Well, folks, it's done! The much anticipated tale, 'The House That Country Music Built—The Starday Story,' is finally finished and is currently being shopped to various publishers. Written by Nate Gibson with Starday President and Co-Founder Don Pierce, this book tells the improbable story of a tiny traditional country music label that rose to become the single most successful purely-country label in all of country music!

Beginning in 1953, the book chronicles Starday's early successes with Arlie Duff, Red Hayes and George Jones, and follows the innovative label that gave birth to the careers of Jones, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Dottie West, the Big Bopper, and so many more. Following the creation of the largest bluegrass catalogue in the world, Starday was the first to capitalize on the early '60s folk craze and issued legendary recordings by the Stanley Brothers, Bill Clifton, Buzz Busby, Jim Eanes, the Country Gentleman, and Hylo Brown to name a few. Recording everything from rural humor, to country sermons, to rockabilly, honky-tonk, western swing, cowboy trios, gospel quartettes and everything else that fell under the "roots" umbrella and then finding unique ways to market this material, Starday single-handedly revived the careers of Cowboy Copas, Red Sovine, Johnny Bond and countless others.

Including first hand accounts from many of the artists and employees themselves, as well as Pierce, who also wrote the Foreword, this is the first time the label's infamous story has been truly researched and chronicled. It is the preservation of a label who ultimately preserved our nation's musical heritage. With hundreds of unpublished photos to choose from, complete discographies for Starday and it's subsidiaries, and a book cover designed by Starday album designer Suzanne Mathis herself, this is one book that every country music lover should have. Be on the lookout for 'The House That Country Music Built—The Starday Story' to hit your local bookshelves in the very near future!