Lady Redneck: Celina, Texas Country Music Superstar

Lady Redneck (00:05):
But it's literally, I'm a little, I'm not super tall. And I just didn't see the pole on the side. And I made a, I

made a right hand turn and I felt it bump. And I thought, oh

Ron Lyons (00:15):

Welcome to CelinaRadio,com recorded right here in Celina, Texas, a quiet little dusty sleepy town that has absolutely nothing going on Guys. I am so totally kidding about that. Of course, this is so Texas and we have everything going on here. Now I'm Ron Lyons. This is CelinaRadio.com and we intend to have a good time. So put on your seatbelt and let's get started. All right guys, this is Celina's own Lady Redneck. Let's just take a minute to listen to this amazing voice.

Lady Redneck (01:10):
You know, you may think that foolish, You've heard that I'm wild and I'm, You may wonder how I can

promise. Always will be. So

Ron Lyons (01:38):

Yes, that is Lady Redneck and Lady Redneck is her stage name, stage name because she is a very up and coming country artist. And she's right here in Sina, Texas. So if you haven't heard of her yet, you will, soon. She currently has over 30 million views on her videos and has over a million followers on social media. So she is definitely something and she was kind enough to sit down with us and have a little discussion about everything going on in her world, how she got to where she is today and where she's headed tomorrow. So let's get started with a Lady Redneck guys. I am here with a lady, a redneck and Lady Redneck. Where did Lady Redneck come from?

Lady Redneck (02:28):

Um, yeah, so when I was working on my first album, we were in the studio and I worked with a Grammy producer, Brad Davis at a commerce, Texas. Um, and my husband was there and it was about probably my fourth song I'd I'd recorded, which was red Nicky inside. And, um, they were talking while I was singing and I guess they were like, man, she's like a redneck Marilyn. And then they said, oh, or a Lady Redneck. And they were just laughing about it. And they came walking in and they're just laughing away. And they're like, yeah, you're like a Lady Redneck I'm like, heck yeah. And it just kinda <laugh> I ran, took it and ran with it.

Ron Lyons (03:03):

I like it. I like it a lot. So a as you can tell right now, everybody's gonna be able to hear we are in Lucy's on the square in Celina, Texas, and Lucy's is your venue tonight. So you're, you're gonna be performing live here and I'm gonna get to enjoy that show. I've already got to listen to a little bit of your music online and you have one heck of a musical presence online. So tell me a little bit about that. What, how did you get started in music?

Lady Redneck (03:29):

I actually grew up in a really musical family where, uh, my dad was a music major for a time, but he and my mother were always in bands. And then as soon as us girls were old enough to hold a guitar or start playing and we started taking lessons. And so at six, I started taking guitar and piano and um, then as soon as we could start doing gigs, that's what our family did. Cuz my dad had a motto that a family that

plays together stays together. So we did fair circuits, weddings shows corporate events. And so I grew up playing music, but not my own stuff. And so about six years ago, I'd moved down to Dallas. All my family is still up in Idaho, playing music, having a great time together. And I'm down here by myself. Um, but I'd, I'd written music my whole life and I just thought I'm I wanna record something and just see what happens.

Lady Redneck (04:17):

And so I recorded one of the songs that I'd written and I put it out there. I didn't have a Facebook page. I didn't really have any sort of page except a personal page. Um, but the next thing I knew, I had some indie stations messaging me and saying, Hey, we wanna play your song. It's really good. And it ended up making it on some charts and got played across the world and later, um, actually won a songwriting contest. And so that was kind of like what kicked it all off for me. And I thought, okay, well maybe there is a market for my craziness and my, um, you know, my spunky songs that I like to write. And so, um, I started getting a social media presence and just met some of the greatest fans and friends along the way. And it's, that's how it started and it's just going from here. So,

Ron Lyons (04:58):

So I, I noticed that you've got, I mean, your, your views of some of your videos and stuff are like, and the millions that's, that's insane. That's that's popularity on its own level. So, and I noticed that you've got quite a few of your own CDs out. And so tell me what that's like. Do you love going into the studio, recording the CDs? Is that just an awesome experience for you?

