Tammy Wynette

Tragic Country Queen

By McDonough, Jimmy

Publishers Summary:
Tammy Wynette was one of the great female singers of the twentieth century, an artist who could plumb the darkest corners of her heart and transform private grief into public drama. Best-selling biographer Jimmy McDonough tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone and whose meteoric rise led to a decades-long career full of tragedy and triumph. Through a high-profile marriage and divorce, her dreadful battle with addiction and illness, and the struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving Nashville, Tammy Wynette turned a brave smile toward the world and churned out masterful hit songs full of vulnerability, disillusionment, strength, and endurance. This is an intimate portrait of a music icon, the Queen of Heartbreak, whose powerful voice evoked universal pain and longing even as it belied her own.

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ISBN
978-1-44172-665-0
Publisher
Blackstone Audio


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Reviewed on August 1, 2010  |  Media

McDonough (www.jimmymcdonough.net), author of the New York Times best seller Shakey: A Neil Young Biography (2002), presents what may well be the definitive biography of the late singer/songwriter Tammy Wynette (1942–98), who reigne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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