The Louisiana songwriter talks singing with Dolly Parton, covering 4 Non Blondes, and “opening” for Billie Eilish
Lainey Wilson is a likely contender at the upcoming Grammy Awards on the strength of her album 'Bell Bottom Country.'in 2021, she’s won over country music fans and the Nashville industry with her well-crafted songs and unfiltered Louisiana drawl, scoring CMA and ACM awards along the way (as well as landing a role on— making it the second “truck” smash for Wilson, after her own “Heart Like a Truck.” “I did exactly what I said I would never do.
Two of your hits last year were truck songs. But “Heart Like a Truck,” about perseverance, and Hardy’s “Wait in the Truck,” about spousal abuse, weren’t clichés. I’ve been covering that song for a really long time. There were times when the show was kind of dragging, but anytime we started playing “What’s Up?” everybody’s hands and beers went up in the air. When I found my band in Nashville, we started playing it and put our own little country spin on it. I got to meet withand ask her if it was OK if I cut it. She’s just a badass, and she’s gone about things her own way.
You’ve finally gotten to sing with your hero, Dolly Parton, on an upcoming tribute album to the Judds. What was it like hearing your voices together? Timing is everything. When I moved to Nashville in 2011, in my camper trailer, I was too country for country. And so it’s crazy to wrap my head around the fact that people who don’t even listen to country are listening to me.has been a very big help with that, and the Western way of life in general. Especially during the pandemic, people craved to be grounded and feel like they got both of their feet planted firmly on the ground.
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