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Article: Gretchen Wilson's `Redneck Woman' _ a `be-true-to-yourself anthem'
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- July 30, 2004
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JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-30-2004
Dateline: NASHVILLE, Tennessee
The word "redneck" doesn't translate well into German, country singer Gretchen Wilson learned during her recent overseas tour.
Wilson, whose debut single "Redneck Women" spent a record six weeks at No. 1, visited four countries in 10 days this month _ Australia, United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. The most common question from foreign reporters: "So what is a redneck?"
"I'd start out in the morning by giving full details, saying a redneck is a person who lives their life without the best of everything but knows how to live well with what they've got," Wilson said. "But by the end of the day, I'd just ...