Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline

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Summary: HONKY TONK ANGEL...
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This is an excellent biography of Patsy Cline, the crossover sensation who would blaze a trail of hits across the country and pop charts of her time. This hard living, hard loving, country diva would become known as one of the most emotive voices in the history of popular music. This book chronicles her life, grounding it in the context out of which she emerged. Well-researched and lovingly written, it paints a portrait of both the artist and the woman.

There is little doubt that Ms. Cline had a hard scrabble childhood. Yet, despite her struggle to gain musical recognition in an era in which female country singers were really no more than backdrops for the men and ripe for exploitation by record industry professionals, Patsy Cline's belief in her talent would help her overcome the odds. She would go on to become one of most popular singers of all time, country or pop.

The author manages to paint a portrait of Ms. Cline that will resonate with the reader. A honky tonk angel who would brook nothing and no one in her way, Patsy Cline was a generous, outspoken, and tough country gal who knew she could sing and would not allow the sexist attitudes of the time to paint her into a corner. She eventually sang her way to stardom, turning the music industry on its ear with her popularity, only to be cut down in the prime of her life by a tragic plane crash.

This is, indeed, a book about the life and times of Patsy Cline: her men, her money, her music. With a touching and personal foreword by Loretta Lynn and sixteen pages of black and white photographs, it is a book that all Patsy Cline fans will enjoy, as will those who enjoy a well-written and well-researched biography.



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Review: "...Patsy is a masterful study of an American master. It's the most meticulously researched and insightful of the three Cline biographies published thus far. Jones captures Cline in all of her vitality and passion, while showing how Cline rose from poverty to stardom."
Steve Neal, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Author Margaret Jones is a virtual unknown, but her book, Patsy, deserves to be the definitive work on the subject. Jones has dug deeper, done more interviews, uncovered more facts, and gotten more history correctly than nearly any book on the market today. Richly detailed, it succeeds both as biography and as a research work on country music of the '50s and early '60s."
Rich Kienzle, Country Music Magazine

"...[Patsy] Cline has never before been the subject of an unflinching, unbiased and, most important, Nashville-apolitical biography. Author Margaret Jones' Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline is the first portrait of the hillbilly torch singer with real fur on it--the book offers a depth, breadth and height of reality that is both fascinating and repellent." Jonny Whiteside, L.A. Weekly

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Summary: Reviews
Review: "...Patsy is a masterful study of an American master. It's the most meticulously researched and insightful of the three Cline biographies published thus far. Jones captures Cline in all of her vitality and passion, while showing how Cline rose from poverty to stardom."
Steve Neal, Philadelphia Inquirer

"Author Margaret Jones is a virtual unknown, but her book, Patsy, deserves to be the definitive work on the subject. Jones has dug deeper, done more interviews, uncovered more facts, and gotten more history correctly than nearly any book on the market today. Richly detailed, it succeeds both as biography and as a research work on country music of the '50s and early '60s."
Rich Kienzle, Country Music Magazine

"...[Patsy] Cline has never before been the subject of an unflinching, unbiased and, most important, Nashville-apolitical biography. Author Margaret Jones' Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline is the first portrait of the hillbilly torch singer with real fur on it--the book offers a depth, breadth and height of reality that is both fascinating and repellent." Jonny Whiteside, L.A. Weekly

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Summary: Repeat
Review: I find this book has lots of info that seems to come from another Patsy Book, rememebr to check the back cover on this book, it will tell you who was credited for borrowed info!
BobPOP

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Review: I've read most of the books out about Patsy Cline and came to the conclusion that this one is the absolute best. It tells everything you'd want to know about her and more. How she decided to make singing her career and how she paid her dues by singing at every country fair and carnival that would have her. Before long her golden voice drew alot of attention, and she was invited to try out on Arthur Godfrey's tv show. Needless to say, Patsy was so well-liked she topped any other competition and won first prize-a recording contract. True music lovers will enjoy reading about how the great Owen Bradley produced and guided her as well as what went on in the studio with Patsy, Owen & her backup band. Patsy was definitely ahead of her time and feared no one. What a tragedy that she only lived to be 31 years old. Her music lives on forever. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Brilliant Bio Of Country's Best Female Vocalist
Review: I've read most of the books out about Patsy Cline and came to the conclusion that this one is the absolute best. It tells everything you'd want to know about her and more. How she decided to make singing her career and how she paid her dues by singing at every country fair and carnival that would have her. Before long her golden voice drew alot of attention, and she was invited to try out on Arthur Godfrey's tv show. Needless to say, Patsy was so well-liked she topped any other competition and won first prize-a recording contract. True music lovers will enjoy reading about how the great Owen Bradley produced and guided her as well as what went on in the studio with Patsy, Owen & her backup band. Patsy was definitely ahead of her time and feared no one. What a tragedy that she only lived to be 31 years old. Her music lives on forever. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Excellent-great story about one of country's greatest stars
Review: Patsy Cline was one helluva woman. Never afraid of anyone or anything;she was way ahead of her time and unfortunately didn't have enough time in this world. Margaret Jones' book is probably the best source of information about the wife, the mother, the singing star and a good index of her music.

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Summary: great read!
Review: PATSY had me spellbound -- a page-turner from start to finish. Not only does this book reveal more about the woman and the myth that was Patsy Cline, but it is also the best documentation of the birth of modern country music that you can find anywhere. I loved the photos.