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 |  Sujet: Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story Jeu 29 Nov 2007, 01:31 | |
| "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story,"
"Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story," published by the University
of Illinois Press, can be found at
http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/f07diekman
Those who would like a personalized autograph to paste in their books can
request a paper bookplate from
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/Diekman.BookplateRequest.pdf
And I would much appreciate comments on Faron's biography to be posted to
Amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/3dsu2a
FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-SIX YEARS AGO:
At the end of November 1981, Faron was a
guest on Ralph Emery's WSM radio show. Ralph asked about the origin of his
name, and Faron replied, "I don't have no idea. I used to say it was a
Biblical name, and it's not. Because I had several people who know the Bible
inside out and they wrote me a letter, and said your name is not in the
Bible. There's some pharaohs and things in it, but there's not a Faron. My
great-grandmother named me, but I really don't know--unless it's just
something that come off the top of her head and she said let's call him
Faron. My band's always kiddin' me, says we know you have to have a middle
name. I remember one night goin' down the road, with about four bottles of
V-O, we was havin' a good time. I said boys, all these years you were
wantin' to know my middle name. I'm gonna tell you if you promise not to
laugh. They said what? I said it's Henry. They just fell out all over the
bus. They called me Henry from then on. But I really don't have one."
LETTERS
Skip Jackson says, "Thank you for bringing The Deputies together under
Faron's umbrella over the past few years. I do hope all the time, work
and money you have spent was worth the effort. The work you did on it was
great. "
Jean Earle checks in from England to say, "I was so pleased to read that you
had all enjoyed the reunion of the Deputies. What a great meeting that must
have been. It is a shame that you did not get any photographs as that will
probably be the last chance to see and hear them all together......I hope
somebody else had their camera with them that evening!!!......and were able
to capture everything, for those of us who could not make the date but were
with you in spirit."
Tom Andrews of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop writes, "In reference to the
Faron Young tribute on the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree November 10th. The
shows are recorded and posted in the archives on ernesttubb.com. Just go to
ernesttubb.com and click on midnite jamboree and scroll down. It takes a few
weeks before it will be there so just check back often."
Bob Bien adds, "The show with the Deputies on November 10th was great. It
was great to hear you introduce them. I'm sorry to say I couldn't be there,
so I listened online."
Art Rankin says, "I just talked to my friend Ron Rankin who attended the
activities in Nashville. . . . He also enjoyed renewing his acquaintances
with the former band members. Ron told me that your description of Faron in
the book is exactly how he remembers him. A credit to a factual
presentation vs. sugar coating or blasting his life. You didn't mention it
in your response about recording the activities but all of the Midnight
Jamborees are recorded and posted about a month later. . . . I missed the
original as I didn't have my computer link available that night."
Fred Vail of Treasure Isle Recorders, Inc. in Nashville writes, "Saw this
segment in Jerry's e-mail to you and it brought back some great memories of
growing up in Northern California in the 40's/50's/early 60's. I can
remember the radio ads for the Dream Bowl word for word and it's been 50
years--give or take a few: 'Come on down to the Dream Bowl Ballroom, located
10 north of Vallejo on the Napa-Vallejo Highway!' I saw Freddy Hart, Tommy
Duncan and Gordon Terry there about 1958-59, if I recall. It was at least
twelve years before Freddy hit the big time with 'Easy Lovin.'' Mare Island
Naval Shipyard--between Richmond and Vallejo--was a massive employer during
WW 2 and the Dream Bowl featured big bands during that era."
Diane Diekman
Washington DC, USA
altruria@verizon.net
Faron Young info: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/id8.html
Newsletter archive: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/blog
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/190250842 |
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