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I remember the day he took his life. It was in the news. It's not true that few in country music noticed. He may have not been a big record seller by then, but he was still a legend. Very sad.
Yes I remember that day. I was in a country band and I sang four in the morning when he walked into the venue I was playing. He told me damned good job. Truly a loss to country music. Miss him and bless him.
Faron Young was a great country singer. He had a wonderful life and a fantastic career. He made great music. My favorite song is Down by the River. It's sad how he died. Respects to Faron Young.
I’m 33 and love him. I was 5 when passed. The man is still one of favorites. As long as I’m breathing, he’ll never be forgotten. Passing it down to my 14 year old son.
Faron Young had such a Beautiful voice! I grew up listening to his records! He was so Handsome! What a shame he committed suicide! I love his voice and I still listen to his songs❤️❤️❤️
I have alway loved Faron Young’s songs. He had a terrific voice. I didn’t know that he had committed suicide. So sad. He was not given the recognition he deserved.
Always loved his song Wine Me Up. Didn’t know of his suicide until many years later. Same with Gary Stewart. Didn’t know he killed himself until one day I did a Google search to find out why I hadn’t heard any new music from him. Both were great artists.
I admit I learned about Faron Young when watching Ken Burns documentary Country Music. He stuck up for Charlie Pride, a young African American singer, breaking into Country music back in the 1960's(may have date wrong). Faron & Charlie remained lifelong friends🥰
Good for Faron for supporting Charlie Pride. I remember when he came on the scene. He had such a great voice and wrote and sang so many good songs that I don't think many people held his race against him. You could only hear him on the radio, and he was so good. Everybody initially assumed he was white. People were surprised when they found out he was black. Regardless, Charlie Pride had a long and successful career, and deservedly so. The only hate Ray Charles ever got for going country was from black friends. "Modern Sounds in Country Music" was a huge album success for Ray Charles. And it was white people who bought it.
Faron was instrumental during the early yr of his career PROMOTING. CW music A dynamic performer who helped Charlie Pride get accepted by other artists who valued Faron s word. Thank you for keeping his music Alive. Craig Morris
@@gordonipock9385I think Charlie used to say to the audience at shows when he first started, “Don’t let this all-over tan fool ya’…” He charmed the heck out of them.
That's a horrible feeling depression and if you're not surrounded by the right people suicide feels like the only solution. Mental care was still a gamble back then too so a lot self medicated then commit suicide.
I met Faron Young at the Main NCO Club at Ft. Bragg and what a humble man as well as a fantastic singer and entertainer. My prayers are with his family and the country music fans who loved him as I did.
Faron Young's initial version of "Hello Walls" is the best country music song ever recorded. Superb interpretation and delivery of the lyrics of a finely crafted song by Willie Nelson. Faron's voice was never so perfect on anything else.
You must not have listened to many of his songs, for example the flip side of "Hello Walls" "Congratulations" is just as good or even better than Hello Walls, and i love Hello Walls myself, but give a listen to "Congratulations, also written by Willie Nelson, and all of his other songs here on TH-cam, you might change your opinion. Just Sayin' you know.
I love his music! He was a good looking man too so was a big heart throb. He had alot of big hits and was on TV shows alot. It was so sad when he passed away. Such a loss of talent and a real personality!!!!
Yes, Faron did commit suicide. He was very sick, and needed a way out; sad but true. I miss Faron Young, not many people mention him, anymore. He is gone, and is no longer in pain! I Ioved him. I wish he knew he was deeply loved.💔💔💔💔
I grew up listening to Faron, Ray Price, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, etc, when it was called country and western. Fame has its rewards and curses, sadly Faron succumbed to the curse.
Faron Young to me was a cool singer! I always liked too hear his music. I'm 65 and when I hear his music it takes me back to our black and white TV listening to the Grand Ole Opry, The Wilburn Brothers , Porter Wagoner and others. My brother Faron Young I never new that he had committed suicide , but be that it may I still like to hear his music. I missed the verse on Barbara billingsley if you get a chance could you slide it back so I can see what was said about her costume. But keep the history coming so I can find out what I never new okay.
Even though I never met him I LOVED ❤️ HIM! He is DEFINITELY one of the people I hope to meet In Heaven 😇 I only wish he knows how others truly appreciate his contribution to Country music.
