Author Tim Ghianni

06/05/2026

If you think corporate attacks on the news began with CBS and 60 Minutes, let me take you back a few decades to When Newspapers Mattered. And when ethics and principles were under attack. When a writer in his 50s was deemed too old, especially if he insisted on writing about Black people and old people and others who did not fit the newspaper's demographic. In addition to the true tale of the death of real journalism, this book is filled with adventure, melancholy and laughter. When Newspapers Mattered: The News Brothers and their Shades of Glory is just $25 on amazon.com

11/25/2024

Got books if you want them......... Amazon has a great price on my most-recent book right now. If you haven't bought it, I'd recommend you do. Fans of music, musicians, history and nice human beings with guitars will love it.

Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes: My Personal Time with Music City Friends and Legends in Rock 'n' Roll, R&B, and a Whole Lot of Country

04/23/2024

This book represents conversations and observations over a half-century. I hope you will consider purchasing. My publisher and publicist have pretty much dropped the ball, so I'm picking it up and running with it. I can use your help in getting the word out.

Tim Ghianni | Author. Journalist.

04/08/2024

https://tim-ghianni.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-brother-eric-bigger-than-life-and.html?fbclid=IwAR2PwAMPBYtou2CJFDdhbZK5EHnug6InwQimLk7j039hNxjNUfI9Ws95Q5c_aem_AbGtnD1utX-_bSRUeL8rMOMnRXDHkTCz21tewnCeYAf8gCXf1FlQtvKaOpZJfuiBtWCArrxX7tcTwiuhq-BYS-HD

Just like any little fellows in the 1950s, my big brother, right, and I wanted to be cowboys. He also liked to pick on me. Eric, who I nev...

12/12/2023

Essra Mohawk, aka "Uncle Meat" with the Mothers of Invention, was a brilliant singer/songwriter and an eccentric human being. I'm lucky I got to spend time with her for this 2019 column in Nashville Ledger weekly business news magazine. http://www.tnledger.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=120563&fbclid=IwAR034Q3gUzAaFN2SZ0-FT6TuL7Ru-qe8MUXj3aS6Cr0jlsFj19N43KLpynU

Uncle Meat leans back on the piano bench – arm-swept clear of the CDs and assorted implements of a musician’s life that fill it and the rest of the living room of the home in Bellevue – and sings a joyous, or at least joy-filled and powerful song titled “Rollin’ With The Punches.”

11/24/2023

Talking about "Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes" with legendary Nashville broadcaster Pat Nolan, beginning this evening

P.S., program info from HOST PAT NOLAN:
Our conversation will air on the regular weekend schedule for INSIDE POLITICS on NEWSCHANNEL5 PLUS.
Those times include:
7:00 p.m. Friday.
5:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
1:30 a.m. & 5:00 a.m. on Sunday.
THE PLUS is on Comcast Cable channel 250, Charter Cable channel 182 and on NEWSCHANNEL5’s over-the-air digital channel 5.2. We are also on DISH TV with the rest of the NEWSCHANNEL5 NETWORK.
One option for those who cannot see the show locally, or who are out of town, you can watch it live with streaming video on NEWSCHANNEL5.com. Just use your TiVo or DVR, if those live times don't work for you.
This week’s show and previous INSIDE POLITICS interviews are also posted on the NEWSCHANNEL5 website for your viewing under the NEWSCHANNEL5 PLUS section. A link to the show is posted as well on the page of NEWSCHANNEL5 PLUS. Each new show and link are posted early in the week after the program airs. I am also posting a link to the show each week on my page.

07/17/2023

My beard made its broadcast debut when I had my second appearance on LocalOn2 on July 10. From left, Laura Schweizer, old man with beard, Larissa Wohl. My book, Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes is something everyone interested in Nashville, music, newspapers, s*x and me should own. Well, not so much the s*x.

03/14/2023

Book official release date is March 15. Fine Indy-based journalist Rita Rose wrote a flattering feature that ought to entice some of you.

Rita Rose Great Day TV In the 1970s, after Chicago transplant Tim Ghianni went to Nashville, Tenn., to begin his newspaper career, he began a love affair with Music City. In the process, he became friends with many of the singers and musicians that he covered. That was the impetus for his new book,....

09/13/2022

If you are interested in music, Nashville, gentrification, laughs,, tears, banjos and guitar pickers and rock 'n' roll and R&B all done Nashville style, you'll like this book. visit timghianni.com for details.

08/15/2022

https://www.amazon.com/Pilgrims-Pickers-Honky-Tonk-Heroes-Personal/dp/1493072153/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24UMR2Q5R4NAQ&keywords=pilgrims%2C+pickers+and+honky-tonk+heroes%5C&qid=1660601054&sprefix=pilgrims%2C+pickers+and+honky-tonk+heroes+%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-1

Coming in March is my labor of love, a book I wrote, full-time, during the heart of the pandemic. More info to come. Please read the amazon description for details.