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Every June, in gratitude with their devoted fans, the stars of country music appear at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to sign autographs for hours and perform through the week called Fan Fair. Though the 1996 Fan Fair was a phenomenal success, for Nashville itself it was also a time of doubt, uncertainty and dramatic change. The week was just like a country song: intense, emotional, filled with joy and disappointment, passion and dismay, laughter and tears.
Fan Fair is the setting for this extraordinary inside take a look at country music. Laurence Leamer had unprecedented access to the stars, managers, songwriters and record company execs of Nashville. Here is the troubled inner life of Garth Brooks, the greatest-selling solo artist ever. Vince Gill takes a song out of an old leather bag and records a No.1 hit. Reba McEntire angers her fans very much that they tear up her photos, Patty Loveless sings her heart out while her beloved older sister lies dying in a nearby hospital and superstar Shania Twain talks with handicapped Fan Fair goers. Here is Mary Chapin Carpenter singing at the White House instead of Fan Fair. Listed below are Alan Jackson and Brooks and Dunn at the height of their success juxtaposed resistant to the struggles of Emmylou Harris. Younger stars are portrayed as well: LeAnn Rimes, Mindy McCready, James Bonamy, and BR5-49, all in vivid, novelesque detail. Unknowns, once-knowns, label reps, producers, songwriters and managers are part of this rich mosaic of Nashville life as it plays out for just one incredible week.
To millions of country fans, Three Chords and the Truth is a book of revelations. Those who have rarely listened to country music will learn why it's the most-listened-to music in the country, played on more than 2,400 r / c. And everyone who reads it'll never again hear a country song quite the same way.
