On the Cover – Miranda Lambert

4/1/2007 – April 2007—In Charge

Label: Columbia Nashville
Booking: Buddy Lee Attractions
Management: Strategic Artist Management
Producers: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
Current Single: “Famous In A Small Town”
Current Album: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Current Video: “Famous In A Small Town”

Interests: Smith County (Texas) Humane Society, pet dog Delilah
Interesting Facts: Lambert made her public debut singing the Holly Dunn hit “Daddy’s Hands”
RIAA Certifications: Kerosene Platinum Musical Influences: Jack Ingram, Allison Moorer, Guy Clark, Emmylou Harris, Jerry Jeff Walker, Merle Haggard and her father

When Miranda Lambert began work on her new album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, she quickly realized that she didn’t want to take her music in a new or different direction. Instead, she wanted it to be almost like a continuation of her Platinum debut Kerosene. She says, “We really didn’t want to change anything because Kerosene worked, and, you know if it ain’t broke…So we kept the same studio and the same producers, Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke.” Just like the first project, Lambert wrote or co-wrote the bulk of the album, with credits on eight of the eleven tracks. She also made room for songs by talented tunesmiths Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin and Carlene Carter. “My songs talk about real things. Things that I’ve been through or I’ve witnessed through my friends and family—even my parents’ private investigation business. If I feel it, I can sing it and make anyone believe it.” Often using experiences on the road as inspiration for new material, she refuses to let a hectic schedule and lots of traveling get in the way of her songwriting. “At this point, you write ‘em on the road or you can’t write at all,” she says. “You work, you get tired, but you also grow up.” The result is a project showcasing a more seasoned song-writer and performer who is learning to open up. “I’m more mature. I learned a lot about people and about who to trust, but I’m also a 23-year-old girl and I go through things that other girls go through, and that’s the vulnerable side of the record. It shows two years of growth. I also let people in a lot more than I did on the last record—so I’m a little scared, but I’m proud. Every song on this album is something I care about, something I want to get across to people, and you can hear that in my singing.”