Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs

by Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark Victor; Rudder, Randy

• ISBN13: 9781935096672
• ISBN10: 1935096672
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Summary

Songs tell a story, and now many of country musicrs"s most famous singers and songwriters are sharing more of the story! These artists reveal the inspiration, influence, and background, and when and why they wrote their most famous songs, inChicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music. Book includes great photos of the songwriters and lyrics of many of the songs. A great gift for anyone who loves country music!

Author Biography

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are co-founders of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Randy Rudder is a country music journalist.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
16th Avenue	p. 5
All-American Boy	p. 8
Almost Home	p. 12
American Honey	p. 16
American Made	p. 19
American Saturday Night	p. 24
Back When We Were Beautiful	p. 27
Believe	p. 30
Bobbie Ann Mason	p. 36
By the Time I Get to Phoenix	p. 39
Can't Be Really Gone	p. 42
Coward of the County	p. 45
Delta Dawn	p. 50
Desperados Waiting for a Train	p. 54
D-I-V-O-R-C-E	p. 57
Everlasting Love	p. 60
Everything Is Beautiful	p. 64
Gentle on My Mind	p. 67
Ghost in This House	p. 71
Golden Ring	p. 74
Gone Country	p. 77
Good Ole Boys Like Me	p. 80
Green, Green Grass of Home	p. 83
Halfway Home Café	p. 87
Harper Valley PTA	p. 90
Have You Forgotten?	p. 94
He Didn't Have to Be	p. 99
He Stopped Loving Her Today	p. 103
Here in the Real World	p. 106
Hey Cinderella	p. 109
Highway 40 Blues	p. 113
Holes in the Floor of Heaven	p. 116
How Do You Get That Lonely?	p. 120
I Believe	p. 124
I Can't Make You Love Me	p. 128
I Fall to Pieces	p. 132
I Hope You Dance	p. 137
I Love the Way You Love Me	p. 144
I Run to You	p. 147
I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool	p. 150
It Matters to Me	p. 153
Jackson	p. 156
Jesus Take the Wheel	p. 160
Johnny Cash Is Dead and His House Burned Down	p. 164
Letting Go	p. 167
Little Rock	p. 170
Live Like You Were Dying	p. 173
Long Black Train	p. 177
Long Black Veil	p. 182
Love, Me	p. 185
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	p. 188
Man of Constant Sorrow	p. 191
Marie Laveau	p. 196
Maybe It Was Memphis	p. 199
Mississippi Squirrel Revival	p. 204
Mr. Bojangles	p. 208
Murder on Music Row	p. 212
My List	p. 216
My Son	p. 220
Not That Different	p. 223
Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine	p. 227
Old Hippie	p. 231
On Angel's Wings	p. 237
Online	p. 241
Reuben James	p. 245
She Thinks I Still Care	p. 249
Simple Man	p. 252
Smoky Mountain Rain	p. 256
Somebody's Prayin'	p. 259
Something in Red	p. 262
Southern Voice	p. 266
Strawberry Wine	p. 270
That's Just About Right	p. 273
That's My Job	p. 277
The Cape	p. 281
The Dance	p. 285
The Devil Went Down to Georgia	p. 289
The Famous Lefty Flynn's	p. 293
The Good Stuff	p. 296
The Grand Tour	p. 301
The Highwayman	p. 304
The House That Built Me	p. 307
The Most Beautiful Girl	p. 311
The River	p. 315
The Song Remembers When	p. 318
The Streak	p. 322
The Thunder Rolls	p. 327
This One's for the Girls	p. 331
Time Marches On	p. 334
Unanswered Prayers	p. 337
Uncle Pen	p. 341
Walk on Faith	p. 344
Walking Away a Winner	p. 347
What A Difference You've Made In My Life	p. 350
Where've You Been?	p. 353
Wichita Lineman	p. 358
Wind Beneath My Wings	p. 361
You Had Me From Hello	p. 365
You Won't Ever Be Lonely	p. 369
You're Gonna Miss This	p. 373
You've Got to Stand for Something	p. 377
Meet Our Authors	p. 380
Song Lyric Copyrights	p. 383
Photo Credits	p. 395
About Chicken Soup for the Soul	p. 397
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