By: Tracy Stefanski

 CIO (Tracy): You have had such an incredible career, what have you been up to lately with your music career?
Tanya Tucker: Well, what has been going on? Oh my gosh where do I start? For a while last year we did a show called Tuckerville, which involved my family and kids; my three kids who are now 17, 15 and 7. So that took me off the road for a while; it was a new experience. I think now everyone knows that I am a mother ‘cause I go to Wal-Mart now and people always stop me, especially women. They ask 'what did you ever do with that snake' and all sorts of stuff. But now I think it is time to get back to doing what I do that brought me to the dance: my singing. I am really excited about making a new record and going back in the studio. It has been a 5 year hiatus for me. I am doing the new CD with my producer from Complicated which was 10 years ago since that album was out. I think that was one of my best albums, and Greg Brown produced it. So, now he is involved in this project; he is producing this album. We are not going to worry about this; it is all about the music. When the music is good then everything else falls into place. I am now at a point in my life that I wanna do what I wanna do.
CIO: That is really what you have to do. What is in your heart is how you have to lead your life.
TT: Yeah and I think that it really shows. I am much happier and if you are doing what you want to do then you can be successful at being happy.

CIO: So will you go on tour to support the new CD?
TT: I am always on tour! I have a lifetime tour I call it. It is a luxury to have that. I go out for a while then come back home and then go back out on tour again.

CIO: So have you been implementing the new songs into your shows?
TT: Oh no! We are keeping these a secret. We are not letting anybody hear these until they come out on the radio.