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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Merle Haggard; Family Chart; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter One: Mom and Dad's Waltz; Chapter Two: I'm Gonna Sing Like Jimmie; Chapter Three: Lefty; Chapter Four: Please Be Mine, Dear Blue Eyes; Chapter Five: Travelin' Blues; Chapter Six: I Love You a Thousand Ways; Chapter Seven: Time Changes Things; Chapter Eight: If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time; Chapter Nine: Hank and Lefty; Chapter Ten: Always Late; Chapter Eleven: Lefty Meets Merle; Chapter Twelve: California Blues; Chapter Thirteen: The Long Black Veil. |
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Chapter Fourteen: Saginaw, MichiganChapter Fifteen: That's the Way Love Goes; Chapter Sixteen: The Last Session; Chapter Seventeen: Forever and Always; Epilogue; Song Credits; Discography; Index. |
| Summary |
Telling the story of one of country music's most influential artists, this biography details the incredible journey of a brilliant singer-songwriter from his humble beginnings in Arkansas and the peak of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s to his sudden death in 1975. An intimate portrait told from the perspective of his brother, this book reveals little-known personal information about Lefty, explores the people who influenced his music, chronicles his severe addiction to alcohol and its impact on his career, and examines the profound effect of his early death on those who knew him well. Wi. |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frizzell, Lefty, 1928-1975.
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Frizzell, Lefty, 1928-1975. |
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Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Country musicians. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Haggard, Merle.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Frizzell, David. I Love You a Thousand Ways : The Lefty Frizzell Story. Chicago : Santa Monica Press, ©2011 9781595800589 |
| ISBN |
9781595808851 (electronic book) |
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159580885X (electronic book) |
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159580885X |
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1595800581 |
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9781595800589 |
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