{"product_id":"whiskey-river-take-my-mind-the-true-story-of-texas-honkytonk","title":"Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to Texas honky-tonk  nobody knows the music or the scene better than Johnny Bush. Author of Willie Nelsons classic concert anthem \"Whiskey River \" and singer of hits such as \"You Gave Me a Mountain \" \"Undo the Right \" \"Jim  Jack and Rose \" and \"Ill Be There \" Johnny Bush is a legend in country music  a singer-songwriter who has lived the cheatin  hurtin  hard-drinkin life and recorded some of the most heart-wrenching songs about it. He has one of the purest honky-tonk voices ever to come out of Texas. And Bushs career has been just as dramatic as his songson the verge of achieving superstardom in the early 1970s  he was sidelined by a rare vocal disorder that he combated for thirty years. But  survivor that he is  Bush is once again filling dance halls across Texas and inspiring a new generation of musicians who crave the authenticitythe \"pure D\" countrythat Johnny Bush has always had and that Nashville country music has lost. In Whiskey River (Take My Mind)  Johnny Bush tells the twin stories of his life and of Texas honky-tonk music. He recalls growing up poor in Houstons Kashmere Gardens neighborhood and learning his chops in honky-tonks around Houston and San Antonioplaces where chicken wire protected the bandstand and deadly fights broke out regularly. Bush vividly describes life on the road in the 1960s as a band member for Ray Price and Willie Nelson  including the booze  drugs  and one-night stands that fueled his songs but destroyed his first three marriages. He remembers the time in the early 1970s when he was hotter than Willie and on the fast track to superstardomuntil spasmodic dysphonia forced his career into the slow lane. Bush describes his agonizing  but ultimately successful struggle to keep performing and rebuild his fan base  as well as the hard-won happiness he has found in his personal life. Woven throughout Bushs autobiography is the never-before-told story of Texas honky-tonk music  from Bob Wills and Floyd Tillman to Junior Brown and Pat Green. Johnny Bush has known almost all the great musicians  past and present  and he has wonderful stories to tell. Likewise  he offers shrewd observations on how the music business has changed since he started performing in the 1950sand pulls no punches in saying how Nashville music has lost its country soul. For everyone who loves genuine country music  Johnny Bush  Willie Nelson  and stories of triumph against all odds  Whiskey River (Take My Mind) is a must-read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952085659701,"sku":"ByrdShop_0292714904","price":58.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780292714908.jpg?v=1770150563","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/whiskey-river-take-my-mind-the-true-story-of-texas-honkytonk","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}