Troubled singer-songwriters are a mainstay in the mythology of American roots music. Hank Williams died in the back of a Cadillac when he was 29, setting the template for many other whiskey-bent, ...

Jimmy McDonough was living in Hoboken, New Jersey, when he was first introduced to the King of the Honky-Tonks. A friend put on a record and McDonough was hooked. “There are times when somebody shows ...

On this day (May 28) in 1944, Gary Stewart was born in Dunham, Kentucky. His career, which spanned three decades, wasn’t marked by accolades, awards, and a long string of hit singles, nor did he pack ...

Thus begins the whirlwind 500-plus-page biography of the late country singer by Jimmy McDonough, the longtime music biographer best known for his books on Neil Young and Tammy Wynette. But as the book ...