Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain
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Charley Pride interviews with Robert K. Oermann, February 1998, September 1995.
Country Music Hall of Fame, “Charley Pride: Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Presentation” press release, March 13, 2001.
Lorie Hollabaugh, “Charley Pride,” CMA Close Up, July–August 2003.
Paul Kingsbury, The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music (New York: Villard/Random House, 1995).
Nike Krewen, “Still in the Game,” Country Weekly, November 9, 2004.
Pam Lewis, “Together Over 40 Years,” PLA Media press release, February 12, 1999.
Diana Melz, “Charley Pride Kicks Off New Year with Two Big Milestones,” PLA Media press release, January 3, 1997.
Diana Melz, “Charley Pride Kicks Off New Year with Two Big Milestones,” PLA Media press release, December 10, 1996.
Robert K. Oermann, “Pride a Mentor to Young Black Performers,” The Tennessean, February 23, 1996.
Neil Pond, “Charley Pride Didn’t Want to Hurt Anyone,” Music City News, May 1988.
Charley Pride with Jim Henderson, Pride: The Charley Pride Story (New York: William and Morrow, 1994).
Christine Reed, “Charley Pride: Star Stats,” Country Weekly, January 19, 1999.
Unknown author, “Charley Pride and Wife Reveal Secret of Their 40-Year Marriage,” Jet, February 10, 1987.
Chapter 24: A Woman’s Love
Alan Jackson interviews with Robert K. Oermann, July 2007, September 1999, August 1999, September 1995.
Peter Cooper, “Alan Jackson Takes His Honky-Tonk to Church,” The Tennessean, March 12, 2006.
Peter Cooper, “A Driving Force,” The Tennessean, February 2, 2002.
Jennifer Gerlock, “Alan Jackson: Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness,” Country Song Roundup, April 1999.
Holly Gleason, “Hard Country Soft Heart,” New Country, March 1994.
Larry Holden, “Loving Somebody,” Country Weekly, November 28, 2000.
Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn, It’s All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007).
Beverly Keel, “Book’s Popularity Overwhelms Singer’s Wife,” The Tennessean, December 1, 2007.
Beverly Keel, “Glamorous Book Party Is All About Denise Jackson,” The Tennessean, July 27, 2007.
Paul Kingsbury, The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music (New York: Villard/Random House, 1995).
Brian Mansfield, “Satisfaction Jackson,” New Country, November 1996.
Alanna Nash, “The Private Alan Jackson,” Country Weekly, October 9, 2006.
Alanna Nash, “God Country Family: Alan Jackson,” USA Weekend, November 1, 2002.
Chris Neal, “Making Marriage Work,” Country Weekly, December 17, 2007.
Chris Neal, “Alan Jackson: Why I Do What I Do,” Country Weekly, September 28, 2004.
Chris Neal, “All About Alan: Hidden World,” Country Weekly, September 2, 2003.
Bob Paxman, “Living on Love,” Country Weekly, August 22, 2000.
Deborah Evans Price, “The Love of My Life,” Country Weekly, August 13, 2007.
Kristin Russell, “Star Stats: Alan Jackson,” Country Weekly, May 16, 2000.
David Scarlett, “Where He Comes From,” Country Weekly, May 27, 2003.
David Scarlett, Chris Neal, and Bob Paxman, “Putting Family First,” Country Weekly, November 5, 2007.
Laurie Werner, “Fast Track Jackson,” USA Weekend, October 5, 1990.
Chapter 25: Broken Duets
Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann, Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2003).
Skeeter Davis, Bus Fare to Kentucky: The Autobiography of Skeeter Davis (New York: Birch Lane Press, 1993).
Alton Delmore, Truth Is Stranger Than Publicity (Nashville: Country Music Foundation Press, 1977).
Paul Kingsbury, The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music (New York: Villard/Random House, 1995).
Barry McCloud et al., Definitive Country (New York: Perigee Trade, 1995).
Lorrie Morgan with George Vecsey, Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story (New York: Ballantine Books, 1997).
Joel Whitburn, compiler, Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Songs 1944 to 2005 Billboard (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2005).
Charles Wolfe, In Close Harmony: The Story of The Louvin Brothers (Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi, 1996).
John Wright, Traveling the High Way Home (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993).
Laurence J. Zwisohn, Loretta Lynn’s World of Music (Los Angeles: John Edwards Memorial Foundation, 1980).
Chapter 26: Outlaw’s Prayer
Glenn Ferguson interview with Robert K. Oermann, February 2003.
Johnny Paycheck interviews with Robert K. Oermann, July 1994, January 1991, May 1986.
Lyn Aurelius, “Johnny Paycheck,” CMA Close Up, February 1998.
