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As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams's death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville's music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts,…

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1 author picked Live Fast, Love Hard as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Diane Diekman is an outstanding writer, her biography of Marty Robbins winning the 2013 Best Book on Country Music Award.

Great as that book is, her biography of Faron Young best captures the distinct colorful feel of midcentury country music. Its subject was a rounder from Louisiana, a contemporary of Hank Williams who really did live out a fast life.

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