Live fast, love hard : the Faron Young story /
Diane Diekman.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2007.
- 1 online resource.
- Music in American life .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Faron young, a study in contrasts -- A Shreveport beginning -- On to Nashville -- "Goin' steady" and into the army -- The young sheriff, living fast and loving hard -- Country music on life support -- Legends in the making -- "Hello walls," goodbye capitol records -- Family Matters -- Wings and wheels -- The Music City News -- Making music in the 1960s -- Faron and friends -- Business on music row -- A drunk, not an alcoholic -- From severed tongue to number one -- "This little girl of mine" -- The sheriff and his deputies -- There he was in Tulsa -- Giving Hilda a Break -- After the top tens -- D-I-V-O-R-C-E -- Closing out a career -- Last call.