Bill Anderson To Appear On Fox & Friends, Profiles, Fox News Radio & More

By Timothy Yap Nov 28, 2016 06:15 AM EST

Songwriting icon and legendary performer "Whisperin' Bill" Anderson will appear all over television and radio this holiday season, including "Fox & Friends," "PROFILES," Fox News Radio, Christopher Radio and Podcasts and more to promote his new autobiography Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music and bonus acoustic CD with never-before heard tracks. CLICK HERE to order.

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Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music is a representation of Anderson's journey, and published by University of Georgia Press. Read by Bill Anderson himself it features eye-opening personal stories from his nearly eighty years of living - from early days of radio broadcasting in Georgia, to standing alongside the greatest country music stars in the world onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, to meeting Elvis Presley, to being named BMI's first ICON Award winner in the country music genre.

Listeners can sit back and enjoy the audio book narrated by Bill Anderson. The audio book bundle also includes a Bonus CD featuring 10 never-before released self-penned acoustic recordings by Anderson, including smash hits like "Whiskey Lullaby" (Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss), "Give It Away" (George Strait), "City Lights" (Ray Price) and seven more (track listing below).

Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music a 360-page representation of Anderson's journey published by University of Georgia Press featuring respected music journalist and Grammy-nominated music producer Peter Cooper as a contributing writer. It includes rare, never-before-seen photos and eye-opening personal stories from Anderson's nearly eighty years of living - from early days of radio broadcasting in Georgia, to standing alongside the greatest country music stars in the world onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, to being named BMI's first ICON Award winner in the country music genre.

With the 2015 success of Mo Pitney's "Country," Anderson has become the only country songwriter to tally a Top 40 hit in seven consecutive decades, and he stands today a legendary performer, who recently celebrated his 55th Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The youngest writer to ever be named "Songwriter Of The Year" (BMI) at age 23, prior to 21-year-old Taylor Swift, Anderson has certainly lived an unprecedented life in country music. Fans, artists, songwriters and music executives young and old revere him for his soft speaking style that can silence a room with just a few poignant words.

But there was a time in the early 90s that Bill felt as if his words no longer mattered. "I didn't write much anymore because I didn't feel as if what I wanted to write related to what young listeners wanted to hear," he revealed. However, it was in 1992 that singer/songwriter Steve Wariner helped to re-ignite Anderson's writing career with a cover of "Tips Of My Fingers." The exposure the song received made Anderson test the waters as a co-writer, and in 1994, he teamed up with Vince Gill to write "Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn)."

Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music is available for $29.95 at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, various independent book stores, and online at www.BillAnderson.comand Amazon.com.

Acoustic CD Track List (All Performed by Bill Anderson)
1. Bright Lights and Country Music
2. Whiskey Lullaby
3. Po' Folks
4. I'll Wait for You
5. City Lights
6. Still
7. Give It Away
8. Tips of My Fingers
9. A Lot of Things Different
10. Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)