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Gretchen Wilson Latest to Leave the Big Labels in Nashville

July 29th 2009 in Country Music, News

Gretchen Wilson and Sony Nashville part ways partly due to missing the mark set by her gazillion selling 2004 debut, Redneck Woman. Wilson is talking about starting her own label. Wilson joins Tim McGraw and Hank Williams Jr. in displaying her dissatisfaction with the Music City Big Label system as being too stifling and smothering creativity.

Of all the dead-brained schlocky muzak coming out of Nashville over the last couple of decades I actually think Wilson offered glimpses of something raw and great if given the right material. I hope she now has the freedom to choose or write better songs.

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