{"id":15560,"date":"2019-05-28T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1807060"},"modified":"2019-05-28T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:00:12","slug":"gretchen-wilsons-redneck-woman-topped-country-charts-15-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/gretchen-wilsons-redneck-woman-topped-country-charts-15-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Wilson\u2019s \u201cRedneck Woman\u201d Topped Country Charts 15 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">5\/29\/2019<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82dDnv9zeLs?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82dDnv9zeLs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Close observers of country music were of two minds when \u201cRedneck Woman,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/gretchen-wilson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gretchen Wilson<\/a>\u2019s first single, went No. 1 on May 29, 2004, where it would remain for five weeks. It was great news that the song looked like it would sell a bazillion records. But it was somewhat troublesome that it once again saddled country music with the hick stereotypes the industry had worked so long and diligently to downplay.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone embraced four-wheeling, mud-racing and beer-chugging as social norms. It was one thing for guys like Conway Twitty and the Bellamy Brothers to wax ecstatic about the charms and presumed accessibility of redneck girls, but quite another for women to celebrate a culture that seemed severely limiting for them. One veteran critic harrumphed, \u201cThe problem with young redneck women [as Wilson presented them] is they soon become old redneck women.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"d259ccc3\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-52618212-1526412964.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Gretchen Wilson and Ann Wilson at the 2004 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rusty Russell\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Wilson had the last laugh. The song that the then-30-year-old bartender and single mother co-wrote with John Rich was a veritable rocket to bright lights and big money. It won Wilson a Grammy for best female country vocal and the Horizon and best female vocalist awards from the Country Music Assn.<\/p>\n<p>Better still, it propelled the album it came from \u2014 <em>Here For the Party<\/em> \u2014 to platinum certification (for sales of a million copies) within just over a month after its May 11, 2004 release. By Nov. 4 of that year, sales amounted to three million. And by late 2006, total sales had climbed to five million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"1300dcc3\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-137710112-1534947542.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Gregg DeGuire\/FilmMagic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So was it redneck culture or Wilson\u2019s in-you-face authenticity that caused such a big stir? Troy Tomlinson, her publisher at the time, thought it was the latter. In an interview with CMT.com, he said, \u201cThere does seem to be at least a slight increase in the demand for songs that are just \u2018real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tomlinson said he wasn\u2019t referring only to Wilson\u2019s kind of rough-edged music as \u201creal.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s not what I mean,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s this: \u2018Like it or not, this is who I am\u2019 \u2014 in other words simply being true to oneself. Like Gretchen, for example. She\u2019s just being true to who she is. She\u2019s not trying to play a redneck woman \u2014 she just simply is one. She didn\u2019t have to contrive the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"7c8a45d3\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/GettyImages-118047163-1527196696.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson 2005 CMT Music Awards - Backstage\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">R. Diamond\/WireImage for CMT: Country Music Television<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s realness would earn her three more Top 5 singles and a Top 10, and her second album \u2014 <em>All Jacked Up<\/em> \u2014 would score platinum. But she has yet to repeat the success of her debut efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, she has released music on her own Redneck Records label \u2014 seven albums to date, including a Christmas collection. She continues to tour heavily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"7bf424ae\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/GettyImages-105227533-1498690159.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"The Recording Academy Hosts GRAMMY Salute to Country Music Honoring Loretta Lynn Presented By Mastercard\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rick Diamond\/WireImage for NARAS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wilson was 34 when she completed her high school requirements and has since become an impassioned advocate of adult education. Her 2006 autobiography, <em>Redneck Woman: Stories from My Life<\/em>, was a bestseller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1807060\/gretchen-wilsons-redneck-woman-topped-country-charts-15-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 5\/29\/2019 Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] Close observers of country music were of two minds when \u201cRedneck Woman,\u201d Gretchen Wilson\u2019s first single, went No. 1 on May 29, 2004, where it would remain for five weeks. It was great news that the song looked like it would sell a bazillion records. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 22:16:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}