This was a fun CD to make. I hadn't recorded a studio CD since 1999. We had our third Greatest Hits CD out in 2001, but I only recorded 2 singles for that CD. I did that during my run on Broadway during "Annie, Get Your Gun"
If you know me very well, you know how much I like working on a great team. This one is a great one! David Conrad suggested Norro Wilson and Buddy Cannon to produce the CD, and I thought it was a great idea! Then with all four of us looking for songs, the magic started happening. The songwriters were in true form sending us some of the greatest songs I've ever heard. I think you'll agree. Then we turned it over to the musicians, they did a great job.
This CD feels autobiographical to me because it has every type of music I've ever recorded. There is everything from hard-core country on one to contemporary on the other, with bluegrass, gospel and jitterbug in the middle.
From our first single "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" to the last song on the CD, "It Just Has To Be This Way," the duet with my buddy Vince Gill, the songs take you on a journey from sad, to happy, to feel good and toe-tappin'. It all starts with the song, so thanks to all the writers for sharing your gift.
I want to dedicate the song "My Sister" to my two wonderful, loving sisters, Alice and Susie.
Whether you're blood kin or close friends, sisters are very special people, just ask Jen and Barbara; Rickie, Paula and Doris; Mama and Aunt Jeannnie.....the list goes on and on. Thank God for sisters.
Thanks, Narvel for being my voice of reason time and time again and for helping me narrow down the huge list of songs I fell in love with. Shelby, you continue to inspire me with your wit, personality and sense of humor. I love you both, and I thank God for you daily.
I can never decide what part of the recording process I enjoy the most - finding the songs, recording them, finishing them up, promoting them or singing them in front of a live audience. I'd say: all of the above!
So have fun listening to this CD, and come on out and see me on the road or tune in on Friday night, where I'll be with my TV family on the sitcom "REBA." Life is good, too much fun!
Love,
Reba |
