Patsy The Life and Times of Patsy Cline (Paperback)
| Author: Margaret Jones |
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A lot of fear went through me when Patsy died. (from the first line)
Patsy was my closest girlfriend in life. But she wasn't just my girlfriend. She was my protector. She looked out for me. She taught me how to dress. She taught me how to get on stage, how to wear make-up, how to start a show and how to leave people wanting more at the end.
| More than 35 years after her death, "Patsy" offers an intimate look at hard-living, hard-loving Patsy Cline, who surmounted unimaginable odds to become the most popular female country singer in recording history. 27 photos. |
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More than 35 years after her death, "Patsy" offers an intimate look at hard-living, hard-loving Patsy Cline, who surmounted unimaginable odds to become the most popular female country singer in recording history. 27 photos. |
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In this revealing biography, some of country music's greatest stars--Loretta Lynn, June Carter, Dottie West, Roy Clarke, Johnny Western, and several others--share their memories of the legendary Patsy Cline. Fans are invited to learn about the darker side of Cline's life: her impoverished childhood, her sexually abusive father, and her bouts of depression that manifested in anxiety, hostility, compulsive eating and dieting, and sexual dysfunction.The legend of the larger-than-life country singer Patsy Cline is fleshed out by contributions from many of her contemporaries in writer Margaret Jones's biography, PATSY, which includes the reminiscences of many of the biggest stars in 1950s and '60s country, like Faron Young (with whom Cline had a long affair), Loretta Lynn, and Barbara Mandrell. The child of an overbearing and perhaps sexually abusive father, Cline sought out similarly unstable relationships. Her first marriage ended in divorce when she met the equally volatile Charlie Dick; their stormy but passionate marriage lasted until her death in a plane crash in 1963. Though a restrictive record contract and unsuitable songs marred her early career, she later topped both country and pop charts with her recordings of the Willie Nelson song "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight." With vivid depictions of the star's often-tumultuous private life, as well as the recording sessions and Grand Ole Opry shows that made her famous, Jones conjures the feisty, indomitable spirit that earned Patsy Cline the respect of her peers and the adulation of generations of fans of pop and country music.
In this revealing biography, some of country music's greatest stars--Loretta Lynn, June Carter, Dottie West, Roy Clarke, Johnny Western, and several others--share their memories of the legendary Patsy Cline. Fans are invited to learn about the darker side of Cline's life: her impoverished childhood, her sexually abusive father, and her bouts of depression that manifested in anxiety, hostility, compulsive eating and dieting, and sexual dysfunction.The legend of the larger-than-life country singer Patsy Cline is fleshed out by contributions from many of her contemporaries in writer Margaret Jones's biography, PATSY, which includes the reminiscences of many of the biggest stars in 1950s and '60s country, like Faron Young (with whom Cline had a long affair), Loretta Lynn, and Barbara Mandrell. The child of an overbearing and perhaps sexually abusive father, Cline sought out similarly unstable relationships. Her first marriage ended in divorce when she met the equally volatile Charlie Dick; their stormy but passionate marriage lasted until her death in a plane crash in 1963. Though a restrictive record contract and unsuitable songs marred her early career, she later topped both country and pop charts with her recordings of the Willie Nelson song "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight." With vivid depictions of the star's often-tumultuous private life, as well as the recording sessions and Grand Ole Opry shows that made her famous, Jones conjures the feisty, indomitable spirit that earned Patsy Cline the respect of her peers and the adulation of generations of fans of pop and country music.
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Washington Post
"A chatty, intimate, compulsively readable picture of not only the tragic Cline, but also of those who knew her and of the world which produced her and her music." Santa Barbara News-Press
"An inspiring book, the honestly told story of a supremely talented woman who subordinated almost everything to her art." Los Angeles Times
"A definitive chronology of Patsy Cline's short life that reads as it was lived, like the melodramatic but hopelessly 'true' lyrics typical of a Nashville ballad." Los Angeles Times
"Reads as it was lived, like the melodramatic but hopelessly 'true' lyrics...of a Nashville ballad."
"A chatty, intimate, compulsively readable picture of not only the tragic Cline, but also of those who knew her and of the world which produced her and her music." Santa Barbara News-Press
"An inspiring book, the honestly told story of a supremely talented woman who subordinated almost everything to her art." Los Angeles Times
"A definitive chronology of Patsy Cline's short life that reads as it was lived, like the melodramatic but hopelessly 'true' lyrics typical of a Nashville ballad." Los Angeles Times
"Reads as it was lived, like the melodramatic but hopelessly 'true' lyrics...of a Nashville ballad."
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