Gretchen Wilson
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Gretchen Wilson Biography
In late May 2004, Gretchen Wilson's debut single, Redneck
Woman, became the first by a solo female singer to top the Billboard
country singles chart in over two years; it also reached number one
faster than any single in the previous decade. At the same time, her
debut album, Here for the Party, entered the country album chart at
number one and the pop album chart at number two with sales of 227,000
copies, the biggest opening week for a new country artist on record.
Given the overtly country style of her music at a time when much
country had been leaning toward pop, Wilson was immediately hailed as
the latest in a long line of country artists leading the music back to
its roots.
Her own roots went back to the tiny town of Pocahontas, IL (36 miles
east of St. Louis, MO), where she began singing as a child. Her mother
was 16 when she was born on June 26, 1973; her father left when she was
two. She grew up poor, living in a succession of trailer parks. She
went to school only through the eighth grade, and at 14 was working as
a cook and bartender in the same club where her mother worked. By the
age of 20, she was singing in two different bands in the area. She
moved to Nashville in 1996 and tended bar while singing on demos and in
clubs for the next seven years. During this period, she became part of
an informal group of singers and songwriters known as the Muzik Mafia
who met once a week to try out new material. She and John Rich, another
member of the group (and a former member of Lonestar), wrote Redneck
Woman, an autobiographical song in which she unabashedly celebrated
her redneck, white-trash background.
In 2003, she auditioned for and was signed by Epic Records. Redneck
Woman was released in the late winter of 2004 and immediately began
its march up the charts. Here for the Party, originally scheduled for
release in July, was moved up to May 11 because of the quick success of
the single. As it, too, became a hit, Wilson agreed to opening spots on
tours with Brooks & Dunn and Montgomery Gentry in the summer of
2004. All Jacked Up, her follow-up to Here for the Party, appeared in
September 2005 and hit the top of the Billboard charts. One of the
Boys, the first album in which Wilson had a hand in writing most of the
songs, was released in 2007. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Written by William Ruhlmann