Opry.

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