Lady Redneck (05:21):

Oh my gosh. It's like Christmas for me. I actually go once a month thanks to my fans. Oh my crowd fund. And they pay for me to record my music and I go in there and um, get to record, you know, new music and I absolutely love every minute of it. If

Ron Lyons (05:39):
You, if you stay kind of at the level you're at right now, making your music and serving that up to your

fans through social media and stuff. Are, are you happy at that level or do we have higher

Lady Redneck (05:49): Trajectory? Are we aiming for

Ron Lyons (05:50):
Something else or are we, are we doing what, what Lady Redneck loves to do? And this is, this is kind of

it you're living the dream.

Lady Redneck (05:58):

Um, well we are doing what Lady Redneck loves to do, but as far as me, I just, I'm one of those. Um, I've got my vision board up and I've got, you know, I wanna go a lot farther with my music, but if this is as far as I got, I would actually be very happy with it. And it's just, it's been an amazing experience and continues to be. Um, but I I've got big plans even for the rest of this year. And one of them of which, um, in October I got nominated for an independent, um, award, which was a songwriter of the year with a Josie music awards. And so that's at the Opry, um, October 23rd and there's a chance that I'll be

performing there as well. So I'm excited about that. And then, um, also on some, um, Holland music awards to Tokyo music awards. So I, I know my music's getting out there, so, but I, yeah, I definitely wanna get it out there even a lot farther and just see what I can do with it.

Ron Lyons (06:46):
It sounds like your music is making it super super far. And I know you've got a, a fan base here in Sina. So

let, let's talk a little bit about Celina. You live in Celina. It's, it's what you call home.

Lady Redneck (06:57):

Oh my gosh. Absolutely. I love it. It's managed to still capture that small town feel. The people, everyone are from the mayor down to every policeman that I've met, everybody that works for the city and just the people that live here are so down to earth. Um, just kind kind, people that are helping each other and, um, supporting each other. And it's, it's been like, I absolutely love living here. And that's why I, I, I guess I share a lot of stuff on social media about Celina, which I probably shouldn't cause I really <laugh>. I love the way it feels right now, but I think people are unfortunately finding out how fabulous it is, but it really truly is.

Ron Lyons (07:37):

So you're, you're partially to blame for people coming here because you keep telling everybody how great it is. Yeah. So now I know who to blame with. Maybe you write a song about that one day, but give me, give me an idea of, uh, if you, if you weren't doing country music and you could do any other kind of music, what, what other kind of music would you do?

Lady Redneck (07:57):

Oh, and that's, you know, growing up like, because we did so many different shows and corporate events and, and fairs, we had a lot of different music acts. And so we had everything from rock, even heavy, middle rock to bluegras to pop songs to. And so, and, and then, you know, I do play the violin and the fiddle. And so I, I played a lot of classical music growing up and in college played bass for an alternative rock band. So I love literally.

Ron Lyons (08:25):
Wow. Okay. That's I didn't expect to see that. That's crazy. So you played in an alternative rock band.

Lady Redneck (08:33): Yeah. That's amazing. Very

Ron Lyons (08:33):
Interesting. That is crazy. You probably weren't Lady Redneck back

Lady Redneck (08:37):
Then. No, I definitely wasn't later

Ron Lyons (08:39):

Redneck, but no, that's awesome. So yeah, so you've got these amazing fans and stuff and, and I'm assuming you've got, I know you've got Facebook and I know you've probably got a website. Do you wanna share any of that with us? Sure.

Lady Redneck (08:52): Can

Ron Lyons (08:52):
Find your, your stuff out there.

