Remind MeAlready a star at the age of 13, Tanya Tucker has spent three decades making country music. Country's original wild child
publicly grappled with overwhelming wealth and fame, substance abuse, stormy relationships and single motherhood. Here, she
candidly talks about growing up on stage and overcoming her painful struggles. Also interviewed are family members and peers
including Merle Haggard, Travis Tritt, Melissa Etheridge and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Tucker's musical career began as a child under the direction of her father. With hits like "Delta Dawn" and "What's Your Mama's
Name?", Tucker made more than 200 appearances a year and had her face on the cover of Rolling Stone before the age
of 16. Controversial even early in her career, Tucker grew up in the spotlight and began a journey of substance abuse, overspending
and high profile relationships, including her famed volatile romance with Glen Campbell. In 1991, Tucker won the CMA award
for female vocalist.
Excerpts from CMT Inside Fame:
Tucker, on speculation she wouldn't complete treatment at the Betty Ford Rehabilitation Clinic: "A lot of people thought I
wouldn't do it. I think it was a challenge. Not only did I last, but they kept me two extra weeks -- longer than they keep
heroin addicts."
Tucker, on admitting for the first time that she didn't sing live at the 1994 Super Bowl: "I was the only one that lip-synched.
Everybody else sang live and to this day, no one ever caught me. Everybody thinks I did it live but I didn't trust the sound
people. I said, 'You know, if something is going to happen out there and I'm going to be in front of 50 billion people, I
just don't want to take the chance. And I'm so good at lip-synching, that you can't catch me.'"
Tucker, on the controversies in her life: "Nothing really big came out of anything smooth for me. It was always something
that was controversial or something that I did that may have been not just quite right. But, at least I shot from the hip
and from the heart, as opposed to what someone told me to say."
Tucker, on the influences in her life: "I love crazy people. I have a real love for crazy people because if it weren't for
crazy people, I wouldn't be here. There was no one that was sane that ever did anything for me."
