Gretchen Wilson hits the silver screen
Thursday, September 14, 2006 – Gretchen Wilson moves from the big stage to the big screen with a one night only film concert from her first headlining tour "The Redneck Revolution" Wednesday, Oct. 11 in movie theatres nationwide.
The concert, recorded from Atlanta’s Arena at Gwinnett Center on April 5th, includes hits like “Redneck Woman,” “Here For The Party” and “When I Think About Cheatin'.”
The film will be screened at 88 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, Cinemark, AMC and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres across the country.
"I didn't think it could get any better than last year," said Wilson. "To have the fans and the industry embrace me as they have is overwhelming. I'm psyched to be headlining The Redneck Revolution Tour and to have fans across America hear us play live."
More news for Gretchen Wilson
- 02/12/24: Wilson, Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy reunite for tour.
- 09/13/18: Charges against Wilson dismissed
- 08/22/18: Wilson arrested after airplane disturbance
- 01/17/17: Wilson finally gets "Rowdy"
- 06/05/12: Wilson offers new single
- 03/23/11: Gretchen Wilson plays NASCAR race
- 02/16/11: Wilson helps couple live her song
- 02/07/11: Wilson does "The Talk," "Tonight"
CD reviews for Gretchen Wilson
Although Gretchen Wilson produced this new holiday album for Redneck Records, thank goodness our famous redneck woman didn't attempt a redneck Christmas album. The closest she gets to being redneck-y is by appearing as a shotgun-wielding gal tied up in Christmas lights inside the CD booklet. Oh, and If You See Rudolph is a bit of a hunting song, which true rednecks will appreciate.
While Wilson produced the 10-track release, she did not write any of its songs. On the secular/sacred scale, ...
This has been a busy year for country's original "redneck girl": Gretchen Wilson released an album of original songs, "Right on Time," in April, led by the single Still Rollin', and her first Christmas album, "Christmas in My Heart," hit the shelves in October. In between, she climbed "Under the Covers" with Rod Stewart and the Faces, Jackson Browne, Led Zeppelin and Derek and the Dominoes, among others, for a night on the town singing classic rock songs. ...
Gretchen Wilson is an example of how quickly commercial success can come and go in this whacky business. The Redneck Woman was all the rage in 2004 with "Here's to the Party." The flag bearer for the trailer park crowd personified the tough chick, but there was far more musical depth to her than the persona she embraced through four albums including her last one, 2010's "I Got Your Country Right Here."
In this disposable world, even though her first 3 discs went ...
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