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| "Lee Ann Womack is having fun singing sad songs"; Bradenton Herald | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 19 2005, 11:55 PM (52 Views) | |
| Whoa-mack | Aug 19 2005, 11:55 PM Post #1 |
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Lee Ann Womack is having fun singing sad songs BY WADE TATANGELO Bradenton Herald Lee Ann Womack became a household name with "I Hope You Dance." The song is a poignant dedication to her daughters, Aubrie and Anna Lise, who were ages 9 and 1 years old, respectively, when it was released. "So, of course, it's their favorite song because they're in the video," Womack said. The Texas-born singer is in the middle of a tour featuring country heavyweight Toby Keith and up-and-comer Shooter Jennings. When we caught up with Womack, she was on the bus enjoying a day off with Anna Lise, who is now 6 years old. Mother and daughter had just finished an afternoon at the pool. "I think we'll go see the penguin movie ("March of the Penguins") tonight - I think she'd like that," Womack said. The Grammy-award winner passes the time on the road either with her daughters, or hanging with her tour mates Keith and Jennings. "We're having a lot of fun," Womack giggled. "Maybe too much." Womack enthused this is the first time she has really bonded with other acts on a tour. They accomplish this by listening to George Jones after the shows. "We've all bonded over Jones," Womack said. "We play him a lot." Womack's favorite Jones cut is the lovesick classic "Good Year for the Roses." She has his equally cathartic "These Day (I Barely Get By)" filed under "Party Music" alongside Tammy Wynette's heartbreaker "Apartment No. 9." Considering Womack's latest release, these musical choices should come as no surprise. "There's More Where That Came From," which came out in February, is a career album for Womack. A critical and commercial success, the disc has been a particular boon for people longing for the confessional, fiddle `n' steel country made popular by Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and others in the early 1970s. "People love this album because people who love that style of music just can't get enough of it," Womack said. "I think people, especially in country music, appreciate honesty." The cornerstone and lead single of the album is the Top 10 hit "I May Hate Myself in the Morning," an old-fashioned cheating song. Womack substantiates each line with a stripped-down sensitivity rarely heard in popular country music these days. "Ain't it just like one of us to pick up the phone and call after a couple drinks," starts the song and immediately Womack's tear-soaked vocal draws the listener into her melancholy lullaby. Another tune that has hit home with fans is "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago," a song the 38-year-old Womack co-wrote after the title slipped off her tongue in conversation. Like the rest of the songs on the album, it tackles subject matter to which a younger person probably could not relate. "No, I don't think I would have thought to do this stuff when I was younger," Womack said. But don't let all the sad songs fool you. Womack, who is happily married to her publisher/producer Frank Liddell, said she couldn't be happier these days. "My career was exciting in the beginning and then it wasn't," Womack said. "But now with my new attitude of enjoying life more, I'm having more fun than I ever had." She added: "I promised myself more fun this year. I've already achieved everything I wanted to in my career and now I just want to have fun." So, what if daughters Aubrie and Anna Lise decide to follow in mom's footsteps and become singers? "Whatever they want is fine. I've seen a lot of people get really messed up because they just wanted to be a star. But if you're like Willie (Nelson) and do it just because you love the music you will be happy." |
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