Reba McEntire wore these boots, modeled after a pair that belonged to Patsy Cline, at her Grand Ole Opry debut, in 1977.
The Dreaming Fields —❝Well as somebody always said: If you can’t say anything nice about anybody, come sit by me!"
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“I was in the dressing room with Emmylou Harris, Brenda Lee, and Tammy Wynette. [The CMA producers] said, ‘OK girls, you’ve got to go get in your seats.’ I was walking out, and Emmylou walked up to me and said, ‘Congratulations…I’m pulling for you!’ I said, ‘Oh, I’m pulling for you, too!’ She said, ‘No, this is your year.’ To get that from Emmylou Harris was wonderful.” —Reba McEntire on her first Female Vocalist Award
“As long as I’ve known my good friend Reba she’s credited her gut with getting her out of sticky situations, and providing clear direction whenever she felt lost. Reba says that internal voice is really God’s whisper.
Reba’s parents, Jackie and Clark, taught Reba that hard work pays. She’d rise before the sun with her dad to brand cattle and feed the steers. When she wasn’t running from those rattlesnakes, Reba was probably helping her mom in the kitchen too. Reba’s childhood gave birth to a grit and determination that she’s fostered and drawn from her entire life. Whether she was barrel racing for prize money at an Oklahoma rodeo or singing for gas money at a Honky Tonk in Texas, Reba always gave it her all.
Country music was strictly a man’s world when Reba arrived in Nashville in 1975, but that didn’t dampen her drive. After years of performing smoky clubs and listening to other people’s advice about what songs she should record. Reba took control of her musical course. She scored her first #1 “Can’t Even Get the Blues.” She’s been going strong ever since.
The red-haired rodeo girl from the Oklahoma Hill Country has rightfully earned her place among Country music royalty, and yet you still kinda wonder what in the world that ole Okie is gonna do next. Reba’s talented and beautiful, inside and out, couldn’t be more proud of her.” –Vince Gill
Lee Ann Womack Q&A [March 16, 2010]
- Q: When you lived in Texas, did you ever see George Strait or Reba on tour?
- A: Oh, yeah ... oh yeah. Of course, I saw George many, many times. I would skip school and drive anywhere I could to see him and his band. They played great Western swing music. I liked the stuff they did that wasn't on the album as much as I did the hits. And I remember seeing Reba in college when I was going to school out in Lubbock. I saw her at the fair out there
- Q: I know you especially like the early albums from Reba's career.
- A: That's my favorite Reba. She knows it, too. I tell her! (laughs) Yeah, I love those [producer] Jerry Kennedy records. That's real, real country stuff. It's nostalgic to me. I remember hearing it as a child, and my parents really loved her. But just the songs that she cut ... "Somebody Should Leave," "You're the First Time I Thought About Leaving," all those things. It was country.
- Q: I bet Strait Country was a landmark album for you.
- A: Mmm-hmm. Oh, yeah. I remember my dad coming in and handing me an album and saying, "This guy sounds just like Tommy Duncan." [Duncan was the lead vocalist for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys band.] And I knew who Tommy Duncan was because I had listened to all of my dad's records. That's a big compliment coming from my dad. He's real picky and real hard on singers, and he just loved George's voice. That's kind of where it started for me.