Jim Bagley, “Obituary: Johnny Paycheck, Country Singer,” Goldmine, April 18, 2003.
Don Baird, “Paycheck Looks Beyond Trial,” The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio), May 14, 1986.
David Cantwell, “Johnny Paycheck, 1938–2003,” Nashville Scene, February 27, 2003.
Daniel Cooper, Johnny Paycheck: The Real Mr. Heartache album liner notes (Nashville: Country Music Foundation Records, 1996).
Kevin Gepford, “Johnny Paycheck Sings Praises for Adult Education,” The Daily Citizen-News (Dalton, Georgia), July 17, 1991.
Craig Havighurst, “Singer Johnny Paycheck Dies at 64,” The Tennessean, February 20, 2003.
Rich Kienzle, “Johnny Paycheck, 1938–2003,” No Depression, May–June 2003.
Buddy Killen, By the Seat of My Pants (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993).
Aubrey Mayhew and Tom Kittypaw, Johnny Paycheck on His Way album liner notes (Nashville: Little Darlin’ Records, 2005).
Richard McVey II, “Johnny Paycheck Back on Track,” Music City News, April 1997.
Robert K. Oermann, “Paycheck Freed to Sing,” The Tennessean, January 23, 1991.
Robert K. Oermann, “Battle Scarred Paycheck Returns to the Ring,” The Tennessean, May 31, 1986.
Robert K. Oermann, “Country Stars Bail Out Paycheck,” The Tennessean, May 23, 1986.
Robert K. Oermann, “Royalties to Help AIDS Research When Paycheck Is Serving Time,” The Tennessean, February 8, 1986.
Bob Paxman, “Death of an Outlaw,” Country Weekly, April 1, 2003.
Jim Ridley and Michael McCall, “Jukebox Hero,” Nashville Scene, September 26, 1996.
Phyllis Stark, “Johnny Paycheck Dead at 64,” Billboard, March 1, 2003.
Jonny Whiteside, The Soul & The Edge: The Best of Johnny Paycheck album liner notes (New York: Columbia Records, 2002).
Chapter 27: Pure Love
Joyce Milsap interview with Robert K. Oermann, June 1983.
Ronnie Milsap interviews with Robert K. Oermann, June 1997, September 1993, August 1991, March 1991, August 1990, November 1986, July 1984, June 1983.
Brian Mansfield, ed., Grand Ole Opry 80th Anniversary Picture History Book (Nashville: Gaylord Entertainment Company, 2005).
Ronnie Milsap with Tom Carter, Almost Like a Song (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990).
Robert K. Oermann, “Ronnie Milsap’s Secrets,” The Tennessean, September 11, 1993.
Robert K. Oermann, “Milsap Shines Light on Dark Beginnings,” The Tennessean, August 25, 1990.
Robert K. Oermann, “Ronnie Milsap Brings His Music, His Heart, Home,” The Tennessean, November 30, 1986.
Robert K. Oermann, “Living in Nashville Has Always Been ‘The Big Dream’ for Ronnie Milsap,” The Tennessean, April 17, 1983.
Chapter 28: The Red-Headed Stranger
Kris Kristofferson interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1995.
Willie Nelson interviews with Robert K. Oermann, June 1999, September 1995, November 1992, May 1990, February 1987, October 1984, September 1984, May 1983.
Billy Walker interview with Robert K. O
ermann, October 1995.
Bob Allen, Waylon & Willie (New York: Quick Fox, 1979).
Michael Bane, Willie (New York: Dell Publishing, 1984).
Jim Brown, Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (Ontario: Quarry Press, 2001).
Bill DeYoung, “Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away,” Goldmine, January 6, 1995.
Robert Draper, “Poor Willie,” Texas Monthly, May 1991.
Lana Nelson Fowler, Willie Nelson Family Album (Amarillo, TX: H.M. Poirot & Company, 1980).
Rich Kienzle, Country & Western Classics: Willie Nelson liner-note booklet (Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Records, 1983).
Susie Nelson, Heart Worn Memories (Austin: Eakin Press, 1987).
Willie Nelson, The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes (New York: Random House, 2003).
Willie Nelson with Turk Pipkin, The Tao of Willie (New York: Gotham Books, 2006).
Willie Nelson with Bud Shrake, Willie: An Autobiography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988).
Frank Oakley with Patsi Bale Cox and Virginia Robicheaux, The Nashville Sidekick (Nashville: Frank Oakley, 2006).
Robert K. Oermann, “Who’ll Buy Willie’s Memories?” The Tennessean, May 29, 1991.
Robert K. Oermann, “Willie Accepts Roy Acuff Award,” The Tennessean, February 4, 1987.
Robert K. Oermann, “Superstar Willie Christens New Show,” The Tennessean, October 16, 1985.
