Being an East Texas girl myself, I'm obviously proud to call Miranda Lambert, one of us. I knew the minute I saw her on 'Nashville Star' that the girl just had that thing! Ya know, that thing. The thing that you can't quite put your finger on, but that lets you know without a doubt that she's gonna take the world by storm! And with 38 awards and countless nominations under her belt, with wins including Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and so many more, I think it's safe to say that she has!! Academy of Country Music Award Nominations were announced just a couple of weeks ago and this year, Miranda is up for 7!! Including 2 Nods for Vocal Event of the Year for her band Pistol Annies collaboration with Blake Shelton in "Boys 'Round Here" and her collaboration with Keith Urban in "When We Were Us"! Not to mention, she just announced joining Jason Aldean in select MLB Stadiums this year on his Burn It Down Tour! This girl is on fire!!!
Miranda is the girl you wanna go huntin' with. Go muddin' with. Have a beer with. Sit on the porch and strum a guitar with. And she's most definitely the girl you call when you need to scare the shit outta somebody! She is one bad ass chick!! And I love all of those things about her! You can relate to her. At least, I've always been able to.
One of the things that I admire most about Miranda is that she's not just a performer. She's a songwriter! She writes her thoughts, her experiences, her feelings. And she shares them with us! In my opinion there's no greater way for an artist to express themselves. Sure, anybody can sing a song that gives you chill bumps. But when that artist is the one who wrote it, it has the ability to take you out of wherever it is that you are, and put you smack dab in the middle of that song!
Case and point: Miranda's newest single - "Automatic"
This song takes you back to a time when life was honestly, a little bit easier. Back to a time when things moved a little bit slower and you had to work for every, single, teeny, tiny, thing you had. If you know anything at all about Miranda, you know that this is how she's lived her life. She has worked her ass off for everything she's got. So, when she sings about it, you feel it. You feel those words just flow through you. Because you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the words she's singing are from pure experience.
When you think about the most influential women in country music, names like, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, & Reba come to mind. They, and so many others have paved the way for girl singers and songwriters in the genre of music that has always been a man's world. But believe me when I say that the future for women in Country looks very, very bright with Miranda Lambert leading the way. In my personal opinion, she IS the future Queen of Country Music! She's talented, inspiring, heartfelt, and genuine. And I cannot wait to see what she's got up her sleeve!
I couldn't agree more! Luv Miranda's new song. It is very true and it is the way she lives to this day. She is constantly working either music, her local stores, MuttNation philantrophies, etc. You believe what she says and that genuine feeling you get from her is something you can't teach or buy. Hope it goes #1!
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