Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry write by Grandin Hood Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Photo illustrated book presenting a backstage tour of the dressing room area of the Grand Ole Opry. Book includes nostalgic, archibval photos of stars and events of the Opry though its eighty-five year history, as well as contemporary scenes of themed dressing rooms and backstage activities.
Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry
Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry write by Libby Leverett-Crew. This book was released on 2003-11-10. Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The daughter of the Grand Ole Opry’s official photographer reminisces about witnessing country music history alongside her father in this memoir. Like many little girls, Libby Leverett-Crew’s father, Les Leverett, often had to work nights and weekends. But unlike many girls, Libby’s father took her along to his job—where he was the official photographer for the Grand Ole Opry for more than thirty years. First at the historic Ryman Auditorium, and later at the Grand Ole Opry House, Libby Leverett-Crew was a witness to country music history. And now some forty years later, she pays tribute to the wonderful people who touched the lives of her entire family while at the same time hearing witness to the powerful impact a loving father can have on his child’s life. In Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry, Libby Leverett-Crew shares not only her remarkable memories of those Saturday nights with Dolly Parton, Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, and countless others, including assorted Muppets, astronauts, ballet dancers, actors, Andy Warhol, and k.d. lang, but also a beautiful father-daughter relationship. The book also includes more than 100 photographs from her father. Praise for Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry “Les Leverett has added so much class and talent to our world; I’m not surprised that his daughter, Libby, has done this book. Yeah, Libby good for you. I’m proud to have baby-sat you from time to time backstage. You were always a joy.” —Dolly Parton “There’s an old song, “I Was There When It Happened So I Guess I Oughta Know.” That’s [Libby’s] story inside the world of country music. I knew her first as Les Leverett’s kid. It must be in the water at their house because she’s come into her own as a masterful photographer. She also wields a pen that has a detailed memory for great storytelling.” —Marty Stuart
Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain
Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain write by Grand Ole Opry. This book was released on 2008-10-08. Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 conutry music's most dramatic stories unfold. We'll hear of the great love stories ranging from Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who married in 2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of three stars all in the same month, starting the rumor of the "Opry Curse." We'll learn how after being stabbed, shot, and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his early honky-tonk years "combat country," and 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. Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand Ole Opry, these are stories that tell the heart of country--the lives that are lived and inspire the songs we love.
Around the Opry Table
Around the Opry Table - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Around the Opry Table write by Kay West. This book was released on 2009-05-30. Around the Opry Table available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Country music and country cooking fans everywhere will savor this new official cookbook of the Grand Ole Opry and its members, featuring favorite recipes of country music legends past and present and the stories behind them.
William Lee Golden
William Lee Golden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook William Lee Golden write by William Lee Golden. This book was released on 2025-05. William Lee Golden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The wait is over! And it was worth the wait. William Lee Golden finally tells all! William's new autobiography "Behind the Beard" is an amusing, poignant and brutally honest memoir. "When you write your life story, and you decide to bare everything, it's kind of scary. It feels a lot like getting naked ... in front of the entire world. Now that I've committed to it, there is one thing going through my mind...if I was going to get naked in front of everyone, I probably shouldn't have waited until I was 82 years old!" - William Lee Golden. This deluxe, hard cover book includes over 200 rare, never-before-seen photos from William's personal collection! Told in William's own words, "Behind the Beard" includes: William's memories of his childhood and teenage years; and how he went from the cotton fields of Alabama to singing on stage with his favorite musical group. William's vision of turning a gospel group into one of the biggest acts in country music history. His first wife's one-of-kind reaction when she learned he had been unfaithful. William's stories of 50 years on the road with the Oak Ridge Boys. The real reason he was away from the group for 9 years. How he made his "Prodigal Son" return to the Oaks. What the future holds for William Lee and the Oak Ridge Boys.