I didn't know he committed suicide that's a shame I loved his voice and all his work and songs I met him with my friend at Conway Twitty's house in June of 1985 , he was such a nice guy I didn't know who he was at the time he introduced himself to me and my friend talked to me and my friend about how he and Elvis learned to water ski what a funny and great story. He took pictures with us signed autographs and was a totally Wonderful and friendly gentleman.After I met him I started to listen to his music and began to become a huge fan ,I didn't know he killed himself I pray GOD has mercy on him for that ,I would love to see him some day in heaven, I've met a lot of stars over the years none of them as nice as Faron was ,Conway , wasn't even that nice when I met him.Faron had just as much talent as any of them and very humble and kind as well. I will always remember how Faron treated me a nobody like a somebody . May Faron Young rest in peace in the Presence of Our LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST YESHUA AMEN!
Faron was a big deal in the 50s and early 60s. Similar career to Webb Pierce who had hit after hit from 52 to 62 and then fell out of favor and into obscurity. The wonderful Stonewall Jackson also struggled to remain relevant after the mid-60s.
Yes we noticed along with millions of others. We loved Faron’s music until the very end and went to most of his concerts. You have done a great disservice to a great country singer, as far as I’m concerned. There is no need to destroy a person’s reputation after they have passed.
So incredibly underrated today....used to be everyone in Nashville had a Faron story.....but that was when most of Nashville was actually Country🙄 He was a fantastic entertainer & personality, who's talent matched and exceeded his larger than life persona. He's the poster boy for Murder On Music Row, every faux Country singer who's appropriated the genre, record exec and industry big wigs who 86'd the Legends, and radio helped pull the trigger that took his life
What a sad ending for such a perfect country singer, one of the best in my opinion. I seem to remember a story where Willie Nelson was stoney broke and needed 200 dollars and was going to sell the rights for his song, hello walls, to faron for the said amount, faron knowing how much Willie would lose out on the future revenue, lent Willie the 200 dollars instead of buying the rights to the song, I think I have that right, from my memory of a great 8 part country music show on TV a few years back.
Yes I did know, also know his Ashers were scattered over old Hickory Lake at Johnny Casher's home, It was very sad to lose a singer like Faron as he had a great Country voice and I still play his music today. I'm not American I'm Australian, But love all the OLD country music, Sorry to say commercial country today is just POP. Thanks for your facts, Enjoyable.
Faron had balls. He boldly stood up for African-Americans trying to break into country music (most notably the great Charlie Pride) while most everyone else... though not outright approving of how the African-American singers were treated... didn't take a bold personal stand like Faron. It's shameful that he passed away without much note.
I remember listening and watching him as a small child. Reasons I remember him is the strange first name "Faron" and the fact my parents watched Grand Ole Opry and various other similar programs. Wasn't aware he committed suicide. 🥺
Also watched Grand Ole Opry, except at my grandparents. Theirs was one of the only TVs in the neighborhood, and a few young women/girls would come to watch. They would "drool" over Faron Young when he was on. Did not know about the suicide.
I was back stage with Faron Young a few times back in my Country Music DJ days. He was a great story teller and a genuine good person. His story on how he helped Willie Nelson when Willie was getting started was a classic. Faron was a great singer and performer and it's a shame he had to leave us that way.
A real country country singer, born and raised on a dairy farm near Shreveport Louisiana. Got his start as a singer with Webb Pierce's band (as did the Wilburn Brothers) in the early 1950's on the Louisiana Hayride. Faron presented himself as a songwriter but Webb recognized he was really a better singer. Young also owned the Music City News produced in Nashville. It was the country version of the Rolling Stone magazine. This was in the 1970's. Young was well known for speaking his mind. On a late night show fellow guest Zsa Zsa Gabor made a remark about his "peasant music"
I knew he was drinking when my best friend invited me to a concert at the VFW and he was half drunk when we got there. Her friend was in the band and we got invited to get on his bus. I was able to get some photos of him and me but after drinking for a while he went to the front of the bus and ped all over his bed. We left after but I did get an autograph. Before we had the time of our life. My memories are of the great man he was and I always will love him RIP my champion
The front of the bus isn’t where the primary persons bed is located. It’s in the rear of the bus. SomI say this is a bs post. As a taxi driver that picked up Faron at a Canadian airport in the 80’s I can tell you he wasn’t drunk while I drove him to the theater and then a restaurant to have dinner (he had a double scotch) I think followed by a steak dinner. I took him back to the theater where I met Tammy Wynette and watched the show from the backstage area. I had a great time for sure.
