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DeAnna started singing at a young age, after her guitar
teacher realized she had a great voice. “When I turned 15,”
she says, “I started singing in bars and from then on I
never had a weekend off until I got married.” The next thing
she knew, her manager Jack McFadden, had gotten her signed
to Warner Bros. and she was on tour, opening for Billy Ray
Cyrus.
While on Warner Bros., she released two singles, “Texas
Sidestep” and “Never Gonna Be Your Fool Again,” but DeAnna
decided that her family was more important than her career
and she tried to retire. However, it didn’t seem to stick.
“Singing is my calling,” she says, “and I missed it.” Once
her son was old enough to not need her as much, she decided
to “get back on the horse and ride it wherever it took me.”
DeAnna signed with Rustic Records, Inc. in January 2008.
Her album, Hank Stuff, released in the fall. Made up
entirely of Hank Williams classics, DeAnna’s big voice gives
new life to these popular staples in the traditional country
music repertoire. DeAnna’s songwriting is also one of the
industry’s best kept secrets, and fellow Rustic artist,
Nikki Britt, recently cut one of DeAnna’s latest songs “Any
Fool but Me” on her debut album Ready to Ride
(released September 2008).
So here’s DeAnna, with some life experience under belt and a
voice that always stops people in their tracks. She’s got a
new set of songs and a new understanding of what her music
means. Keep on eye on this girl. |
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