{"id":1316243,"date":"2019-10-30T08:07:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1813829"},"modified":"2019-10-30T08:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:07:07","slug":"miranda-lambert-is-making-the-music-matter-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/miranda-lambert-is-making-the-music-matter-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert Is Making the Music Matter Most"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
\n34m ago<\/span>
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I have this thing I do when I get a new album from a country artist I love: I pour a glass of wine, put the music on, turn the volume all the way up, and sit down to read every single word in the artist\u2019s album liner notes. <\/p>\n

So last night, when I got the advance copy of Miranda Lambert\u2019s Wildcard<\/em>, that\u2019s exactly when I did. Except when I got to the liner notes, there was something missing. <\/p>\n

The song credits are all there, just not that precious last paragraph about everything and everyone that went into making the music. <\/p>\n

The music on this album is some of her very best \u2014 honestly, I don\u2019t know how she keeps topping herself, but she does \u2014 but I do miss the part where she thanks everyone who had a hand in making the record, and shares little inside jokes that make me feel like I\u2019m part of the family. <\/p>\n

Some of my favorites were from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend<\/em>, from 2007. Inside the CD case, she thanks her mom, her dad and her brother Luke. And God. And her dogs. And her family, friends, crew, co-writers, her bus driver and her management. And to her band, she wrote, \u201cGlad y\u2019all liked the road, we only have 20 more years to go!\u201d (If she\u2019s right about that, we can look forward to live Lambert shows until at least 2027.)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd finally,\u201d she added, \u201cfor all the Ran Fans who keep buying my records, coming to see us on the road, and for spreading the word about me. You guys are the reason we all have jobs. I will always be good to my fans, because y\u2019all are good to me. Thanks for always so showing up!\u201d<\/p>\n

Then on another one of my favorites, Four the Record<\/em> from 2011, she started with God. \u201cThank you to God for every blessing. My family: who are always my number one fans. To friends: the best ones in the world. To the band and crew: my other family. To country radio: for continuing to play my music and share it with the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd finally, to my loyal fans: without you, none of this matters,\u201d Lambert wrote, \u201cThank you for loving me back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even on 2013\u2019s Annie Up<\/em>, the second album from her all-girl country trio Pistol Annies with Angeleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, each one of the band mates had a place to share their thoughts on the project. <\/p>\n

When it was Lambert\u2019s turn, this is what she wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cThank you God for the gifts. The gifts of love, music, friendship and sisterhood \u2014 without one, the others wouldn\u2019t exist. At least not in my world. Ang and Ash,I love you for loving me back and for pushing me to be better in all things, and for being my family. Thanks to you both, I get to be 12 forever,\u201d she said, \u201cplay dress up and sing in a hairbrush and do it on a tour bus!\u201d<\/p>\n

And for the fans of the trio, Lambert had some very special thanks. <\/p>\n

\u201cFans! Who knew there were so many crazy people like us out there who like singing about stuff they are not supposed to. We love the fans and we hope you like this one too,\u201d she said. \u201cLet\u2019s set another \u2019Bad Example.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe this short film \u2014 due out Nov. 4 \u2014 that Lambert made about making Wildcard<\/em> will answer all the questions I have. <\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n

@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n

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