If he would have come to the Southwest, it may have been different. Faron's popularity NEVER let up here in Texas. When played by dance bands out here today the dance floors fill up wall to wall!! I took my wife to one of his dances on our first date in 1973. We're still dancing to all of his music today. For sure, nashville is the major problem!
Fiddler Johnny Gimble told the story that he was in a recording session in Nashville on the night Faron Young died. He said, "We were in the middle of a session, and someone came in and told us that Faron Young had just blew his brains out. Everybody was stunned. We all stopped what we were doing, and just stared in disbelief. The whole room was in shock and there wasn't a dry eye among us. It was beginning to look like the session was going to break up. Finally, I broke the ice and said, "Well, he always was a good shot!" That comment had everyone laughing though we were all crying. We were finally able to get back to cutting some records. It sounded crass but the truth is every one of us in that room had been hunting with Faron out on his property many times and we all knew what a great marksman he was. Even if he was stone drunk, he could shoot the acorns out of those squirrel's mouths. That was a sad day. We all knew he was very sick with emphysema and the latest word was the doctors had found a spot on one of his lungs. He was in a lot of pain physically and emotionally. He'd lost his wife, lost his recording career, went bankrupt and lost his house. He was financially broke, and he just didn't feel he had anything left to live for."
I was introduced to Faron Young when i attended a concert when i was living in San Diego. I thought he had a very nice quality voice and i bought several albums subsequently. I didn't know how he passed nor about "domestic" challenges; however it is had to make a living in the music business as a performer and we all understand the challenges of "domestic" relationships.
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Sadly I did hear through TH-cam, at that time of his death. I consider Faron the #3 greatest country singer ever, behind Jim Reeves, and Marty Robbins, and George Jones very close behind them.
He's immortalized in a Prefab Sprout song from 1984,......... English music press heroes. "You give me Faron Young in the morning......" Or something like that.
I think I may have heard of him. Not sure. I wasn't into the country seen though. I sure hate to hear that about someone..as a musician the music is crucial in this life..great video 2thumbs up.
I was born In 1967. My parents listened to diverse music but we never heard of Faron young. I did not know of his suicide either nor heard any of his songs even by other artists. I am so sorry for him or anyone who thinks suicide is the way to go. It only hurts people around you.
I was Postmaster of Old Hickory Post Office close to where Faron lived. He came into the post office almost everyday. Sometimes he would knock on my door and started laughing wanting to tell me some "off colored" jokes he had recently heard. He was smiling and laughing almost everytime he came in. The last day Faron came in to the post office, his face was gloomy looking and he didn't seem to be in his normal self. He never said anything and left. Later that day we learned that he had committed suicide. It was a terrible loss to the country music industry I feel as they had shunned him off the Opry for his drinking. He will be missed but his music lives on.
I am so sad to say that I was not aware that Faron Young had committed suicide ! How extremely sad that the music industry allowed this tragedy to go without saying much about it ! Thereby, almost supporting Faron's belief that he didn't have a place in the music industry anymore ! Almost by their silence, silently encouraging his actions ! Maybe I'm terribly wrong about this ! Speaking of going unnoticed, the loss of "Herbie" Herbert, one of the most prolific music promoters of our lifetimes ! Walter James Herbert left this world with hardly a mention ! "Herbie Herbert was responsible for the creation of, and the promotion of, no less than Santana, and one of the most incredible rock bands on f our lives, " Journey " without so much as a mention on the nightly entertainment shows ! These are significant lives folks ! Whether by natural means, or by their own hand, we should without question make more of an effort to mark the significance of these lives, and likewise, their passing !
Faron had a young back-up/harmony singer named Donnie Young. You can see them together doing the song "face to the wall". If you don't recognize the name, you will when you play the vid.
Kathie says…I did not know this…I have never heard about his cancer. He was definitely a troubled soul. Drinking solves nothing, and suicide isn’t the answer…it destroys everyone who loves you.
Yes, I knew . It was a sad day for country music & his family. I saw when he was first getting started at Ellis Auditorium In Memphis, Tn. Bought a picture & he signed it for me. Always loved his music. Still do. Such a waste.
I read that he couldn’t even get tickets to the CMA awards not long before he died. That George Strait song “Murder on Music Row” could have easily been about Faron.
