Country Music's Most Wanted

by Francesca Peppiatt

Book Overview

With country music as popular as ever-what other form of music has been honored on an official state quarter? Country Music's Most Wanted hits the stage to bring you tales of country music's famous and infamous. Alan Jackson delivered mail to Hee Haw before he made it big. Garth Brooks was booed off the stage during an eleventh-grade talent show. Kris Kristofferson landed a borrowed helicopter on Johnny Cash's lawn so he could pitch Cash a song. You'll...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574885936
• ISBN13: 9781574885934
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Cream of the Crop

There are a lot of trivia books on the market. Most of them do not live up to their hype or our hope. This book is a happy exception. Peppiatt manages to have it both ways -- it is a fast-moving collection of short, punchy, themed chapters, while at the same time, it goes into some obscure, loving, fascinating detail. It also covers a great deal of ground on the country landscape, from recounting the time Garth Brooks was booed off the stage at an 11th grade talent show; to Ferlin Husky's alter egos, Simon Crum and Terry Preston; to Six Degrees of Red Foley. All in all, it's something any fan of country music will devour, and it just might make a few non-fans want to hear more. Good job!