Thirty Years of SausageFifty Years of Ham
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425201066 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ego man ! GG Jimmy was kinda rough on his brother.. A walk down memory lane Douglas Mcdonough Quite a story from quite a guy. Wonderful walk down memory lane in a no-holds barred account of his life in West Texas and beyond. Jimmy Dean has too long been overlooked as one of the early Country Music pioneers and once its biggest star. And, he makes some pretty good sausage.. Library-Lady said A conversation with Jimmy. I read this delightful memoir in one sitting. It was like chatting with Jimmy Dean. His recall of dates and names is unbelievable. Whether you are a fan of country music or sausage or self-made success, you will be glad you spent the time to read this book. Well done, Jimmy and Donna Dean!
Jimmy Dean's first hit single sold close to one million copies, two additional singles went gold, and Big Bad John won Dean a Grammy Award. . They live in Varina, Virginia. He also hosted the popular The Jimmy Dean Show on ABC, and in 1969, he and his brother, Don, opened the Jimmy Dean Meat Company, marketing their special "pure pork" sausage to the country. Donna Meade Dean is a singer, songwriter, and former Me
From Publishers Weekly This mainly pleasant memoir covers the author's life from hardscrabble West Texas childhood through success as a country and western entertainer to fulfillment as a sausage mogul voted "the number one meat spokesperson of all time." Dean has a "jillion" anecdotes about touring with the band, playing rodeos and state fairs, his recurring gig on The Daniel Boone Show, hosting and guesting a slew of 1960s variety shows and encountering a galaxy of fellow celebrities, from the hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Patsy Cline to Elvis himself, on whose advice he unwisely took some "energy" pills during a fatiguing stint in Vegas. All rights reserved. Decorated with folksy aphorisms (one carousing associate was "so high he could go duck hunting with a rake") and sentimental lyrics from his trademark "recitation" ballads, his reminiscences are happy-go-lucky and detached, with a minimum of rancor
Brimming with good will, folksy humor, nuggets of wisdom, and down-home philosophy, this is a story of a life well-lived that will charm, enthrall, and surprise Jimmy Dean's legion of fans.. Jimmy Dean and his wife Donna chronicle his amazing rise-from backroad music gigs to playing The Grand Ole Opry to headlining Carnegie Hall and the London Palladium to the coast-to-coast smash of his own TV show to his Grammy Award-winning spot on the country charts to his investment in the Jimmy Dean Meat Company, which evolved into a phenomenal business success and American tradition. This