What is really hard to deal with sometimes is, our favorite performers were not necessarily great people. Faron Young was not great people. He was an outstanding performer. He clearly had addiction problems, and behavioral problems. Neither of those things prevent me from enjoying his gift to us. Would it be proper to hate van gogh, because he was nuts? Well, I suppose you could, but that's not my point. What I'm getting at is that if you really appreciate this man's contribution, do not deny the reality of his life because it doesn't fit with you comfortably. Sometimes life is not pretty. And please don't get me wrong, I listen to Faron Young songs every week. I've had standing ovations doing karaoke of his songs. Brilliant art.ists are often tortured Souls. It's a human condition.
You didn't mention his accident that caused him to not be able to make the s sound anymore. He was a great favorite of mine. He had some fabulous songs
I heard about it right after the suicide , but just maybe because I recently got turned on to him, and was basically on a Faron Young kick at that time. I was unaware his death went unnoticed by the Country Music crowd, and this information (if true), shocks me. I'm predominantly a jazz guy, but all "Country Classic" aficionados and musicians should have noticed, at least in my book.
I knew his music, remember when he died, I was 19 years old and watched a lot of TNN and collected country music magazines one of which was music city news that I Believe Faron had started in the 60’s
You left out the fact that Faron's hard partying ways led to a downturn in his health. He was suffering from COPD & heart issues, not to mention that it was getting harder for him to perform. This is why he killed himself.
Ya I knew he did the shot I felt it I'm the first born son from my dad faron Young and my birth mother Billie gean Jones I'm the oldest son Billy Young I'm 70 years old
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Learned about this man a few days ago after being recommended some Cash and Nelson.
I remember the day he took his life. It was in the news. It's not true that few in country music noticed. He may have not been a big record seller by then, but he was still a legend. Very sad.
Yes I remember that day. I was in a country band and I sang four in the morning when he walked into the venue I was playing. He told me damned good job.
Truly a loss to country music. Miss him and bless him.
Faron Young was a great country singer. He had a wonderful life and a fantastic career. He made great music. My favorite song is Down by the River. It's sad how he died. Respects to Faron Young.
.my favorite was ' Wine Me Up'
Hello Walls was his greatest hit!.He will be missed!!!!!!!!!!!!
No One Noticed? Are you serious? A LOT of people noticed and still miss him tremendously!
I've kept his obituary all these years.
I’m 33 and love him. I was 5 when passed. The man is still one of favorites. As long as I’m breathing, he’ll never be forgotten. Passing it down to my 14 year old son.
Faron Young had such a Beautiful voice! I grew up listening to his records! He was so Handsome! What a shame he committed suicide! I love his voice and I still listen to his songs❤️❤️❤️
Loved his songs grew up listening to him very sad day when we lost him R.I.P Faron 😢😢❤❤❤
Us too! May Faron find peace. Which of his songs appealed to you the most?
I have alway loved Faron Young’s songs. He had a terrific voice. I didn’t know that he had committed suicide. So sad. He was not given the recognition he deserved.
Faron....your songs are loved...prayers always..🙏🙏
Always loved his song Wine Me Up. Didn’t know of his suicide until many years later. Same with Gary Stewart. Didn’t know he killed himself until one day I did a Google search to find out why I hadn’t heard any new music from him. Both were great artists.
I admit I learned about Faron Young when watching Ken Burns documentary Country Music. He stuck up for Charlie Pride, a young African American singer, breaking into Country music back in the 1960's(may have date wrong). Faron & Charlie remained lifelong friends🥰
Now Charlie is gone as well. Hope he's kissing some sweet angel good morning each and every day.
Good for Faron for supporting Charlie Pride. I remember when he came on the scene. He had such a great voice and wrote and sang so many good songs that I don't think many people held his race against him. You could only hear him on the radio, and he was so good. Everybody initially assumed he was white. People were surprised when they found out he was black. Regardless, Charlie Pride had a long and successful career, and deservedly so. The only hate Ray Charles ever got for going country was from black friends. "Modern Sounds in Country Music" was a huge album success for Ray Charles. And it was white people who bought it.
Faron was instrumental during the early yr of his career PROMOTING. CW music A dynamic performer who helped Charlie Pride get accepted by other artists who valued Faron s word. Thank you for keeping his music Alive. Craig Morris
@@gordonipock9385I think Charlie used to say to the audience at shows when he first started, “Don’t let this all-over tan fool ya’…” He charmed the heck out of them.
