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Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973 in Pocahontas, Illinois) is a Grammy award-winning American country music singer-songwriter. Gretchen was born in Pocahontas, Illinois to a 16-year-old mother. Her father left before she was two years old, and she and her mother lived in trailer parks and relative poverty. Gretchen's mother worked as a waitress, and Gretchen herself dropped out of the 8th grade at age 15 to work as a cook and bartender in rural Illinois. |
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News in english
about Gretchen Wilson
(July / 2009)
Country, a classic among music acts Date: 03 Jul 2009
The Cincinnati Enquirer -
Country star Gretchen Wilson headlines this year's Red, White & Blue Ash, a free Independence Day Celebration.
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Gretchen Wilson gives fans reason to party Date: 03 Jul 2009
Toronto Sun -
Some five years after breaking through big with her Grammy-winning No. 1 hit, Redneck Woman, country-rock music belter Gretchen Wilson is still Here For The Party.
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Despite deluge, fans embrace own Woodstock at Varysburg Jam Date: 05 Jul 2009
The Buffalo News -
When fans who were at the Big & Rich/Gretchen Wilson show Friday night look back in a few years, they may regard the concert as their “Woodstock” moment.
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Gretchen Wilson ready to 'Do It All Again' Date: 13 Jul 2009
LiveDaily -
(LiveDaily.com) With a new album in the wings, Gretchen Wilson [ tickets ] will stay on the road for much of the second half of 2009 as she ramps up support for the latest single from the set, "If I Could Do It All... continued
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Wilson a role model, but still an ‘outlaw’ Date: 18 Jul 2009
South Bend Tribune -
Gretchen Wilson is not a typical female country singer, as she demonstrated when she broke onto the country music scene in 2004 with her smash hit, “Redneck Woman.” It’s hard to imagine her getting all gussied up like her contemporaries, Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood.
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Grammy-Winning Country Star Gretchen Wilson, No. 1-Recording Artist Joe Nichols at Toyota Park July 24; Tickets Just $10 Date: 20 Jul 2009
Yahoo.com -
The 2009 Bridgeview Country MusicFest will feature Grammy-winning country star Gretchen Wilson and No. 1-recording artist Joe Nichols on Friday, July 24 at 6 p.m. Tickets are only $10.
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Gretchen Wilson Not So "Girly" Date: 20 Jul 2009
Great American Country -
July 20, 2009 — Five years ago this week, Gretchen Wilson earned a double-platinum album for her debut CD, Here For The Party, helping to bring attention to the MuzikMafia in Nashville.
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Gretchen Wilson comes home for country show Date: 24 Jul 2009
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
Gretchen Wilson promises that her Live on the Levee gig this weekend is going to be a blast. And she says that's guaranteed from her hometown homies in Pocahontas, who will be in attendance.
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