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Deana Carter
Deana Carter started her career with more freedom than most artists usually receive, and the results made her one of the breakout stars of the late '90s. She co-produced (but was not given credit) her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which included the award-winning hit Strawberry Wine. Subsequent years involved battles with record label executives over direction, production and song selection. It all began when she decided to leave Nashville, where she was born, and where she grew up immersed in the city's music scene, thanks to her father, renowned guitarist Fred Carter Jr., who had played on recordings by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tony Bennett and Marty Robbins. 'I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing things,' Carter notes. 'I knew I needed to leave in order to do what I wanted to do. As soon as I moved, I started feeling renewed. There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.' While she escaped the formulas and the corporate meddling, leaving Nashville also gave her a renewed appreciation of her roots. 'I think this is a very Southern record, even if it's not a traditional country record,' she says. 'Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way. I really miss the South, and I really find myself clinging to that part of who I am.' More information about Deana Carter can be found at: www.deana.com
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