Charley thank you.
I remember Faron Young very well. If I recall, my parents also had one of his albums. Sad that in the end, Faron resorted to suicide. 😔
That's a horrible feeling depression and if you're not surrounded by the right people suicide feels like the only solution. Mental care was still a gamble back then too so a lot self medicated then commit suicide.
I met Faron Young at the Main NCO Club at Ft. Bragg and what a humble man as well as a fantastic singer and entertainer. My prayers are with his family and the country music fans who loved him as I did.
One of the countries Greats miss him
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Wow! Didn't realize it was suicide. He was 1 of the best but sadly another singer that died before their time.
Faron Young's initial version of "Hello Walls" is the best country music song ever recorded. Superb interpretation and delivery of the lyrics of a finely crafted song by Willie Nelson. Faron's voice was never so perfect on anything else.
Also, I understand that Faron had a serious debilitating health problem that provoked his suicide.
@@gordonipock9385 oh what was that?
You must not have listened to many of his songs, for example the flip side of "Hello Walls" "Congratulations" is just as good or even better than Hello Walls, and i love Hello Walls myself, but give a listen to "Congratulations, also written by Willie Nelson, and all of his other songs here on TH-cam, you might change your opinion. Just Sayin' you know.
@@gordonipock9385 yes he did. He had emphysema which he knew was only going to get worse and didn’t want to live with that.
I have a Faron Young double CD collection with all his stuff from 1951 to 1962 on it. It includes "Congratulations."
I was singing 4 in the morning at the crystal chandelier in New Braunfels Texas and looked down and Faron was standing there. He told damn good job.
I love his music! He was a good looking man too so was a big heart throb. He had alot of big hits and was on TV shows alot. It was so sad when he passed away. Such a loss of talent and a real personality!!!!
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Faron! Which of his songs appealed to you the most?
Hello Walls and Its Four on the Morning!
Yes, Faron did commit suicide. He was very sick, and needed a way out; sad but true.
I miss Faron Young, not many people mention him, anymore.
He is gone, and is no longer in pain!
I Ioved him.
I wish he knew he was deeply loved.💔💔💔💔
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Faron. May he find peace 😢
I grew up listening to Faron, Ray Price, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, etc, when it was called country and western. Fame has its rewards and curses, sadly Faron succumbed to the curse.
Sadly, I'm afraid I didn't know his music and that he passed. It's sad he didn't get the recognition he seems to have deserved.
🕊️🙏❤️
Faron was country when it was country…memento mori 🙏
Faron Young to me was a cool singer! I always liked too hear his music. I'm 65 and when I hear his music it takes me back to our black and white TV listening to the Grand Ole Opry, The Wilburn Brothers , Porter Wagoner and others. My brother Faron Young I never new that he had committed suicide , but be that it may I still like to hear his music. I missed the verse on Barbara billingsley if you get a chance could you slide it back so I can see what was said about her costume. But keep the history coming so I can find out what I never new okay.
Even though I never met him
I LOVED ❤️ HIM!
He is DEFINITELY one of the people
I hope to meet In Heaven 😇
I only wish he knows how others truly appreciate his contribution to Country music.
I didn't know he committed suicide that's a shame I loved his voice and all his work and songs I met him with my friend at Conway Twitty's house in June of 1985 , he was such a nice guy I didn't know who he was at the time he introduced himself to me and my friend talked to me and my friend about how he and Elvis learned to water ski what a funny and great story. He took pictures with us signed autographs and was a totally
Wonderful and friendly gentleman.After I met him I started to listen to his music and began to become a huge fan ,I didn't know he killed himself I pray GOD has mercy on him for that ,I would love to see him some day in heaven, I've met a lot of stars over the years none of them as nice as Faron was ,Conway , wasn't even that nice when I met him.Faron had just as much talent as any of them and very humble and kind as well. I will always remember how Faron treated me a nobody like a somebody . May Faron Young rest in peace in the Presence of Our LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST YESHUA AMEN!
Faron was a big deal in the 50s and early 60s. Similar career to Webb Pierce who had hit after hit from 52 to 62 and then fell out of favor and into obscurity. The wonderful Stonewall Jackson also struggled to remain relevant after the mid-60s.
