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Revolves around the troubled past of plucky singer/songwriter AnnieLee Keyes. AnnieLee's plan is to "get the hell out of Texas" and hitchhike to Nashville, Tenn., where she hopes to start her career as a performer. In Nashville, AnnieLee encounters ruthless, predatory agents and managers, but she also meets positive role models, notably Ruthanna Ryder, "one of country music's grandest queens," who takes AnnieLee under her wing. Her other ally is guitarist...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Destiny Hart's dream of becoming a singer has come true. But with the exhilarating rush of success comes a price-and a battle to recapture the traditions that were her foundation. Reconnecting with what matters most, Destiny is putting an unexpected new spin on her career that wi;; redirect her life in ways she never imagined.
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English
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"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow...
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English
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Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life for...
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English
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
Author
Series
Whiskey Creek novels volume 9
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Country music artist Lourdes Bennett plans to stay in Whiskey Creek only long enough to write the songs for her next album, but as she comes to know her landlord Kyle, Lourdes wonders if she'd be making a terrible mistake to leave him behind.
7) Twang
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Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Twenty-three year old Jennifer Clodfelter believes she is destined to be a country music star. When her passion, determination, and homemade demos were rejected by every music label in Nashville, she refused to give up. In just three years, a combination of guts and raw talent have propelled her on a journey of fame beyond her wildest dreams. Now Jennifer has all she ever wanted only to discover that there is a dark side to the glitz and number-one...
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Publisher
Harper Celebrate
Language
English
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"The best things in life are really not that fancy--time with family, hard work, and a good bowl of beans and cornbread. Come on in, kick off your boots (or leave them on, I don't care), and let's have some fun"--
In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.
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English
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Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly's heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She'll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience--people who would hear her sing, and applaud!
11) Sanctuary Ranch
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
12) Diva NashVegas
Author
Series
NashVegas volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
13) Dolly Parton
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little Dolly grew up in Tennessee in a family "as poor as dirt." She started performing at an early age, singing on local radio and television. After graduating high school, she moved to Nashville to pursue her singing dreams. Her managers wanted her to sing pop, but she followed her heart to sing and write country songs. Her heart was right--Dolly became a musical superstar, but she never forgot where she came from. She now uses her wealth to give...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 315 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ex-Marine Beckett Cates, a bodyguard for country music princess Starlet Brubaker who has loved her since before she was famous, refuses to succumb to her charms until she proves to him that she's put her cowboy-crazy days behind her.
Author
Series
Domestic equalizers volume 7
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Darla Denman the former Queen of Country Music has trouble on her hands. First, her upstart back-up singer Roxie Jo Jenkins is found dead in her dressing room (one that clearly doubled as a supply closet). Second, her career ain't what it used to be--she's gone from big arenas to run down bars and from first-class jets to fourth-class busses. And yes, to top is all that 4th class bus has broken down just outside of Salt Lick, Texas. Well, someone...
Author
Series
NashVegas volume 1
Publisher
WestBow Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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