Deana Carter
Deana Carter
Deana Kay Carteris a country music artist who broke through in 1996 with the release of debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over five million. It was followed by 1998's Everything's Gonna Be Alright, 2003's I'm Just a Girl, 2005's The Story of My Life, and 2007's The Chain. Overall, Carter's albums have accounted for 14 singles, including three which reached Number One on the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth4 January 1966
CityNashville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.
I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
I toured in Europe first, before I did ANY touring in the US. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
Me And The Radio is probably the most directed at my divorce and a turning point in my life to having to make a conscious choice to move on.
Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.
I know she always gets left out! ... She's the saint and the glue of our family. She has a beautiful voice and she wrote songs early on in their marriage. But she pretty much just raised us kids and let my dad go and be in the studio 24-7 and travel. She maintained the house and stayed home with us. She's a perfect woman. She's just perfect.
I guess I wasn't sure how people would respond to it (her album). Then I thought to myself, 'If you have to be something you're not, then why do it at all?'
If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in
James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.
My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.
Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.
Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.
No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.