Yes we noticed along with millions of others. We loved Faron’s music until the very end and went to most of his concerts. You have done a great disservice to a great country singer, as far as I’m concerned. There is no need to destroy a person’s reputation after they have passed.
Sad story, great singer
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RIP Faron..love your music
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sad loss R.I.P. ....
Definitely one of the greats
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I loved Faron's music My favorite song and my daughter's was The Little Girl Of Mine, I look it up ever so often and listen to it
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Was always a fan of Faron young .Met in person once,a fantastic personality.and singer
So incredibly underrated today....used to be everyone in Nashville had a Faron story.....but that was when most of Nashville was actually Country🙄 He was a fantastic entertainer & personality, who's talent matched and exceeded his larger than life persona. He's the poster boy for Murder On Music Row, every faux Country singer who's appropriated the genre, record exec and industry big wigs who 86'd the Legends, and radio helped pull the trigger that took his life
What a sad ending for such a perfect country singer, one of the best in my opinion. I seem to remember a story where Willie Nelson was stoney broke and needed 200 dollars and was going to sell the rights for his song, hello walls, to faron for the said amount, faron knowing how much Willie would lose out on the future revenue, lent Willie the 200 dollars instead of buying the rights to the song, I think I have that right, from my memory of a great 8 part country music show on TV a few years back.
Yes I did know, also know his Ashers were scattered over old Hickory Lake at Johnny Casher's home, It was very sad to lose a singer like Faron as he had a great Country voice and I still play his music today. I'm not American I'm Australian, But love all the OLD country music, Sorry to say commercial country today is just POP. Thanks for your facts, Enjoyable.
Australia has produced some great country music singers. Slim Dusty, Lee Kernaghan, Audrey Auld, Bill Chambers, Eric Bogle.
Faron had balls. He boldly stood up for African-Americans trying to break into country music (most notably the great Charlie Pride) while most everyone else... though not outright approving of how the African-American singers were treated... didn't take a bold personal stand like Faron. It's shameful that he passed away without much note.
I remember listening and watching him as a small child. Reasons I remember him is the strange first name "Faron" and the fact my parents watched Grand Ole Opry and various other similar programs. Wasn't aware he committed suicide. 🥺
Also watched Grand Ole Opry, except at my grandparents. Theirs was one of the only TVs in the neighborhood, and a few young women/girls would come to watch. They would "drool" over Faron Young when he was on. Did not know about the suicide.
Yes, I knew and it devastated many more than you make it sound like.
I am sorry buy i never heard of him. I may listen to some of his music. Thanks for sharing this!
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I was back stage with Faron Young a few times back in my Country Music DJ days. He was a great story teller and a genuine good person. His story on how he helped Willie Nelson when Willie was getting started was a classic. Faron was a great singer and performer and it's a shame he had to leave us that way.
A real country country singer, born and raised on a dairy farm near Shreveport Louisiana. Got his start as a singer with Webb Pierce's band (as did the Wilburn Brothers) in the early 1950's on the Louisiana Hayride. Faron presented himself as a songwriter but Webb recognized he was really a better singer. Young also owned the Music City News produced in Nashville. It was the country version of the Rolling Stone magazine. This was in the 1970's. Young was well known for speaking his mind. On a late night show fellow guest Zsa Zsa Gabor made a remark about his "peasant music"
I love Farons music ,,but I never knew he had committed suicide ,,,sad ,,,,,
He was battling emphysema, and had undergone prostate surgery for Cancer.
God bless faron so sad he left us the way he did.he deserved better than that
God spare his soul.
Hello walls
We love Faron
Fm WILLUM REICHENBACH
I knew he was drinking when my best friend invited me to a concert at the VFW and he was half drunk when we got there. Her friend was in the band and we got invited to get on his bus. I was able to get some photos of him and me but after drinking for a while he went to the front of the bus and ped all over his bed. We left after but I did get an autograph. Before we had the time of our life. My memories are of the great man he was and I always will love him RIP my champion
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this info about Faron Young. May he find peace 🙏
The front of the bus isn’t where the primary persons bed is located. It’s in the rear of the bus. SomI say this is a bs post. As a taxi driver that picked up Faron at a Canadian airport in the 80’s I can tell you he wasn’t drunk while I drove him to the theater and then a restaurant to have dinner (he had a double scotch) I think followed by a steak dinner. I took him back to the theater where I met Tammy Wynette and watched the show from the backstage area. I had a great time for sure.
