Gretchen Wilson ~ Similar Artists
Sara Evans
- 100% match to Gretchen Wilson
5 February 1971, New Franklin, Missouri, USA. Country singer Evans got her start in music by singing with her impoverished rural family from the age of four. In 1992 she married and moved to Oregon, working alongside a band entitled North Santiam. They opened shows for artists...
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Toby Keith
- 97% match to Gretchen Wilson
Toby Keith Covel, 8 July 1961, Elk Town, Clinton, Oklahoma, USA. This highly popular honky-tonk country artist grew up on an Oklahoma farm listening to his father's favourite, Bob Wills, and finding his own hero in Merle Haggard. He tested broncs and bulls for a rodeo during his...
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Kenny Chesney
- 96% match to Gretchen Wilson
Kenneth Arnold Chesney, 26 March 1968, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. A handsome country singer-songwriter specializing in heartfelt ballads, Chesney has earned a reputation as a genial and hard-working traditional artist. In 1994, he made his debut for Capricorn Records with a...
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Brad Paisley
- 93% match to Gretchen Wilson
28 October 1972, Glen Dale, West Virginia, USA. Singer-songwriter Paisley is widely acknowledged by the US country scene as one of his generation's leading new traditionalists. His talent was apparent from an early age. Before becoming a teenager Paisley was singing in his local...
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Tim McGraw
- 91% match to Gretchen Wilson
Samuel Timothy Smith, 1 May 1967, Delhi, Louisiana, USA. This highly popular country singer was raised in Start, Louisiana, and is the son of Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw, a noted left-handed relief pitcher for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, who retired in 1984 after a...
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Big & Rich
- 90% match to Gretchen Wilson
US singer-songwriter John Rich (7 January 1974, Amarillo, Texas, USA) enjoyed notable commercial success in the mid-90s as a member of country rock outfit Lonestar, but left this band shortly before the release of their second album. He launched a solo career but was struggling...
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Brooks & Dunn
- 89% match to Gretchen Wilson
This hugely successful country duo comprises Kix Brooks (Leon Eric Brooks, 12 May 1955, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) and Ronnie Gene Dunn (b. 1 June 1953, Coleman, Texas, USA). As an adolescent, Brooks lived close to Johnny Horton and sang with Horton's daughter. He moved to...
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Keith Urban
- 84% match to Gretchen Wilson
26 October 1967, Whangarei, New Zealand. As a young child, the New Zealand-born Urban moved with his family to Australia. His parents liked American country and, as a young guitarist, he played country festivals from the age of 10. Nevertheless, he admits his guitar playing was...
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Martina McBride
- 84% match to Gretchen Wilson
Martina Mariea Schiff, 29 July 1966, Sharon, Kansas, USA. One of the leaders in contemporary country music, McBride has also won converts within more puritanical country factions for the respect she affords the roots of the music. She and her husband sold T-shirts at Garth...
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Jo Dee Messina
- 83% match to Gretchen Wilson
25 August 1970, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. Singer-songwriter Jo Dee Messina began her career as a teenager playing in local country bands around New England. By the age of 19 she had decamped to Nashville, where she struggled on the local talent show circuit. Eventually...
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