Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Page: 24 of 42
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After more than a decade of relentless
touring, country singer Trisha Yearwood left her bus behind and began
a four-year period of self-reflection. That philosophical sojourn brought
her back to what she learned while growing up in Monticello, Ga„ the
town that shaped so much of who she is today.
In 2001, she decided to take a year off to catch up on the life that
she missed while on the road. That year eventually stretched irm four
"When I was really busy and going 90 miles an liour, I thought I was
having a life, but looking back, it’s impossible to think you can have any
sort of relationship—not iust a marriave. bur a rrlarkmshin 'with your
family and friends—if you are gone all the time,” she says. .
"Some of it wasn’t a huge epiphany; it was just growing up: What y-
really important? Some of that happened for me, like everybody, after
Sept. 11. Do I really want to be touring 3(X) days a year? If it all ends
tomorrow, is this where I want to be? Maybe this is the midlife crisis,
but ytiu start re-evaluating what really matters."
After re-evaluating her life and priorities, she says, "Instead of my life
having to accommodate my career, my career has to accommodate my
life. I enjoy everything more."
So she took a relaxed approach to creating her Uth album, _/>n/c
County, which hits stores this week. She gave the album a title that hon
ors the county where she was bom and raised. “I really wanted to find .i
song about Georgia," she says of Georgia Rain, the album’s debut single
"I wanted to pay homage to home. They are truly supportive. There an
about 2,500 people in the city limits, and I really truly do know moo
of them. If I don’t know them, I know their families. I think movin;
away from there is one of the things that gives you perspective, and yi»
realize how lucky you were to grow up there."
Growing up in Monticello
Yearvyood and her older sister, Beth, were raised by Jack Yearwuxi.
an outgoing person and retired banker, and Gwen, an elementary school
teacher who later ran her youngest daughter’s fan club. “Monticello i>
still the same as it was, except we have a Hardee’s now, which is big.
says Yearwood, who was bom in Jasper Memorial Hospital. "It is really
kind of a Norman Rockwell painting.
"It was a small enough town where you weren’t just raised by your
patents; you were raised by the community and friends' parents. Then
was a lot of accountability, which was a bummer as a kid."
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 2005, newspaper, September 13, 2005; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth767686/m1/24/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.