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Music City Babylon: Inside the World of Country Music

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Mr. Faragher was a high-power booking agent in Nashville during the 70s & 80s, and if a candid expose' of the back alleys of country music's concert business sounds good, you'll find an entertaining read here---especially if this era's artists(including Mickey Gilley, Ricky Scaggs, Johnny Paycheck,etc) are of interest.

A slice of insider stories behind the hucksterism and fake sincerity in Nashville is provided by the author---not exactly what the Nashville business fathers wish to see portrayed. The chapter on Jerry Lee Lewis is worth admission in itself, a portrait of 'The Killer' through the eyes of an admirer, but one who doesn't overlook the seamy side of Southern Gothic that Jerry Lee's story contains. Certain artists are shown to have private personalities quite at odds with their public persona.

I doubt if this book holds much interests to the fans of Brooks and Dunn, Rascal Flatt, or Branson, but I find this book filled with some sad and funny truths in the land of Countrypolitan music.

Picked this up in a used book store in Branson Mo. It was cheap, it had music on the cover. I thought maybe it would be an interesting insight, but from the beginning, the author's scummy approach to business, ethics, and personal relationships suggested he was interested only in himself, at any cost. On top of that, it reads like a really rough first draft. I am now wondering who raised his mother.