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BILLY RAY CYRUS TO PUBLISH TELL-ALL MEMOIR
Amazon Publishing’s New York office announced that it has plans to publish “Hillbilly Heart,” a memoir by Billy Ray Cyrus, in hardcover and ebook in Spring 2013. For the first time ever, Cyrus opens up about his rebellious early years, the life-changing success of his first album, and the toll that fame has taken on his personal life and family. With great candor, Cyrus talks about the challenges of parenting his superstar daughter Miley Cyrus, and the role faith has played in his life. Dan Strone, CEO of Trident Media Group, represented the world English deal in association with John Ferriter, Lo Bosworth, and Stuart Dill of Octagon Entertainment.
Cyrus says: “I learned early from The Book of Psalms that: ‘The Truth will be your shield and your buckle’. I’ve always loved that. You only get one chance to tell your life story. This is my chance to set the record straight. I realized that over the years that there have been untruths and misconceptions about me, my music, my life, my family and our dreams. I’m going to lay out the facts starting from August 25th, 1961 and work my way to the present, even if it stings a little.”
In “Hillbilly Heart,” Billy Ray Cyrus describes how at the age of 5 he had begun taking the stage with his father’s gospel quartet, The Crownsmen. By age 20, despite a promising baseball career, an inner voice told him if he bought a guitar and started a band, his purpose in life would be found through the music.
