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Article: 'Redneck Woman' Gretchen Wilson starting own label
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gretchen Wilson plans to start her own record
label, and she'd like to call it, naturally, Redneck Records.
Wilson, who became a country sensation with her 2004 down-home
anthem "Redneck Woman," said Wednesday that if things go well she'll
release a new single in September and a new album in November.
"I feel like I've learned so much in the last four or five
years," she said by phone from Deming, Wash.
Wilson's longtime label group, Sony Music Nashville, announced
Tuesday that she and the company parted ways after three albums.
Sony described the split as mutual.
Wilson, 36, says she's grateful for her time at Sony, but after
the company merged with BMG in 2004, the team ...