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Gretchen Wilson, who recently left the Sony Music label to start her own Redneck Records, has hit the ground running. Or, should we say driving? The singer just released a new single, 'Work Hard, Play Harder,' which will be used as part of the NASCAR Ford 400 season-finale Sprint Cup race...

What probably comes to mind when you hear the name Gretchen Wilson is party girl or redneck woman, but she's so much more. She's an extraordinary singer-songwriter, a mother who loves to play tickle on the couch with her 8-year-old daughter; she's the CEO of her own corporation, an advocate for adult literacy and education, a friend to the working class, a student and now president of her own reco

Gretchen Wilson is feeling presidential these days. The 'Redneck Woman' is taking the reins and becoming president of her very own record label called -- yep -- Redneck Records! Based at Studio 27 in Lebanon, Tenn,, just outside Nashville, the label's first release will be Gretchen's 'Work Hard, Play Harder,' which she co-wrote with John Rich and Vicky McGehee...

Gretchen Wilson, who made headlines yesterday after parting ways with Sony Music Nashville, has already found another label to call home: her own. Tentatively called 'Redneck Records,' the new venture gives Gretchen a chance to do things her way...

Gretchen Wilson is no longer a part of the Sony Music Nashville family. In what the record label says was a mutual decision, Gretchen and Sony are parting ways after three No. 1 albums, platinum sales, a Grammy and several other accolades. Gretchen burst onto the country music scene with her 2004 album, 'Here for the Party,' which spawned four Top 10 hits and five-times platinum sales...

Gretchen Wilson is more comfortable being known as a 'Redneck Woman' than as a girl's girl. The country star admits that while she enjoys some aspects of femininity, she's still a tomboy at heart. "I don't think I am ever a girly-girl," Gretchen tells GAC...

When Gretchen Wilson hears the music of the Jonas Brothers, she can't help sing along, doing her best to imitate them, much to the chagrin of her 8-year-old Jonas-loving daughter, Grace. "She gives me the look of death," says Gretchen. "I have nothing against pop music," the 36-year old tells Missouri's Joplin Globe newspaper...

Gretchen Wilson wants to bury a hatchet this Mother's Day. The singer hasn't spoken with her mother in several years, but hopes to change that on Sunday. Gretchen's mom was only 16 when she gave birth to the future country star. Gretchen has described her upbringing as tumultuous, as she and her mom moved from trailer park to trailer park, living in poverty...

Gretchen Wilson took the mic before a very different type of audience this week. The country star, who proudly earned her GED last year after a 20-year hiatus from school, traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify in a hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education...

"Some people look down on me, but I don't give a rip/I'll stand barefooted in my own front yard with a baby on my hip" --'Redneck Woman,' Gretchen Wilson (2004) Previous Next Buy it on iTunes