Compelling People — Interesting Lives
Tuesday
March 2014
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Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Musicians
In 1991, Sara Evans moved from her family farm near New Franklin, Missouri, to Nashville, Tennessee, to become a country music artist. It wasn’t long before she was signed by RCA Nashville. Over the years, she has sold about six million records, and her last four albums have been certified Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum.
Monday
March 2014
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Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
Born in Savannah, Georgia on June 2, 1941, Stacy Keach does it all in film and television and is one of America’s most acknowledged Shakespearean actors. He started in theatre at an early age and came to prominence on stage in the 1960s playing in MacBird!, an Off Broadway anti-war satire staged at the Village Gate and entered films in 1968, landing a solid supporting role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Thursday
March 2014
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Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Musicians
Birmingham, Alabama native Taylor Hicks’ music sets him apart from other artists because of his unique take on southern soul, R&B, country and blues. More than 63 million votes were cast, and nearly 37 million viewers tuned in to crown him the Season 5 winner of American Idol in 2006, making it one of the most watched TV events of the decade.
Read more on Taylor Hicks Interview: Former American Idol Very Interested in Becoming Judge on Show…
Tuesday
February 2014
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Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
Born in Syracuse, New York, author Scott O’Connor is the son of an air-traffic controller and a preschool teacher. An alum of the State University of New York (SUNY Brockport), O’Connor is co-founder of GO Studios, a post-production and motion graphics design firm. Among Wolves, his 2004 novella, about a boy who believes his parents have been replaced by impostors, was praised by the Los Angeles Times book review for its “crisp take-no-prisoners style.”