Lady Redneck (08:54):

Absolutely. Yeah. So my Facebook, um, is my biggest page. It's got over a million followers and it's just Lady Redneck. Um, and then Instagram is Lady Redneck music and there's a lot of scam. So just make sure it's the big one. And TikTok, I actually got started on there recently. And so once again, Lady Redneck music, it didn't fit the sea on there or else somebody had already got it. That's pretending to be me again, which is really weird. But, um, yeah. And then I've got a website lady, redneck org, where it's got all my merch and you can hear my music and uh, but honestly, if you just get on Google, you'll be able to probably find just about any <laugh> my, yeah,

Ron Lyons (09:32):

I think there's there in force. There's, there's an awful lot of your stuff out there and it's all very good. And I, I would encourage everybody to go out there and listen to your stuff because it's super, super good. And, and I'm gonna kind of put you on the spot right now and I'm gonna ask you to play a song for us right now, right here in the middle of the restaurant and everything. Okay. Which be, I see, you've got your guitar here. Yeah. Um, and we don't have the best setup here. Obviously we set up for podcast, not for music, but uh, if you were gonna, if you were gonna play a song for me right now, what song might that be?

Lady Redneck (10:04):
There's a song I wrote called. I dented your truck that I came out your

Ron Lyons (10:08):
Truck. Is there a story behind that sounds like there's a story behind that.

Lady Redneck (10:12): Yes

Ron Lyons (10:13):
<laugh>. Okay. What, what, tell us, give us a little insight as, as if we can't figure out what happened.

Lady Redneck (10:20):

Um, well, I actually, and it's a little bit different than you think I was, um, when my husband and I were first married, we were living up in Utah and I was driving his truck and I wish I had a really great story to go along with it. Um, but it's literally, I'm a little, I'm not super tall and I just didn't see the pole on the side and <laugh>, and I made, I made a right hand turn and I felt it bump. And I thought, oh shoot, shoot

what I done. <laugh> and I got home. And because of all the snow and the mud, I didn't see a dent. And I was like, yes, I'm fine. And feel great. And then it was like two weeks later, my husband actually washed his truck and he comes home and you could clearly see the dent and he's like, somebody must have done a hit and run, look at this. And I was just like, my heart just dropped. I was like,

Ron Lyons (11:05): Oh yeah. Oops,

Lady Redneck (11:07):

Oopsy. Yeah. And so I went and checked just to make sure. And it was definitely me. So I was like, I had to like tell him, and then yeah, just like the song says pretty much just kiss up to him, but he was so he was so, so sweet about it. It was awesome. So that's awesome.

Ron Lyons (11:22):
So if you don't mind grab your guitar and let's do that right now

Speaker 3 (11:42):
Out. Can I dinner your truck? I feel so

Speaker 4 (11:48):
Bad. Forget so much love and So sweet. No, you love whatever. Oops, Sorry. Kiss. Forgive me. I love you

baby. And love you so sweet.

Ron Lyons (14:20):

All right. That was absolutely awesome. That is one of the most funny songs literally. So you wrote that. Yeah. You wrote that and <laugh>, I, I have to ask you, does your husband right now, whenever he hears that song, does he still kind get like a little frown on his face? Does it bring back bad memories or is he pretty happy with the fact that he turned it into a, you know, a song?

Lady Redneck (14:42):
Yeah, probably. Yeah. He doesn't, he is really sweet about it. I think he thinks it's a little bit crazy, but he,

I think he likes the song, so that's

Ron Lyons (14:51):
Very, very, very cool. So let's, let's run through a list right now, real quick. Just kind of off the top of your

head. So, uh, give me number one. Favorite country, artist.

Lady Redneck (15:01):

It's Dolly Hardon. And I know Dolly. Yes. Wow. Well, well, that lady is crazy amazing, and I I'm determined to meet her. And I just think that she being the songwriter and super talented with several instruments and just a woman that she is, she's my favorite.

Ron Lyons (15:17):

That is fantastic. So that kind of beckons back a little bit to a little bit of a different era in country music. I mean, her real heyday was probably what seventies, maybe even eighties

Lady Redneck (15:28): Kind

Ron Lyons (15:28): Of

Lady Redneck (15:28):
Through there. I, not even, I was watching actually a documentary the other day and I think that even in

some of it was like early sixties. Oh, wow. Even, I mean, not early, like late sixties.

Ron Lyons (15:39):
Right, right. So would you, would you be a fan then of that kind of era of music? Do you like the older

country stuff?

