Giveaway/ Book Review: Beautiful Mess, the Story of Diamond Rio

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Thomas Nelson booksellers recently gave me the opportunity to preview the forthcoming book: Beautiful Mess, the Story of Diamond Rio.

I have fond memories of seeing Diamond Rio in concert at the Santa Rosa CA) County Fair years ago and have always liked their music, so I was escited to preview the book!

The book is neat in that it actually is THREE books for the prce of one- you have the print copy, plus you can go online to the publishers website, enter the books ISBN and your info, and you can download BOTH an audio AND an e-book version. Definitely a great idea in these days of home budgets!

The book is divided into 3 parts- the rise of the band, band bios, and their topping of the charts up to current day. The book was written by the band in conjunction with Tom Roland, who is a Nashville area enterntainment journalist

I found the first section very interesting- I had no idea the many ties to Opryland that the group had, or the type of trials they had leading up to getting their first recording contract. I had no idea the band had been originally called Tennessee River Boys. The second section was devoted to all the band members bios. It was nice to read about each members upbringing and to see family photos. The third section was the weakest, in that it was really just a chronicle of the bands success. When it picked up the thread from the first section it got really intriguing. The book ends with up to date info on the members of Diamond Rio and their various charity events. I found their devotion to helping others, as they had been helped, to be very moving.

Giveaway:

The book is a quick read and a must for any Diamond Rio fan! So I've decided to give this copy to you, in the spirit of giving back, as Diamond Rio does!

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Open to anyone in US

Contest will end on October 9th, at midnight. Winner will be picked by Random Number (random.org) on October 10th, and emailed. Package will be mailed out after winner's info is received.