Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs

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Simon and Schuster, Sep 6, 2011 - Music - 400 pages
Readers will get an inside look at the personal stories behind their favorite country songs as songwriters get up close and personal with exclusive stories about how and why they wrote them.

Songs tell a story, and now many of country music’s most famous singers and songwriters are sharing more of the story! These artists reveal the inspiration, influence, and background, and when and why they wrote their most famous songs, in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music. Book includes great photos of the songwriters and lyrics of many of the songs. A great gift for anyone who loves country music!
 

Contents

Foreword Ken Kragen
Introduction
16th Avenue story by Thom Schuyler
AllAmerican Boy story by Bobby Bare
Almost Home story by Craig Morgan
American Honey story by Hillary Lindsey
American Made story by Pat McManus 6 American Saturday Night story by Ashley Gorley
Back When We Were Beautiful story by Matraca Berg
Coward of the County story by Billy Edd Wheeler
Delta Dawn story by Alex Harvey 14 Desperados Waiting for a Train story by Guy Clark
DIVORCE story by Bobby Braddock
Everlasting Love story by Buzz Cason
Everything Is Beautiful story by Ray Stevens
Gentle on My Mind story by Betty Harford
Ghost in This House story by Hugh Prestwood
Golden Ring story by Bobby Braddock

Believe story by Craig Wiseman
Bobbie Ann Mason story by Mark D Sanders
By the Time I Get to Phoenix story by Jimmy Webb
Cant Be Really Gone story by Gary Burr
Gone Country story by Bob McDill
Good Ole Boys Like Me story by Bob McDill
Green Green Grass of Home story by Curly Putman
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Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are co-founders of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Randy Rudder is a country music journalist.

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