by Bruce Feiler
Esquire
F
Fan Fair
fans:
backstage passes for
sex and
statistics concerning
violence and
Fender, Freddie
“The Fever” (Brooks)
Fifield, James
financial affairs:
Brooks
Hayes
Judd’s
Fisk University
Jubilee Singers
Fleischer, Debi
Flippo, Chet
Fogelsong, Jim
Fox, Herbert
Francis, Cleve
Fresh Horses (Brooks)
Friedan, Betty
Friedman, Kinky
“Friends in Low Places” (Brooks)
“From Hell to Paradise” (Mavericks)
From Hell to Paradise (Mavericks)
Fuller, Trish (Hayes fan)
G
Galante, Joe
Garfunkel, Art
Garth Brooks (Brooks)
Gayle, Crystal
Gaylord, Edward
Gaylord Entertainment Co.
Geffen, David
Gibbs, Terri
Gifford, Kathie Lee
Gill, Vince
Country Music Association (CMA) Awards
Gingrich, Newt
“Girls with Guitars” (Judd)
“Girls Night Out” (the Judds)
Glaser, Tompall
Globe
“Gone Country” (McDill), ix
Goode, Becky
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Gore, Al
Grammy Awards
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
Country Song of the Year
Grand Ole Opry
black influences and
Brooks member of
“Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Old Days)” (the Judds)
Greater Need (Morgan)
Grein, Paul
Griffith, Nanci
Guitar Town (Earle)
Guthrie, Woody
H
“Had a Dream (for the Heart)” (the Judds)
Haggard, Merle
hairdressers
Hall, Tom T.
Hall of Fame
Harden, Chris
Harper, Carol
Harris, Emmylou
hats. See cowboy hats
Hay, George D.
Hayes, Don
Hayes, Trish
Hayes, Wade
album cover
Brooks differences
career
childhood
Debut Artist of the Year
financial affairs
first fan club picnic
future
image
recording album
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” (Jones)
“He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” (Carpenter)
“Help Me Make It Through the Night” (Kristofferson)
Helton, Lon
Hemphill, Paul
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendricks, Scott
Hermitage Landing
Heslet, Joe
“High Lonesome Sound” (Krauss)
Higley, Brewster
Hilburn, Robert
Hillbilly Central
hillbilly image
Himes, Geoffrey
The Hits (Brooks)
Holden, Stephen
“Home on the Range” (Higley)
Honeysuckle Rose (Nelson)
honky-tonk
Honky-Tonk Heroes (Jennings)
Horizon Award
Brooks
House, Gerry
“House of Cards” (Carpenter)
Howard, Harlan
Huie, John
Hummon, Marcus
Hunter, James
“Hurts, Don’t It” (Hayes)
I
“I Am That Man” (Brooks & Dunn)
“I Fall to Pieces” (Cline)
“I Still Do” (Hayes)
“I Want to Be Your Girlfriend” (Carpenter)
“I’d love to talk to you/But then I’d miss Donahue” (Clark)
“If the South Woulda Won” (Williams)
“If Tomorrow Never Comes” (Brooks)
“I’m Still Dancin’ with You” (Hayes)
“In Another’s Eyes” (Brooks & Yearwood)
income. See financial affairs
“Independence Day” (McBride)
Interstate
Interview magazine
“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels” (Cline)
“It’s Over My Head” (Hayes)
It’s Your Call (McEntire)
Ivey, Bill
J
Jackson, Alan
Jackson, Andrew
Jennings, Peter
Jennings, Waylon
Joel, Billy
Johnson, Bill
Johnson, Shirley (Brooks fan)
Jones, George
Jordan, Charlie
Judd, Ashley
Judd, Christina. See Judd, Wynonna
Judd, Diana. See Judd, Naomi
Judd, Naomi
childhood and early career
retirement of
Wynonna on
Wynonna relationship
Judd, Wynonna
childhood and early career
financial affairs
future
on Naomi
Naomi relationship
nightly prayer
pregnancy
solo career
suicide attempt
“The Tonight Show” appearance
wedding
weight
“Judd medley” (Judd)
The Judds
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” appearance
K
Kane, Nick
Keel, Beverly
“Keep on the Sunny Side” (Carter Family)
Keillor, Garrison
Kelley, Arch, III
Kelley, Jim
Killen, Buddy
Kinder, Peter
King, Reno
Kmart
Knopfler, Mark
Kooper, Al
Koppelman, Charles
Kraski, Mike
Krauss, Alison
Kristofferson, Kris
L
“The Lamb” (film)
lang, k. d.
