Synopsis
A portrait of country-music legend Patsy Cline traces the singer's life and career, from her Shenandoah Valley childhood, through her grueling rise to success in the music world and tumultuous private life, to her tragic death. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Reviews
The turbulent life of the country music star whose popularity continues long after her death in 1963 is chronicled in this biography with compelling sympathy and an attention to detail that will appeal to fans. Cline's stuggle to develop a unique country act began in Winchester, Va., in a musical, if dysfunctional, family. According to Jones, a PW contributing editor, "a home environment charged with guilt, shame and fear" led by an abusive father had a direct bearing on the marital problems and hard drinking of Cline's adult years. At the time of her death in a car accident at age 30, Cline was a headliner at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, a multimillion-dollar recording star and an influence on a generation of country singers with classics like "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight." This sad story follows the grueling hardships and remarkable triumphs of a legendary country musician. Discography included. Photos not seen by PW. $25,000 ad/promo; author tour.
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Every pop-music star who comes to an untimely end becomes a legend, it seems, and eventually inspires some respectable enough biographies, not to mention the inevitable hagiographies, for our entertainers constitute the pool of prospects from which we select our martyrs and saints. That Cline (193263), the husky-voiced country singer who had barely arrived in the first circle of popularity when she died in a plane crash, really is a modern martyr Jones quickly establishes by marshaling evidence that Cline was sexually abused by her father. Cline's sanctity established, Jones continues the story of her drive to success via extensive extracts from interviews with many of her country-music associates, such as June Carter, Tompall Glaser, Wanda Jackson, Faron Youngin short, a who's who of the generation of country music stars now in their sixties. Fans should find the book fascinating, while others may think it's a bit much. Ray Olson
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