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Still, living in town also left Tucker feeling hemmed in, and missing her cutting horses.

"I don't know what made me think that I could be happy living where I couldn't raise my horses," she said, explaining why she has put this house back on the market. The home is listed for $2 million.

"I thought I could be a city girl. But I'm not cut out to be a city girl, even though my neighbors were very, very nice."

She plans to find something with some acreage and space, probably somewhere still in the area but perhaps not quite as big as the former spread in Arrington. (Tucker also maintains a home in Malibu, Calif., and she still tours.)

 

 

 

Horses have always been the symbol of the cowboy, and many of the stars featured here—both legends and today’s hottest stars, from George Jones, Charlie Daniels, Lynn Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Brad Paisley, and Willie Nelson to Hal Ketchum, Chris Cagle, Eddie Montgomery, and Todd Fritsch—grew up dreaming of being cowboys (or cowgirls). Today, horses are their escape from the chaos of the world. Based on exclusive interviews, each story—funny, touching, and uplifting—is accompanied by personal photos, including some of each artist with his or her horse.

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  • Outlaw Trail Concert - Joe Ely, Jessi Colter, Rodney Crowell, Carlene Carter and Tanya Tucker are among the acts playing the “Outlaw Trail Concert,” Feb. 20 at the Paramount Theatre, which will be filmed for possible commercial release. Ray Benson will host the two-hour show, with cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell narrating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"I can't tolerate egotistical men, someone who likes to boast about what he has or boast about what I am or have or who he's with. And someone who can't fix a flat tire.  I want him to be able to know something under the hood of a car.  If he don't know anything about what's under the hood, he ain't going to get nothing under my hood." Country Weekly

"Men are like parking places, all the good ones are taken." Country Weekly

For the stars shine bright down in the Lone Star state and Tanya is the ultimate Texas star, a true legend in country music as well as a hero to every "Redneck Woman" around the world.  Image Entertainment

"Tanya Tucker belongs in the Country Music Hall of Fame.  She was the first and maybe only 'bad girl of country music'." Robert Oermann - Country Music journalist/author Biography - Mavericks

"The reason Tanya Tucker appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine when bigger country stars couldn't get near it, was because she was different, she was news." Robert Oermann - Country Music Journalist/author Biography - Mavericks

" 'Bad Girl of Country Music' is an appropriate title for me, if it just means I like to have fun and get crazy every now and then." Tanya Tucker Biography - Mavericks

"I think Gretchen Wilson is just the bomb!  She's nobody's fool and she knows what she wants her music to sound like and be like and she's not going to take much off anybody - and that's cool."  Tanya Tucker Biography - Mavericks

"Patsy Cline didn't only push the envelope, she opened that sucker up.... You know I think we would have been great friends.  She supposedley cussed like a sailor, so I think we would have got along real good." Tanya Tucker Biography - Mavericks

"There's a lot of double standards in the business...but women have come a long way." Tanya Tucker Biography - Mavericks

"Tanya rocks....plain and simple."  Storme Warren - GAC Country Music Across America

"You can't go through life not having a Krispy Kreme donut." Tanya Tucker Tuckerville

"We're pretty comical actually.  I'm not crazy about watching myself, but when I do watch it I laugh my ass off." Calgary Sun - Tanya talking about Tuckerville

"A mother never thinks she does well enough . . . to hear 'you're a great mother' is better than hearing 'you're a great singer'." Calgary Sun

Tanya describes Tuckerville as a country-music spin on the Osbornes "only with a lot less bleeping." Winnipeg Sun

"I still go shopping at Kroeger's and Wal-mart and I mix and mingle with people who aren't in the music business every day.  It's when you remove yourself from the people that you start forgetting what it is they need to hear." Winnipeg Sun

"Mama sings good, and she's pretty. When I grow up, I want to sing, too." Layla (6 yrs) Country Weekly

"Tanya Tucker's always had that sassy cowgirl thing about her.  I love what Tanya's always stood for.  Unfortunately, she's one of those people that can pull off just about anything, too.  I think Tanya's whole thing is about danger.  To see how close to the edge she can get out there.  I love her." That's Country Magazine - Marty Stuart

"He's such a sweet snake." TLC's  Tuckerville

"Making music and creating new music fills me with all kinds of emotions.  A little bit of fear, a hopefulness that people will like what I'm doing, some excitement in trying something different and a satisfaction in figuring out how to make a  particular song the best it can be.  There's always something more you can do, a way to make it bigger and better." Our Brown County - Tamela Meredith Partridge

"I love working and herding cattle.  And I love the power and control and the wonderful feeling I get riding cutting horses.  Two minutes and thirty seconds is what you get in the arena when you're showing and that's one of the most exciting two minutes and thirty seconds I've ever had in my life."  Our Brown County - Tamela Meredith Partridge

"Tanya Tucker, in my opinion, is the greatest female country music entertainer that ever lived... She's one of the most unselfish human beings that I have ever had the pleasure of being around." Jerry Mack - Country Music Planet

"Every time I hear it on the radio it's like 'Turn it up! This is my verse!' Gretchen wasn't afraid to say 'Hell Yeah, Tanya influenced me.' Because there's a lot of people I influenced that would never tell you that, ever." Tanya on Gretchen Wilson's 'Redneck Woman' - Entertainment Weekly

