When it comes to Texas honky-tonk, nobody knows the music or the
scene better than Johnny Bush. Author of Willie Nelson's classic
concert anthem "Whiskey River," and singer of hits such as "You
Gave Me a Mountain," "Undo the Right," "Jim, Jack and Rose," and
"I'll 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 Bush's career has been just as dramatic as
his songs-on 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 authenticity-the "pure D" country-that
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 Houston's Kashmere Gardens neighborhood and
learning his chops in honky-tonks around Houston and San
Antonio-places 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 superstardom-until 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 Bush's 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 1950s-and 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.
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