Lange, Mutt
Lardie, Bill
Lawrence, Tracy
Lawson, James
LeDoux, Chris
Lehning, Kyle
Lennon, John
Leno, Jay
“Leroy, the Redneck Reindeer” (Diffie)
Levy, Susan
Lewis, Pam
Life magazine, Brooks and
Littlefield, Merlin
“LIVE! With Regis and Kathie Lee,” Brooks interview
Living the Seven Habits (Covey)
Load (Metallica)
Loggins, Dave
Love Can Build a Bridge (Judd)
“Love Light” (Francis), video
Lovett, Lyle
Lowe, Chris (Brooks fan)
Luman, Bob
Lynn, Loretta
Lytle, Andrew
M
McBride, John
McBride, Martina
McCall, Michael
McLean, Don
McCready, Mindy
McDill, Bob, ix
McEntire, Reba
McEwen, Mark
McGraw, Tim
McInerney, Jay
Madison, Tennessee
Madonna
Maher, Brent
Malo, Raul
Malone, Bill
“Mama He’s Crazy” (the Judds)
Mandrell, Barbara
Mansfield, Joe
Manuel
market research
Marketing/Research Associates
Massenburg, George
Mattea, Kathy
Maverick
s
Country Music Association (CMA) Awards
MCA Entertainment Group
MCA Nashville
MCA/Universal
media:
Brooks arrogance toward
lack of interest in country music
Mencken, H. L.
Midler, Bette
Miller, Heidi
money. See financial affairs
Monroe, Bill
Montgomery, John Michael
Morgan, Lorrie
Morris, Doug
Morris, Ed
movie stars, transfer to Nashville
“Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)” (Brooks)
Music for All Occasions (Mavericks)
Music City, U.S.A.
music publishing
Music Row
Music Row magazine, Engineer of the Year Award
“My Maria” (Brooks & Dunn)
N
Naipaul, V. S.
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (NBC miniseries)
Nashville:
history of
international corporations influence on
new
reasons why country music centered in
religious institutions
transfer of movie stars to
transfer of musical power to
Nashville (Altman)
Nashville Life magazine
Nashville Music Awards
Nashville Number System
Nashville Scene
Nashville Sound
Nashville Speedway
National Enquirer
National Life
Nelson, Paul
Nelson, Willie
New Nashville
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
Newman, Melinda
Newsweek
Nine to Five (Parton)
Nixon, Richard
No Fences (Brooks)
No-Hats Tour
Norman, Jim Ed
“Not Counting You” (Brooks)
“Nowhere Road” (Jennings & Nelson)
Nudie
O
Oak Hill, Tennessee
Oak Ridge Boys
Oermann, Bob
“Okie from Muskogee,”
“Old Enough to Know Better” (Hayes)
Old Enough to Know Better (Hayes)
Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Brooks concert
“On a Good Night” (Hayes)
research concerning
On a Good Night (Hayes)
“The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the Judds appearance on
Opryland, U.S.A.
Opryland Hotel
“Our Time Is Coming” (Hayes)
The Outlaws
P
Palmer, Robert
Parnell, Lee Roy
Parsons, Gram
Parthenon
parties
Parton, Dolly
Paycheck, Johnny
Pearl, Minnie
funeral of
Pearl Records, Inc.
Peer, Ralph
People magazine
Brooks and
Peters, Gretchen
Philbin, Regis
pickup notes
Pierce, Webb
“The Pill” (Lynn)
“Pistol Packin’ Papa” (Rodgers)
political influences, on country music
PolyGram
Potter, Don
Presley, Elvis
Pride, Charley
Pritchard, Steve
Pro Tours, Inc.