"Yeah. I think Tanya is a great singer.  I don't think there's any conflict.  She has a country audience, and they're extremely loyal to her."  Helen Reddy on Tanya's version of Delta Dawn - Gary James interview classicbands.com

"It's a great feeling to be on that much horse that's moving so quickly. My worst feeling is wondering if I'm going to fall off.  If I did, they would have to call in the paramedics." Tanya Tucker on Cutting - Ft. Worth Star Telegram

"You get a front row seat to the sassy, struttin', age-defying, entertainer, Tanya Tucker, Country Music's reigning Queen! You'll love her as much as we do." liner notes from 'Live at Billy Bob's Texas' CD by Pam Mimick

"I can walk into Wal-mart and get just a couple of things....I have done it before.  I have just never had any witnesses."  TLC's Tuckerville

"Gretchen Wilson's trying to give me a little competition now, but I could take her around the block." Insider Interview

"Her personality, her lifestyle is kind of crazy and fun and unpredictable, yet she has a lot of heart...She's really accessible, not a diva in any way." 'Tennessean' - Tiff Winton from TLC on Tanya

"Sixty-four years with the same dude? I don't think so...Three years and you're out.  I said it'd be a good time, not a long time." Appen Newspapers

"Some people may say that my career is over, but I've got my hiking boots on, I'm not done yet." Tracy Rasmussen Ink

"People talk about how you have to 'balance your life,' " notes Tanya.  "You just can't do it all, but you do the best you can.  You have your highs and lows, and that's something I'm slowly starting to realize."  Country Weekly magazine

"The next thing on my list of things to do would be a Christmas album, because I've never done that and everybody and their dog has a Christmas album." TCPalm

"And I think I would like to see a movie of my life story...I've always loved Loretta Lynn's story...I think it would be super to have a movie like that of my life.  It'd be wild." TCPalm

"I knew there was a lot of ways to get the blues, but I didn't know there were so many ways to get rid of them." Larry King Live interview

"The crazy bulldog's just like a temperamental artist.  She stays in her crate and acts like she is scared of the world, but when it's show time (play time) she comes dashing out as if to say, 'Hey, I wanna play too!' Sorta like Tanya Tucker -- she may be a little late comin' on stage, but when she shows up, she shows up!  I love you Tanya!"  Tracy Lawrence - "Music Row Dogs and Nashville Cats"

"Cows are great country & western music fans....even, after rock n roll became popular, cowboys never tried to serenade their herd with a rock song.  They knew darn well it would result in a full-out stampede."  excerpt from "Cows A Rumination".

"They are joy; they have a zest for life -- kinda like me."  excerpt from "Music Row Dogs and Nashville Cats".

"When I was younger, I thought about retiring.  But I never really think about it much these days.  There's too much to do and see.  And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire."  Country Weekly - "It's Tanya Time"

"I was flattered to be included in the Dirty Dozen..... for people to consider me a rebel is pretty cool."  OnSat interview

"Me and Gretchen, we're pretty tight.  We're a lot alike and we're a lot different too."  OnSat interview

"Oh yeah, definitely, I'll always be a rebel." OnSat interview.

 

    

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Home is currently in Malibu, CA and Franklin, TN.

Books:  "Nickel Dreams" and  "100 Ways to Beat the Blues".  There is also an unauthorized biography called "Tanya".

Record Label: Capitol;  Tanya has her own imprint called TuckerTime ... yeehaa. .. way to go Tanya.

Over 30 albums/cds.

67 Chart Entries and 40 of those entries were Top 10.

Four platinum and 12 gold records.  That is well over 10 million records!!

Owns a pink Harley.

Owns a Clydesdale (yes, that is a Budweiser horse).

Owns several dogs.

Three kids:  Presley, Beau Grayson (father Ben Reed, actor in CA) and Layla (father Jerry Laseter, songwriter TN)  Check out the photo gallery, Tanya is quite obviously a proud mama.

Not married - never was, no matter how many times you read somewhere that Tanya was married to Glenn Campbell.

Tanya's older sister, LaCosta, runs the Official Fan Club.  (Not to be confused with this very unofficial fan site).

Bunches of horses -- riding cutting horses is her "thang".

In 1973 Tanya was the first country music entertainer to be featured on the cover of RollingStone Magazine  at the age of 15.  What's even cooler is that you can purchase a reprint of the cover from RollingStone at this link.

Youngest female artist (country or pop) to release a Box set.

First country artist to be inducted into Hard Rock Cafe's "Walk of Fame."

First country artist to be featured on Lifetime "An Intimate Portrait".

First country artist to star in her own reality TV show: 'Tuckerville'

Tanya has influenced three relative newcomers to the business:  Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson, Julie Roberts and Ericka Dunlap who happens to be Miss America 2004 as well as a new country artist.  (Tanya has also influenced a certain 10 yr old who lives at my house).

Signature song: Delta Dawn ;  Delta Dawn was Tanya's first single recorded at the age of 13.

First #1 hit :  What's Your Mama's Name -  The single released after Delta Dawn.

Nicknames:  Texas Tornado and Country's Wild Child

Tanya was one of the performers at the very first Farm Aid, September 22, 1985.

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