A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.
Suzy Bogguss
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After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.
Suzy Bogguss
3
Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.
Suzy Bogguss
4
As much as I love the amazing players in Nashville, and once in a while you can get that unrehearsed kind of feeling, it can be difficult here.
Suzy Bogguss
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But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.
Suzy Bogguss
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Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.
Suzy Bogguss
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For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.
Suzy Bogguss
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I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.
Suzy Bogguss
9
I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.
Suzy Bogguss
10
I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly.
Suzy Bogguss
11
I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.
Suzy Bogguss
I've been playing swing chords for a long time.
Suzy Bogguss
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I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.
Suzy Bogguss
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It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.
Suzy Bogguss
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My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.
Suzy Bogguss
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One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.
Suzy Bogguss
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The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.
Suzy Bogguss