I live him
If he would have come to the Southwest, it may have been different. Faron's popularity NEVER let up here in Texas. When played by dance bands out here today the dance floors fill up wall to wall!! I took my wife to one of his dances on our first date in 1973. We're still dancing to all of his music today. For sure, nashville is the major problem!
Yes I did. He has remained one of my very favorites all of these years. I have several of his albums including his early Capitol recordings.
Loved every one of his songs
I did not know that - prayerfully he’s at peace ☮️
Fiddler Johnny Gimble told the story that he was in a recording session in Nashville on the night Faron Young died. He said, "We were in the middle of a session, and someone came in and told us that Faron Young had just blew his brains out. Everybody was stunned. We all stopped what we were doing, and just stared in disbelief. The whole room was in shock and there wasn't a dry eye among us. It was beginning to look like the session was going to break up. Finally, I broke the ice and said, "Well, he always was a good shot!" That comment had everyone laughing though we were all crying. We were finally able to get back to cutting some records. It sounded crass but the truth is every one of us in that room had been hunting with Faron out on his property many times and we all knew what a great marksman he was. Even if he was stone drunk, he could shoot the acorns out of those squirrel's mouths. That was a sad day. We all knew he was very sick with emphysema and the latest word was the doctors had found a spot on one of his lungs. He was in a lot of pain physically and emotionally. He'd lost his wife, lost his recording career, went bankrupt and lost his house. He was financially broke, and he just didn't feel he had anything left to live for."
Yes I knew he committed suicide. He was always one of my favorite country singers. We all make mistakes, and sad how some can be so cruel.
A goodly number of people noticed his talent and his absence. thank you. Terri S.
Sadly, I did not know he committed suicide. Very sad. He was quite a singer.Its his children that didn't get the recognition.ALCOHOL KILLS.
I’m never really listen to country music 🎼 but nice 😊 story
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Yes I remember when it happened, he had some great songs thru the years
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I was introduced to Faron Young when i attended a concert when i was living in San Diego. I thought he had a very nice quality voice and i bought several albums subsequently. I didn't know how he passed nor about "domestic" challenges; however it is had to make a living in the music business as a performer and we all understand the challenges of "domestic" relationships.
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What a sad story I hardly knew his music
Sadly I did hear through TH-cam, at that time of his death. I consider Faron the #3 greatest country singer ever, behind Jim Reeves, and Marty Robbins, and George Jones very close behind them.
Never heard of him.
I’m sorry to hear about him dying like that
He's immortalized in a Prefab Sprout song from 1984,......... English music press heroes. "You give me Faron Young in the morning......" Or something like that.
I think I may have heard of him. Not sure. I wasn't into the country seen though. I sure hate to hear that about someone..as a musician the music is crucial in this life..great video 2thumbs up.
I hadn’t heard of him!
Kathie says…listen to “Hello Walls”. It is one of my Country Classic Favorites, (written by Willie Nelson). It is my favorite Faron Young song.
I lived across the street from the hospital where he died in Hermitage, TN
Yes unfortunately do sad about Faron. Fantastic voice. Known as “The Sheriff”.
I seen him at gilleys when I was a kid awesome singer rip
I was born In 1967. My parents listened to diverse music but we never heard of Faron young. I did not know of his suicide either nor heard any of his songs even by other artists.
I am so sorry for him or anyone who thinks suicide is the way to go. It only hurts people around you.
Never heard of him. So sad he killed himself. 💔⚘
I was Postmaster of Old Hickory Post Office close to where Faron lived. He came into the post office almost everyday. Sometimes he would knock on my door and started laughing wanting to tell me some "off colored" jokes he had recently heard. He was smiling and laughing almost everytime he came in. The last day Faron came in to the post office, his face was gloomy looking and he didn't seem to be in his normal self. He never said anything and left. Later that day we learned that he had committed suicide. It was a terrible loss to the country music industry I feel as they had shunned him off the Opry for his drinking. He will be missed but his music lives on.
I never heard he committed suicide, very sad!🥺 Faron's cover of "Hello Walls" I do remember.
I am so sad to say that I was not aware that Faron Young had committed suicide !
How extremely sad that the music industry allowed this tragedy to go without saying much about it !
Thereby, almost supporting Faron's belief that he didn't have a place in the music industry anymore !
Almost by their silence, silently encouraging his actions !
