Saturday, September 23, 2006
Lorrie Morgan is Right Where She Wants to Be
From KTWO Radio (Wyoming)
Lorrie Morgan was born into the country music business, so it should be no surprise that she's had the longevity she has.
Starting her career on the Grand Ol' Opry stage in Nashville in 1972 at age 13, she has been a part of country music all her life.
The daughter of well-known country band leader George Morgan, she took over his band when he died in 1975 and led it for three years before striking out on her own.
Eventually she became a vanguard of county music's video revolution in the late '80s and early '90s, scoring more than a dozen No. 1, including the songs "Five Minutes," "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength."
Morgan is still going strong, touring and playing benefit shows. Though it hasn't always been easy, she said in a recent interview that she's happy with where she's at.
Morgan released her 12th disc, "Show Me How" in 2004 and scored with the hit "Do You Still Want To Buy Me That Drink?" But she's been known to throw a few curves, as she did with her foray in pop music, the 1998 CD "Secret Love."
"I wanted this album to be what made me fall in love with music and that was country music," Morgan says. "I wanted to make sure that people knew that country music was and still is the love of my life. That's what this album is about. It's about what kind of music I love, and that's country."
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KTWO Radio
Lorrie Morgan was born into the country music business, so it should be no surprise that she's had the longevity she has.
Starting her career on the Grand Ol' Opry stage in Nashville in 1972 at age 13, she has been a part of country music all her life.
The daughter of well-known country band leader George Morgan, she took over his band when he died in 1975 and led it for three years before striking out on her own.
Eventually she became a vanguard of county music's video revolution in the late '80s and early '90s, scoring more than a dozen No. 1, including the songs "Five Minutes," "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength."
Morgan is still going strong, touring and playing benefit shows. Though it hasn't always been easy, she said in a recent interview that she's happy with where she's at.
Morgan released her 12th disc, "Show Me How" in 2004 and scored with the hit "Do You Still Want To Buy Me That Drink?" But she's been known to throw a few curves, as she did with her foray in pop music, the 1998 CD "Secret Love."
"I wanted this album to be what made me fall in love with music and that was country music," Morgan says. "I wanted to make sure that people knew that country music was and still is the love of my life. That's what this album is about. It's about what kind of music I love, and that's country."
Read the article
KTWO Radio
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