Robert K. Oermann, “Willie & Kris All Smiles About ‘Songwriter,’” The Tennessean, October 8, 1984.
Robert K. Oermann, “Willie & Merle’s ‘Pancho & Lefty’ Premieres on the Silver Screen,” The Tennessean, May 29, 1983.
Robert K. Oermann, “Willie Takes to TV for Cablecast But Hankers for the Big Screen,” The Tennessean, May 13, 1983.
Robert K. Oermann and Brad Schmitt, “Willie Nelson’s Son Found Dead in Apparent Suicide,” The Tennessean, December 26, 1991.
Steven Opdyke, Willie Nelson Sings America (Austin: Eakin Press, 1998).
Christine Reed, “Willie Nelson: Star Stats,” Country Weekly, July 7, 1998.
Lola Scobey, Willie Nelson: Country Outlaw (New York: Zebra Books, 1982).
Chapter 29: Dating at the Opry
Dierks Bentley interviews with Robert K. Oermann, December 2007, June 2007.
Heather Byrd, “Josh Turner Tells About Breaking in on Man in Black,” The Tennessean, September 5, 2006.
Peter Cooper, “Sure He’s Cute, But That’s Beside the Point,” The Tennessean, November 5, 2006.
Beverly Keel, “Josh Turner Surprised with Invite to Join Opry,” The Tennessean, September 30, 2007.
Beverly Keel, “Josh Turner Sounds Off,” People, March 13, 2006.
Brian Mansfield, “‘Regular Guy’ Enjoys Ride Up Country Charts,” USA Today, September 5, 2003.
Chris Neal, “Love Train,” Country Weekly, January 20, 2004.
Chris Neal, “Finding His Voice,” Country Weekly, December 12, 2002.
Bob Paxman, “Dierks Elopes,” Country Weekly, January 30, 2006.
Deborah Evans Price, “Steady Chug of ‘Train’ Pays Off for Turner,” Billboard, February 21, 2004.
M. B. Roberts, “Water Works,” Country Weekly, October 26, 2004.
David Scarlett, “Good Times, Tough Times,” Country Weekly, November 2007.
David Scarlett, “A Long Trip, But Not Alone,” Country Weekly, December 18, 2006.
David Scarlett, “Road Warrior,” Country Weekly, August 1, 2005.
Chapter 30: The Harmonica Wizard
Ken Beck, “Remembering a Wizard,” The Tennessean, May 7, 2002.
Ralph Duncan, “Had You Heard DeFord Bailey: A Legend Lives,” The Morning Press (Murfreesboro, TN), July 12, 1982.
Pamela E. Foster, My Country: The African Diaspora’s Country Music Heritage (Nashville: Pamela E. Foster, 1998).
John Hartley Fox, “I Was a Humdinger,” Bluegrass Unlimited, December 1982.
Frye Gaillard, “An Opry Star Shines On,” Country Music, March 1975.
Peter Guralnick, Lost Highway (Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1979).
George D. Hay, A Story of the Grand Ole Opry (Nashville: George D. Hay, 1945).
Paul Hemphill, The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970).
Dwight Lewis, “Country Music Changes Its Tune on DeFord Bailey,” The Tennessean, September 1, 2005.
Dwight Lewis, “This Country Music Great Is Still in Need of Deserved Recognition,” The Tennessean, March 11, 2004.
David Morton, “Every Day’s Been Sunday,” Nashville! March 1974.
David C. Morton with Charles K. Wolfe, DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1991).
Robert K. Oermann, “Country Music Commemorates DeFord Bailey,” The Tennessean, June 24, 1983.
Bengt Olsson, “The Grand Ole Opry’s DeFord Bailey,” Living Blues, n.d.
Paul Reddick, Harp Blowers (1925–1936) album liner notes (Vienna, Austria: Document Records, 1993).
Tony Russell, Blacks, Whites and Blues (New York: Stein and Day, 1970).
Brian Rust, The Victor Master Book (Highland Park, NJ: Walter C. Allen, 1969).
Edmund J. Sass, George Gottfried, and Anthony Sorem, Polio’s Legacy (Lantham, MD: University Press of America / Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 1996).
Reginald Stewart, “Death of Black Opry Pioneer Leads to Disharmony in Nashville,” TheNew York Times, August 22, 1982.
Charles K. Wolfe, A Good Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry (Nashville: Country Music Foundation/Vanderbilt University Press, 1999).
Charles K. Wolfe, The Legendary DeFord Bailey: Country Music’s First Black Star album liner notes (Murfreesboro, TN: Folklore Society Records, 1998).
Charles K. Wolfe, Tennessee Strings (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1977).
