Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of SonyBMG.
Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of SonyBMG
Feb. 5, 2007 — Miranda Lambert talks with great joy about how she spent the holidays. "I wore my camo overalls for, like, seven days straight. No makeup. I loved it," the singer says.
Lambert recently purchased 40 acres in east Texas and spends her time there four-wheeling and decompressing. "It's hunting land and has a hunting cabin and four-wheeler trails. I spent the whole Christmas break there."
It's obvious to see why the 23-year-old singer/songwriter needed a break. In addition to nonstop touring, she's just turned in "Crazy Ex-girlfriend," her sophomore release. Lambert stops by GAC Nights at 8 pm ET Tuesday, Feb. 13, to chat with Suzanne Alexander about the new project and life as she knows it.
One thing she's quick to talk about are the upcoming Grammy Awards and her very first nomination. "I'm really excited to be going out there (to LA)," she says. "Beyonce's going to be there ... I'm a big fan and hope I get to sit by her."
What sets Lambert apart from the pack is her songwriting ability both on her own and as a cowriter. Five of the tracks on her debut "Kerosene" LP were written when she was between 17 and 20 years of age. "I always hung out with adults. I never really was a kid," she says. "I was 16 by the time I was 5, inside. I think that's where my 'old soul' comes from.
"I have a tendency to just write with people I'm close to because I'm not good at going in with a stranger where it's 'OK, you've got two hours to write a song.'"
And behind the ready smile is a young woman who seems to have mastered the art of the girl-done-wrong-song. First there was "Kerosene," a rocker about being fed up with romance, and now there's "Gun Powder and Lead, a composition she completed while sitting in a class that would qualify her to get her concealed handgun license. "I really don't have a chip on my shoulder most of the time, but I guess people think I do," she says. "I'm from Texas, so I automatically have a bit of that feisty attitude anyway." She's quick to point out that she scored a 100 on that test while her father — a private investigator — scored a 99.
Lambert doesn't need a handgun to get her point across. Shortly after coming in third on the debut season of Nashville Star, she was signed to a major record label and made it clear from the start that she had a very clear vision of what sound and image would be. "I have my own style; I want to be my own person. There are a million blonde chicks who can sing. I've always wanted to be different."
Touring dates for Miranda Lambert:
Feb. 17, Billy Bob's, Ft. Worth, Texas
May 5, Empire Polo Field, Indio, Calif.
(Ronna Rubin, a 21-year veteran of the music industry, can be contacted at ronna@gacmusicbeat.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)
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