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Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
Dreaming Out Loud Garth Brooks Wynonna Judd Wade Hayes and the Changing Face of Nashville Author:Bruce Feiler Hours before his first show in years, Garth Brooks, the best-selling recording artist in American history, stands atop his giant stage and describes his paralyzing inner fears. Minutes after receiving an award, Wynonna Judd, the feisty performer with the fragile soul, retreats to the back of her mother's restaurant and collapses in tearful frust... more »ration. The night his new album is released, Wade Hayes, the handsome young star with the haunted past, returns to his hometown for a bittersweet reunion. Over the last several years, country music has undergone a sweeping revolution-and one writer was granted unprecedented access to witness private moments of that revolution and to chronicle the genre's biggest stars as they changed the face of American music and the town that country calls home.« less
Pamela S. (aliadam) reviewed Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville on + 10 more book reviews
From the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the dim light of a recording studio, here is a ruggedly authentic behind-the-scenes tour that takes you places outsiders have never before been allowed to go. Part social history, part backstage pass, this penetrating and graceful book presents the most comprehensive portraits yet painted of Garth Brooks and Wynonna Judd-two of the most celebrated artists of our time-as well as a touching picture of Wade Hayes, a young man who hopes to follow them to the exalted heights of one of american's richest traditions: the world of country music. Taken from jacket cover.