Charles K. Wolfe, Nashville the Early String Bands album liner notes (Floyd, VA: County Records, 1976).
Charles K. Wolfe, The Grand Ole Opry: The Early Years 1925–35 (London: Old Time Music, 1975).
Ron Wynn, “Harmonica Legend Honored,” The City Paper, March 12, 2004.
Ron Wynn, “Pan American Blues,” No Depression, January–February 2002.
Gwendolyn C. Young, “Family, Others Still Fighting to Get Opry Pioneer into Hall of Fame,” The Tennessean, December 5, 2002.
Chapter 31: Sure Love
Hal Ketchum interviews with Robert K. Oermann, June 2007, May 1993, December 1992, December 1991.
Keith Ryan Cartwright, “For Hal Ketchum, Lady Luck Is Smiling,” The Tennessean, October 9, 2001.
Marianne Horner, “Back on Track,” Country Weekly, August 31, 2004.
Robert K. Oermann, “Hal Ketchum: Living His Dream,” The Tennessean, May 1, 1993.
Robert K. Oermann, “Hal Who? Late-Blooming, Hit-Making Hal Ketchum,” The Tennessean, December 28, 1991.
Jay Orr, “Illness Couldn’t Catch Him, Now Ketchum’s Coming Back,” The Tennessean, December 4, 1998.
Jay Orr, “Ketchum’s Drug Woes Behind Him,” The Tennessean, June 16, 1998.
Tom Roland, “Heart,” Country Weekly, February 4, 2003.
Tamara Saviano, “Hal Ketchum’s Happy He’s Seen the Light,” Country Weekly, May 5, 1998.
Chapter 32: Behind Every Great Man . . .
Randy Travis interviews with Robert K. Oermann, August 2007, January 1998, November 1997, July 1996, September 1995, March 1994, April 1991, June 1987, August 1986.
Jay Cocks, “Trippin’ Through the Crossroads,” Time, July 25, 1988.
Thomas Goldsmith, “Laid-Back Randy Travis Learns to Live with Peaks and Valleys of His Career,” The Tennessean, October 22, 1989.
Thomas Goldsmith, “Country’s Paying Off for Randy Travis,” The Tennessean, February 8, 1986.
Kim Heron, “Randy Travis: Making Country Music Hot Again,” The New York Times Magazine, June 25, 1989.
Larry Holden, “Walking on Faith,” Country Weekly, Aug
ust 5, 2003.
Robert K. Oermann, Randy Travis Anthology album liner notes (Los Angeles: Warner Bros., Records, 2002).
Robert K. Oermann, “He’s Back!,” The Tennessean, September 7, 1996.
Robert K. Oermann, “Randy Travis,” The Tennessean, April 23, 1994.
Robert K. Oermann, “Travis Points to Future,” The Tennessean, June 8, 1991.
Robert K. Oermann, “Randy Goes Public with His Romance,” The Tennessean, April 13, 1991.
Robert K. Oermann, “Randy Travis Praised for Hard Work,” The Tennessean, March 30, 1990.
Robert K. Oermann, “He’ll Sing Country Forever and Ever, Amen!,” The Tennessean, June 27, 1987.
Robert K. Oermann, “Randy Travis Set to Become Opry Member,” The Tennessean, November 28, 1986.
Robert K. Oermann, “Country with a Capital C Suits Hit Maker Randy Travis to a T,” The Tennessean, August 23, 1986.
Randy Travis, “She’s My Woman,” Guideposts, June 2001.
John Vasile, “Star Stats: Randy Travis,” Country Weekly, October 16, 2001.
Chapter 33: The Tragedy of Country Music’s King
Chet Atkins interview with Robert K. Oermann, June 1994.
Hillous Butrum interview with Robert K. Oermann, August 1995.
June Carter Cash interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1994.
Jimmy Dickens interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1995.
Merle Kilgore interview with Robert K. Oermann, August 1995.
Buddy Killen interview with Robert K. Oermann, August 1995.
Lycrecia Morris interview with Robert K. Oermann, February 1987.
Ray Price interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1995.
Jerry Rivers interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1994.
Joe Talbot interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1995.
Porter Wagoner interview with Robert K. Oermann, July 2000.
Johnny Wright interview with Robert K. Oermann, September 1995.
Jay Caress, Hank Williams: Country Music’s Tragic King (New York: Stein & Day, 1979).
Bob Claypool, “Hank Williams’ Last Ride,” The Houston Chronicle, January 1, 1989.
Peter Cooper, “Retracing a Ghostly Night Ride,” The Tennessean, January 1, 2003.
Colin Escott, Hank Williams (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1994).
Colin Escott, “Hank Williams: Long Gone Lonesome Blues,” Goldmine, June 14, 1991.