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Nashville Babylon: The Uncensored Truth and Private Lives of Country Music's Stars

Nashville, Tennessee — Music City, USA, Rhinestone City, Hillbilly Haven — where men grow up to be cowboys who cheat on their wives; where ex-cons become idolized singers; where women stand by their men, smile through their tears, and sing protest songs like Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' with Lovin' on Your Mind"; and where almost everyone preaches the gospel in church by day and performs musical bedsheets by night. Country music is a world with its own players, its own stars, and its own code of ethics. It is a world where heartaches, personal tragedies, and scandals have been hidden behind closed doors. Until now.

Nashville Babylon brings the private lives (and secret lies) of country musicland's most notorious characters out of the bedroom and into the spotlight. Extensively illustrated with revealing photographs, this is a fascinating collection of true tales. From the short life of country music king Hank Williams to the ravaged prince George Jones; to "They Call Him Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis; to "Take This Job and Shove It" Johnny Paycheck; to the Stringbean slaying; to the tumultuous love affairs between Tammy Wynette and George Jones, Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Carl Dean — Nashville Babylon spotlights the bespangled, bewigged, and bewildered individuals whose talent and torment have made the music and the headlines.

This fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Nashville, its music and its stars, whose lives are often more lurid than the lyrics they record, is entertainment at its best.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 290
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780865531666
  • Genres
  • music
  • Release date
  • 1988