Jennifer Nettles spent a couple of months earlier this year on the road with the CMT Next Women of Country Tour with Brandy Clark, Lindsay Ell and Tara Thompson. Jennifer says one of the things she enjoyed the most about the tour was getting to experience things through Lindsay and Tara’s eyes; “To get to sort of remember what it was like to be at that stage in my career at that age, because they’re both of the age that I was really when I started takin’ off with Sugarland. So, it’s been interesting to have those conversations and to see their excitement and to see their hunger and to watch them get excited to watch my show in the same way that I used to get, but for me I was watching Kenny Chesney.”
Feeling almost a bit big sister-ish or motherly, Jennifer says, “It’s been pretty special for me to get to have those conversations and to say like, ‘Ladies, you are right on track. Like, you are right on track, don’t feel rushed, don’t feel like you’re behind. You are right where you’re supposed to be.’”
Jennifer is continuing to tour this summer, doing a lot of festival dates, and continuing to promote her brand new album, Playing with Fire, featuring her song, “Unlove You.”
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Jennifer Nettles – what tour has given you :52
“It has been, for me, so fun with both Lindsey and Tara, to get to sort of remember what it was like to be at that stage in my career at that age, because they’re both of the age that I was really when I started takin’ off with Sugarland. So, it’s been interesting to have those conversations and to see their excitement and to see their hunger and to watch them get excited to watch my show in the same way that I used to get, but for me I was watching Kenny Chesney. I wasn’t able to watch another woman at the time because we had the luck of being able to open up for him several times, and a lot of other great acts too. But, it’s been pretty special for me to get to have those conversations and to say like, ‘Ladies, you are right on track.’ Like, you are right on track, don’t feel rushed, don’t feel like you’re behind. You are right where you’re supposed to be.”
WHAT SHE’S DOING THIS WEEK – MAY 30, 2016 – MONDAY
- Jennifer Nettles released her Playing With Fire album earlier this month (5/13).
- Her latest single is called “Unlove You” and sits at number 27 this week in Media Base.
- She plays shows this weekend (6/3-4) in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
JENNIFER NETTLES – THE FACTS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.jennifernettles.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferNettlesMusic
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JenniferNettles
RECENT TWEETS:
Jennifer Nettles @JenniferNettles 3h3 hours ago
Thanks Daytona! Amazing crowd! Now homeward bound. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjqVW-dXAAA_wHN.jpg
Jennifer Nettles Retweeted The Circus @LovelyFilters 11h11 hours ago
when someone asks me what she’s like i point to the ground with one hand and to the sky with the other
Jennifer Nettles @JenniferNettles May 28
Tonight,parfait of light
A shooting star among twinkling
Fire works exploding between
And an arcade of fire flies romantically competing.
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jennifernettles/
- BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1974 (She’s 41)
- HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Douglas, Georgia
- HUSBAND: Justin Miller
- CHILDREN: Magnus Hamilton Miller (b. 12/2012)
- DEBUT SINGLE (SUGARLAND): “Baby Girl”
- CURRENT SINGLE: 2016’s “Unlove You” – at number 27.
- CURRENT ALBUM: Playing with Fire – released on May 13, 2016
THE STUDIO ALBUMS
Most recent solo album:
That Girl – January 2014
Sugarland Albums:
The Incredible Machine – October 2010
Gold and Green – October 2009
Live on the Inside – August 2009
Love on the Inside – July 2008
Enjoy the Ride – November 2006
Twice the Speed of Life – October 2004
- GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: She made her solo debut in June of 2014.