Q
Quonset Hut
R
R & R. See Radio & Records magazine
rack jobbing
Radio & Records (R & R) magazine
radio market
statistics concerning
Rains, Chick
Randall, Alice
Raye, Collin
record charts, birth of
recording studios
album recording
digital recording systems
early
players
recording process
records:
distributors of
DJ copies of
independent promoters of
promotion of
royalty rates
Red Strokes
Reeves, Jim
revelations (Judd)
Reynolds, Allen
Reynolds, Robert
Richey, Kim
Ricochet
Rimes, LeAnn
Rimes, Wilbur and Belinda
“Ring of Fire” (Mavericks)
“The River” (Brooks)
Robertson, Eck
Robertson, Mike
Rodgers, Jimmie
Rogers, Kenny
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stones
“The Room” (Hayes)
Ropin’ the Wind (Brooks)
Rose, Fred
royalty rates:
mechanical
standard
S
Sajak, Pat
Schaetzle, Bud
Schmitt, Brad
Scopes, John T.
Sevens (Brooks)
“She Is His Only Need” (Judd)
Shepherd, Jean
Sherrill, Billy
Shore, Dinah
Shulenberger, Jon
Shults, Lynn
“Shut Up and Kiss Me” (Carpenter)
Siman, Scott
Simmons Study of Media and Markets
“Six Feet Tall” (Hayes)
Skaggs, Ricky
Smith, Hazel
Smith, Joe
Smith, Sammi
Snow, Hank
songs, types of
songwriters
Sony Records
SoundScan
Revenge of
Soundshop Studio
South:
growth and change in
stereotyped
Southeast Missourian
Southgate, Colin, Sir
“Stand by Your Man” (Wynette)
“Standing Outside the Fire” (Brooks), video
“Steady as She Goes” (Hayes)
Steines, Mark
Stetson, John B.
Stilts, Ken
Strait, George
Country Music Association (CMA) Awards
“Strawberry Wine” (Carter)
Strickland, Larry
stroking
Stuart, Marty
Studio A
studio players
Sunset Studios
Swan Ball
T
“Take This Job and Shove It” (Paycheck)
Tannenbaum, Rob
Taylor, Randy
Tell Me Why (Judd)
The Tennessean
Tennessee State Fairgrounds
“The Tennessee Waltz” (Acuff-Rose)
Tesh, John
Tester, Wayne
The Thing Called Love (film)
Thompson, Hank
Thorn International
Thorpe, Jim
Throckmorton, Sonny
“The Thunder Rolls” (Brooks)
video
video, controversy concerning
Tillis, Pam
Times
Titley, Bob
TNN/Music City News Awards
“To Be Loved by You” (Judd)
“Tonight” (Mandrell)
“The Tonight Show,” Judd appearance on
Tosches, Nick
Tourist in Paradise (Francis)
Travis, Randy
Travolta, John
Trilogy
Tritt, Travis
Tubb, Ernest
TV Guide
Brooks and
Twain, Shania
“Two of a Kind” (Brooks)
U
“Unanswered Prayers” (Brooks)
“Uncle Pen” (Monroe)
Unger, John
Urban Cowboy
USA Today
USA Weekend
Brooks and
V
Vanderbilt University
videos
Virginian-Pilot
W
Wade Hayes Day
Wagoner, Porter
The Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart
Wanted! The Outlaws
Ward-Belmont finishing school
Warner/Reprise Nashville
Was, Don
The Washington Post
“We Shall Be Free” (Brooks)
controversy concerning
Weeks, Will
Wells, Kitty
What a Crying Shame (Mavericks)
“Where Do I Go to Start All Over?” (Hayes)
White, Bryan
Whitley, Keith
“Why Not Me” (the Judds)
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken” (Carter Family)
Williams, Brian
Williams, Hank
Williams, Hank, Jr.
Wilson, Walt
Winfrey, Oprah
Wolfe, Charles
The Woman in Me (Twain)
Wopat, Tom
“Working Our Way Back Home One Row at a Time” (Haggard)
Worley, Paul
Wy-line
Wynette, Tammy
Wynonna (Judd)
Y
Yearwood, Trisha
Yoakam, Dwight
Yukon, Oklahoma
Z
Zimmerman, David
“The Zone,”
About the Author
BRUCE FEILER is the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible. He is a contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered and writes for the New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Gourmet. He lives in New York City.
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