Reba McEntire recalled how she became a cowgirl on her family's ranch at the age of 5. 'The Voice' coach and her siblings grew up on their fathers's 8,000-acre ranch in Chockie, Oklahoma.
Reba McEntire worked hard on her family's ranch from an early age before skyrocketing to country music stardom. In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, 'The Voice' coach, 69, recalled her rural upbringing and how all of her family members helped with the daily operations of her father's cattle business. 'I didn’t play cowgirl growing up,' McEntire said. 'I was one.
The singer told the outlet that her family was taken aback by Clark's words. 'We all looked at each other,' McEntire siad. 'We figured he was still on his surgery meds.' Clark died in 2014 at the age of 86 after a long illness following a stroke. McEntire wasn't just a cowgirl on the ranch. She also followed in her father and grandfather's footsteps and began competing in rodeos as a barrel racer at the age of 11.
During her interview with the WSJ, McEntire detailed how she learned that she had scored her first No. 1 single on the Billboard's Hot Country Chart. 'In 1983, after my tour bus broke down, I called my manager, Don Williams, to tell him. He said that my single, ‘Can’t Even Get the Blues,’ had just gone to No. 1 on the charts,' she said. McEntire continued, 'I hung up and called Mama. She said, ‘Well, you finally did it.’ I said, ‘No, ma’am. We did it.
During her interview with the WSJ, McEntire said she and Linn divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Nashville. The Queen of Country has also stayed close to her roots, telling the outlet that she and Linn own a ranch/farm about 20 minutes outside of Nashville. 'He’s on the new sitcom, but out there, that’s our happy place,' she said.
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