Lady Redneck (15:46):
Just kind of whatever is spreading my mood at the time. I don't know that it's as much of an era or it's

just as much as a respect and you know, just enjoying that specific artist.

Ron Lyons (15:58):
Right. Right. So if you come up to more modern music right now, and of course there's, it's, it's changed

a lot since let's say Dolly Parton hits, stuff

Lady Redneck (16:09): Like that for yeah.

Ron Lyons (16:10):
So are, are you a fan of the more modern stuff as well?

Lady Redneck (16:13): Oh, definitely. For

Ron Lyons (16:15):
Sure. So, so give me an idea of the last concert you went to. Do you remember the last concert you went

to? Uh, the last it's probably gonna be a hard rock metal band or alternative?

Lady Redneck (16:27):
No, it was Keith Urban. Keith

Ron Lyons (16:29):
Urban. Okay. All so yeah. There you go. Keith

Lady Redneck (16:31):
Urban, that kind of hard rock, right? The way that you place that

Ron Lyons (16:33):

Good guitar. Right. A little bit. Yeah, absolutely. And, um, so we're, we're gonna shift gears just a little bit away from music because I know you've gotta, you've gotta go live here in just a little bit. So we're, we're not gonna take up way too much of your time, but I I'd like to know a little bit more about you as a person. So I'm gonna ask you some of the same kinds of questions I ask a lot of people and these are all unrehearsed, unexpected, everything. You don't even know what I'm gonna ask you right now. So be ready for this. Just don't be nervous about it because there's nothing bad. Okay. Okay. So if you're going to eat in Celina, is Lucy's a place that you might come?

Lady Redneck (17:08):

Oh yeah, for sure. They have, it's either the number one or the number two best coconut at cream pie in the United States in case anybody did not know that. And plus just the people that work here just as like home cooking. So it's just a nice little atmosphere. Nice people.

Ron Lyons (17:24):

I, I always say that Lucy's feels a lot like, like Celina to me. Yeah. You know, you come in here, you see the decor and the people they're so friendly and you, you literally, it's hard to walk in here and walk out here and not, not see a bunch of people that you might know or just friendly face. It's just others line of people. Yeah. It's, it's fantastic like that. So, uh, what do you like to do besides I'm gonna take music and stuff out of it. Yeah. Besides music, what do you like to do for fun?

Lady Redneck (17:52):

Um, I love running and working out lifting weights and yoga stuff like that. I'm really into fitness, um, activities. And then, um, I love reading and listening to audible books. I'm if I'm not listening to music, I'm listening to audible pretty much. Wow. That's is

Ron Lyons (18:09):
There, is there anything, is there any, any book out there that you've recently read?

Lady Redneck (18:14):

One that I particularly love is called ATLAS shrugged, and that was one that as I listened to it, and it kind of changed my life. It changed my way of thinking quite a bit as I understood. And so now it's one that I have to listen to several times a year just because I absolutely love it.

Ron Lyons (18:28):
So, so, so tell me, what's the purpose of that? What is the idea behind it and how did it change your life?

Lady Redneck (18:34):

Um, it just kind of the lady that wrote it, um, was from Russia and she wrote it in the 1950s. So it's, and she's got a perspective that, I mean, the majority of people obviously wouldn't have, and the fact that she saw socialism and communism in the way that it affected their country and the perspectives that she came out with, the development of characters, she spent seven years writing it. And there are so

many truths in that book and truths that I don't know that I understood as plainly until she put 'em in story form and the way that she talks about it. And, and, um, it just helped me appreciate, even this sounds maybe a little bit different, but our founding fathers, um, the, a lot of what that they stood for was a smaller government. Um, and a lot of our freedoms and indirectly, she addresses them and it just makes it very obvious and plain to see, um, the consequences of some of the actions with leadership.

