Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Frances Wilsonis an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party. Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, One of the Boys,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth26 June 1973
CityPocohaunts, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Some have a note in their bag. Some put spoons in their hair and money in their underwear, ... Oh yes, our dolls can be very silly.
People were ready for that in-your-face style strong female song on the radio,
Every time I hear his voice coming in on that song, I get goose bumps.
The great thing is getting to play for 8, 10, 12,000 people every night, ... Stepping out on stage and singing for everybody is what it's all about. It's awesome.
They're the kind of people who were honest. They'd listen and tell me what they thought - the kind of honesty you need when you're trying to perfect your craft.
Many young people attend your concerts and purchase your music and T-shirts, ... Because your actions strongly influence the youth in your audience ... I ask you to take steps to warn young people of negative health effects of smokeless tobacco use.
To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.
Well I'm an eight ball shooting, double-fisted drinking son of a gun
Good music is good music.
I'm a mom first, a singer second.
Today, if you were to look at my CD collection, it might scare some people.
What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing.
People ask me where I go to get away and I say, 'home'
Cause I'm a redneck woman.