'Yellowstone' actress and country singer Lainey Wilson revealed she started her music career at the age of 9. Wilson performed in Walmart aisles and was a Hannah Montana impersonator during her teen years.
Country music superstar Lainey Wilson is looking back at her humble beginnings. Wilson shared that after she wrote her first song at just 9 years old, she began working toward her music career and would perform at odd locations, including in the aisles of Walmart. 'I’ve heard stories that you used to perform in a Walmart in the aisles,' host Jimmy Fallon asked Wilson on his late night talk show.
would play anywhere that they let me play,' she laughed. 'I’m talking about nursing homes, flatbed trailers.' 'Anywhere that – My parents would be like ‘Hey, Lainey, sing that song you just wrote last week for anybody,' and I’d just do it.' The Baskin, Louisiana, native continued to explain that she grew up in a small town of nearly 200 people, and in the town, there was a focus on telling stories, which is something that inspired her to become a songwriter.
The 'Yellowstone' actress said she has been 'touring since 8th grade,' as she would perform three to four birthday parties during a weekend up until 12th grade and wore a blonde wig like Hannah Montana. would open the show as Lainey Wilson, and then I would run behind a tree or whatever it was… put on my Hannah Montana get-up,' she said. In August, Wilson had a 'full circle moment' when she honored Cyrus as a Disney Legend at a D23 event in Anaheim, California. Cyrus, who portrayed Hannah Montana on the hit sitcom from 2006 to 2011, made history as the youngest person to ever be named a Disney Legend.
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