Maybe I'm terribly wrong about this !
Speaking of going unnoticed,
the loss of
"Herbie" Herbert, one of the most prolific music promoters of our lifetimes !
Walter James Herbert left this world with hardly a mention !
"Herbie Herbert was responsible for the creation of, and the promotion of, no less than Santana, and one of the most incredible rock bands on f our lives,
" Journey " without so much as a mention on the nightly entertainment shows !
These are significant lives folks !
Whether by natural means, or by their own hand, we should without question make more of an effort to mark the significance of these lives, and likewise, their passing !
Sadly, Faron did. May he find peace. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. He will definitely be missed 😥
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Unfortunately, I wonder how many others fall into the same category of gone, and easily forgotten ?
Seems to be so sad to me ! 😢
Faron was an amazing singer. My favorite is Hello Walls.
We were really sad to hear how he died
Faron had a young back-up/harmony singer named Donnie Young. You can see them together doing the song "face to the wall". If you don't recognize the name, you will when you play the vid.
I have several of his songs but I did not know he committed Suicide. How sad, he was very good
Sadly, he did. Which of Faron's songs appealed to you the most?
Going steady & u don’t know me r 2 of them
The article did not mention that his Suicide was a result of extreme pain from a medical condition of Cancer he was suffering from!
Kathie says…I did not know this…I have never heard about his cancer. He was definitely a troubled soul. Drinking solves nothing, and suicide isn’t the answer…it destroys everyone who loves you.
Yes, I knew . It was a sad day for country music & his family. I saw when he was first getting started at Ellis Auditorium In Memphis, Tn. Bought a picture & he signed it for me. Always loved his music. Still do. Such a waste.
I read that he couldn’t even get tickets to the CMA awards not long before he died. That George Strait song “Murder on Music Row” could have easily been about Faron.
What is really hard to deal with sometimes is, our favorite performers were not necessarily great people.
Faron Young was not great people.
He was an outstanding performer.
He clearly had addiction problems, and behavioral problems.
Neither of those things prevent me from enjoying his gift to us.
Would it be proper to hate van gogh, because he was nuts?
Well, I suppose you could, but that's not my point.
What I'm getting at is that if you really appreciate this man's contribution, do not deny the reality of his life because it doesn't fit with you comfortably.
Sometimes life is not pretty.
And please don't get me wrong, I listen to Faron Young songs every week.
I've had standing ovations doing karaoke of his songs.
Brilliant art.ists are often tortured Souls.
It's a human condition.
Awful news haven't heard of him
I do indeed remember Faron Young's suicide. We lost a great talent that day.
Hello walls is the best country song ever.
You didn't mention his accident that caused him to not be able to make the s sound anymore.
He was a great favorite of mine. He had some fabulous songs
Wasn't he known as the "singing sheriff"? Also I heard at one time he owned a truck stop in Nashville.
Kathie sails… Yes! I remember that! Every time that one of Faron’s songs played on the radio, my dad would say..”there’s The Singin’ Sheriff”!
I heard about it right after the suicide , but just maybe because I recently got turned on to him, and was basically on a Faron Young kick at that time.
I was unaware his death went unnoticed by the Country Music crowd, and this information (if true), shocks me.
I'm predominantly a jazz guy, but all "Country Classic" aficionados and musicians should have noticed, at least in my book.
I knew his music, remember when he died, I was 19 years old and watched a lot of TNN and collected country music magazines one of which was music city news that I Believe Faron had started in the 60’s
Us too! Which song of Faron appealed to you the most?
Yes
So sad, I didn’t know.
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Hello wall's, I've been missing you today 🎵
Sadder than a country song.
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You left out the fact that Faron's hard partying ways led to a downturn in his health. He was suffering from COPD & heart issues, not to mention that it was getting harder for him to perform. This is why he killed himself.
We noticed! Hello Walls!
I always confused him with Ferlin Husky.
I knew of Faron threw my Mother but didn't know he committed suicide . Sad it is . :(
Never knew that he committed suicide & died so young. What a shame his life went downhill like it did😭
Faron's 1961 cut of Hello Walls is one of the best honky tonk recordings of all time.
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Ya I knew he did the shot I felt it I'm the first born son from my dad faron Young and my birth mother Billie gean Jones I'm the oldest son Billy Young I'm 70 years old
No...I did not know Farron Young committed suicide. I liked all his songs.