Twentieth Century Drifter

The Life of Marty Robbins

Diane Diekman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2015
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08125-5 (ISBN)

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Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixteen number-one hits and two Grammy awards. Yet even with fame and fortune, Marty Robbins always yearned for more.

Drawing from personal interviews and in-depth research, biographer Diane Diekman explains how Robbins saw himself as a drifter, a man always searching for self-fulfillment and inner peace. Born Martin David Robinson to a hardworking mother and an abusive alcoholic father, he never fully escaped the insecurities burned into him by a poverty-stricken nomadic childhood in the Arizona desert. In 1947 he got his first gig as a singer and guitar player. Too nervous to talk, the shy young man walked onstage singing. Soon he changed his name to Marty Robbins, cultivated his magnetic stage presence, and established himself as an entertainer, songwriter, and successful NASCAR driver.

For fans of Robbins, NASCAR, and classic country music, Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is a revealing portrait of this well-loved, restless entertainer, a private man who kept those who loved him at a distance.

Diane Diekman, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is the author of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story;Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born; and A Farm in the Hidewood: My South Dakota Home.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	Music in American Life
Zusatzinfo	25 black and white photographs
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
ISBN-10	0-252-08125-0 / 0252081250
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08125-5 / 9780252081255
Zustand	Neuware