Down in Orburndale

A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida

By Bobby Braddock
(Louisiana State University Press, Hardcover, 9780807132227, 271pp.)

Publication Date: March 2007

Categories: Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk, Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General

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Bobby Braddock, one of the most successful country songwriters of all time, is a living legend. His smash hit "He Stopped Loving Her Today" won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year Award in two consecutive years and was voted "Song of the Century" in a poll conducted by Radio & Records Magazine and "greatest country song of all time" in a poll conducted by the BBC. In this captivating narrative, Braddock demonstrates that he is as much at home writing the story of his life as in crafting an award-winning country tune. Warm, candid, intimate, and laugh-out-loud funny, Down in Orburndalethe title plays on the southern pronunciation of Braddock's hometown of Auburndale, Floridarecounts his colorful saga up to age twenty-three, when he decides to move to Nashville and pursue a career as a professional songwriter.
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