Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 042521026X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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They live in Varina, Virginia. . Donna Meade Dean is a singer, songwriter, and former Mercury-Polygram recording artist. 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. 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 "pu
Who knew that pork processing could be even crueler than showbiz? Photos. 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 against agents ("a necessary evil") and network suits ("they had bent me and changed me"). The book comes alive when Dean gives up the songs for the sausage, which brought him riches but also precipitated a wrenching break with his business-partner brother and led to a disillusioning betrayal by the "liars, turncoats, cutthroats" at the Sara Lee Corporation after they bought his company. All rights reserved. . Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly This mainly pleasant memoir covers the author's life from hardscrabble West
GG said Ego man !. Jimmy was kinda rough on his brother.. "A walk down memory lane" according to 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!
Bush. 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.. It's also Dean's incredible story of the multimillion-dollar venture that made him a household name-and the "deal from hell" with the Sara Lee company that became one of the most challenging periods of his life. From "one of the great icons of country music" (Mel Tillis) comes an inspiring American success story filled with anecdotes about the legends who crossed his path, including Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Roy Rogers, and George W