Diane Diekman
"Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story," by Diane Diekman, the biography of Country Music Hall of Fame member Faron Young, was published in 2007 by the University of Illinois Press. Diane is currently working on her second CMHOF biography, "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins." To learn more, visit Diane Diekman.
Articles by this Author
Kobe Earthquake - Interview With A Survivor
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 04/3/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
The earthquake that struck Kobe (ko-bay), Japan, in 1995 registered 72 on the Richter scale and lasted twenty seconds
No Water Survival For Me
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 03/29/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
One perk of being in naval aviation maintenance was the occasional opportunity to fly in the backseat of a jet In 1979, while in the training command in Kingsville, Texas, I went through ejection seat training and water survival to do just that
No More Four In The Morning
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 03/22/2008
- Entertainment
- Unrated
Before moving to Japan in August 1996, I called Faron Young, and we held a long enjoyable conversation As always, he had an opinion on everything and didn't care how people reacted to his comments and actions
Written At Four In The Morning
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 03/13/2008
- Entertainment
- Unrated
Nashville songwriter Jerry Chesnut remembers well that pre-dawn morning in 1971 when he could not sleep He picked up his guitar, looked at his watch, and said, "It's four in the morning and a new day is dawning
Big Willie
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 03/7/2008
- Entertainment
- Unrated
Willie Nelson was an unknown songwriter when he pitched "Hello Walls" to Faron Young, one of the hottest singers in country music Faron recorded the song in 1961, and it stayed at number one on the Billboard country music charts for nine weeks
Moonlight Trail Run
- By Diane Diekman
- Published 02/28/2008
- Recreation
- Unrated
The invitation in the mail was for a 14-mile moonlight trail run I had joined the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club because I wanted ultra running contacts in my new home, but so far I had not met any of the members