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Dreaming Out Loud
Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
by Bruce S. Feiler
ISBN: 0380794705
ISBN-13: 9780380794706
Format: Paperback
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Summary
An in-depth look at the modern country music industry through the widely differing careers of three of its artists, DREAMING OUT LOUD is not so much an expose of lurid scandals as a clear-eyed look at the motivations of artists and the business people who handle them. Garth Books is glimpsed at the apex of his career, tormented by thoughts of its imminent collapse, while Wynonna and Naomi Judd, having relinquished complete control of their business affairs to their manager, find that he has made $20 million from their partnership while the duo have made only $5 million between them. Wade Hayes seems to come out best of the three, perhaps because of his relative newcomer status; though he's in debt to his record label for $350,000, he's earned $75,000, the most money he's ever made, and he's happy. A comprehensive overview of the machinations necessary to keep a country artist on the road and on the radio, seen from both sides of the music business, Bruce S. Feiler's well-researched study ably captures the complex chain of causes and effects that changed modern Nashville from country music's capital into a corporate conglomerate.
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"...What he gives us [Bruce Feiler]...are his own insightful musings about where country's been and where it's going-and on topics from race to the nature of reality, a behind-the-curtain look at how Nashville operates, and lessons in the history of country music. It's all framed by cautionary tales from these three musicians' lives." -- David Nicholson
-- Washington Post
"'With a researcher's eye for detail and a fan's forbearance, Feiler puts human faces on Brooks' ambition and the Judd family's dysfunction. He scours the veneer off the star-making process and follows Hayes through the rigors of finding a sound, an identity and an album cover...'Dreaming Out Loud' will become a touchstone for future stories about its subjects.'"
-- Publishers Weekly
"Feiler pays a little too much attention to Brooks and not quite enough to Wynonna. Still, this is a charming read that will humanize Nashville and some of its most visible and influential inhabitants."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Spike
Published date: 1999
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 406
Publisher's Notes
Country music has exploded across the U.S. and undergone a sweeping revolution, transforming the once ridiculed world of Nashville into an unlikely focal point of American pop culture. Bruce Feiler was granted unprecedented access to the private moments of the revolution. Here is the acclaimed report: a chronicle of the genres biggest stars as they change the face of American music. From the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the dim light of a recording studio, here is a ruggedly authentic behind the scenes tour that takes you places outsiders have never been allowed to go. Part social history, part backstage pass, this penetrating and graceful book presents the most comprehensive portraits yet painted of Garth Brooks and Wynonna Judd-two of the most celebrated artists of our times-as well as a touching picture of Wade Hayes, a young man who hopes to follow them to the exalted heights of one of America's richest traditions: the world of country music.
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Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
Feiler, Bruce S
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Spike. Very Good. 1999. Soft Cover. 0380794705 Tight spine, clean copy. Illustrated wraps, edges slightly rubbed, residue of old price sticker on back cover. 406 PGs.. Keywords: COUNTRY, MUSIC, HISTORY, CRITICISM. ( more information)
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Dreaming Out Loud: : Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, And The Changing
Bruce Feiler
Harper Perennial, 1999-04-06. Paperback. Good. Softcover, First Spike Printing, 1999. This is one of the best books about country music! Here is a ruggedly authentic behind-the-scenes tour that takes you places outsiders have never before been allowed to go. Read more how these artists changed the face of American music. (Excerpts from book reviews. ) Clean and unmarked pages with some photographs. NOTE: Pages ares lightly tanned on edges. Book is in stock and ready to ship. ( more information)
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Dreaming Out Loud:: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, And The Changing Face Of Nashville
Bruce Feiler
Harper Perennial, 1999-04-06. Very Good. Very Good: clean & unmarked, tight, square copy Country music has exploded across the U.S. and undergone a sweeping revolution, transforming the once ridiculed world of Nashville into an unlikely focal point of American pop culture. Bruce Feiler was granted unprecedented access to the private moments of the revolution. Here is the acclaimed report: a chronicle of the genre's biggest stars as they change the face of American music. From the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the dim light of a recording studio, here is a ruggedly authentic behind the scenes tour that takes you places outsiders have never been allowed to go. Part social history, part backstage pass, this penetrating and graceful book presents the most comprehensive portraits yet painted of Garth Brooks and Wynonna Judd-two of the most celebrated artists of our times-as well as a touching picture of Wade Hayes. 416pp. ( more information)
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