Gretchen Wilson

Before taking her talents to Nashville, Gretchen Wilson paid her dues in bars and clubs around rural Illinois. Mostly it was just one bar, a dive called Big O's. By age 15 she had dropped out of school to tend bar and cook for the rowdy customers. She worked her way up to manager pretty quickly, and always kept a loaded 12-gauge shotgun near her for protection.

Liz Davis, a pretty, glam blonde with highlights and a cute Southern accent, tore through Gretchen Wilson's rough and tumble 'Here for the Party' on tonight's (Sept. 17) blind auditions of 'The Voice.' While Davis may have sounded Wilson, thanks to her sass and her spunk, she looked Underwood, thanks to her big waves, dangerously short shorts and sky high heels, which showed off legs for days. She

Most of us like to think that when we're in a committed relationship, we're never tempted to cheat on our mate. But Gretchen Wilson was a little more practical about her wandering eye when she released 'When I Think About Cheatin'' in 2004.

Gretchen Wilson may not be one of country music's top female vocalists any longer. No, she's transcended the genre, in a way Alison Krauss did hers years ago. Except Wilson's not getting any of the recognition, until maybe now. 'One Good Friend' is a brilliant ballad about the meaning of friendship. However, it's perhaps too professional to fit between the stars on modern country radio -- a proble

It's difficult to overstate how quickly America caught Gretchen Wilson fever in 2004. 'Redneck Woman' shot up the country charts faster than any debut single ever, spending five weeks at No. 1. She was suddenly the voice of hard-luck, female country music fans. Instantly, Wilson became a superstar, earning a Grammy and a CMA Award for Top Female Vocalist in the span of 18 months.

Gretchen Wilson's 360-acre farm in Wilson County Tennessee is for sale. The singer had shared the house with her daughter Grace, her uncle Vern Heuer and several other family members, but the sudden death of Heuer made the property too much of a sad memory to keep.

On Friday, Sept. 9, country singer Gretchen Wilson lost one of her most beloved family members -- her uncle, Vern Heuer. Heuer passed away at his home in Greenville, Ill. after suffering a massive heart attack. Heuer, who was only 44 years old, was engaged to be married this autumn.

As fans filtered into Nashville's Fontanel Woods Amphitheater Friday night, September 2, for the Big and Rich / Gretchen Wilson co-headlining Xtreme Muzik performance, they got an added bonus. Thirty-thousand feet above, a plane circled, and finally, Big and Rich's Big Kenny took his leap onto the field below with five other representatives of Operation Finally Home, an organization that honors wo

Big and Rich may have taken some time away from touring together, but the country duo proved they haven't lost their magic during an unrelenting performance of 'Fake I.D.' at the CMA Music Festival. The performance -- televised Sunday night after being taped in Nashville in June -- included a cameo by Muzik Mafia member Gretchen Wilson.

Gretchen Wilson and a bunch of young, energetic men and women cavort with Big and Rich in the video for their rowdy rocker 'Fake I.D.' There's lots of line dancing as Big and Rich are performing in what feels like an authentic country joint, complete with neon bull rider silhouette signs behind them!