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
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.
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.
I've been playing swing chords for a long time.
I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.
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.
A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.
My first solo was in church when I was five.
I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly.
After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here.
Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me.
My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.
After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.
Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.
I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.
I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.
I've always loved to sing.
But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.
I'm definitely not ready to move into something else. I'm having so much fun.
For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.
It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.
I've always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.
The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.
I'm a real Suzy Homemaker.
I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.