Ron Lyons (19:36):

Um, right, right. So it sounds very engaging and interesting and very timely kind of maybe for what's going on in the world right now. Right. I mean, we're not definitely, we're not just on autopilot anymore. Mm-hmm <affirmative> in, in this country or even in the world for that matter. We're, we're, it kind of matters. Everything matters right now. So that sounds like a very, very interesting thing. So give me your favorite movie. Is Lady Redneck gonna be more into like a, a romantic movie or is she gonna be more into an action movie or like what, what are we gonna what's what's gonna be the styler, the taste of lady

Lady Redneck (20:14):
Redneck. Oh, this is so funny. Cuz you guys like the people that know me would probably guess this, but

I love tons of action, but I like a little comedy too.

Ron Lyons (20:22):
<laugh> oh, wow. Okay. All right. So that sounds good. That's a good combination. I

Lady Redneck (20:26):
Like that. Yeah. I love like the government conspiracies, but if they can add a little humor in there makes

it all the better. Right.

Ron Lyons (20:31):

Absolutely. So, um, is there in, in your household, are you a person who likes to cook or are we more of a, eh, no, not so much or more of like, yeah, you might find us more like, you know, taco bell drive through or something who knows?

Lady Redneck (20:49):

I don't, I don't necessarily love to cook, but I like to eat healthy. Hence um, so I do cook, but I don't know that it's like, it's probably one of my not so favorite things to do. Right. I think my husband actually enjoys it a lot more than I do, but you know, and if I'm in the right mood, I, I do, I enjoy it as well, but yeah, not as

Ron Lyons (21:10):

Much mood. So you're maybe more of a meal prep type person since you follow the, the, the big guidelines. So give me, uh, I'm gonna put you on the spot here real quick. Give me an idea of a very healthy meal. Like what, what might be a healthy meal you would eat when you're in that mode, when you're doing the healthy thing, give me an idea of what we might find on your plate.

Lady Redneck (21:30):

Um, well, and, and I, I overall I do eat healthy anyways, so I'm, I eat a ton of vegetables. I, I start off the day with a protein shake. Um, and I actually several small meals throughout the day. And then I usually

stop eating around four just because I'm not hungry by then. Um, but I, I mean, I'll like eat occasional almond sandwich or something like that, but I do eat a lot of salmon and vegetables and, um, I'd love spinach. I love kale. I love carrots. <laugh>

Ron Lyons (22:01):

I'm just gonna say this right now for like 99% of the people out there are listening. God bless you for all that, because there, I don't think there was anything you just mentioned that I would like eat <laugh> that, that is like way too healthy. So do you ever, do you ever kind of go off the, the plan and go splurge on maybe some fast food?

Lady Redneck (22:21):

Yeah, I do. I do. I don't, I don't enjoy it a ton, but every now and then, like I have to get my greasy hamburger with jalapenos and like fully loaded onions. Right. Everything. I just love it all on there. So I mean, I, I definitely do, especially if I let myself get too hungry, then I just, you know, I'm like rapping us. <laugh>

Ron Lyons (22:41):
Are you, are you a fan of having desserts and sweets or is that really not your thing?

Lady Redneck (22:45):
It's really not my thing, but I'm crazy bad about dark chocolate. It's it's probably one of my biggest things

that I eat <laugh>.

Ron Lyons (22:54): Yeah.

Lady Redneck (22:55):
Which I know that isn't super healthy, probably eat quite as much as I do, but it just makes me feel

good. So I love it.

Ron Lyons (23:01):

I think that's awesome. Everybody has their vices. Right. Everybody has their things that they like and don't like, and, and, uh, I don't think dark chocolate is that bad. Right. I think there's probably a lot worse things out there. So that's

Lady Redneck (23:13): Probably

Ron Lyons (23:13):

Too. Yeah, absolutely. So I'm gonna put you on the spot again, and I'm gonna ask you to play another song for us. So I'm, I'm gonna leave it up to you. Maybe we do something that's not your original music. Maybe we do a cover song or something like that. Okay.

Speaker 4 (24:41):

An apple voice.

Ron Lyons (24:47):

All right. That was absolutely incredible. You've you've got such a beautiful voice and you hit all of those notes just right. And, and I noticed that you kind of put a little bit of your own twist on, on parts of it. And I love that. So, um, what is that, is that, does that just come from the, the soul or did somebody teach you that and say, Hey, you ought to do this or is that just something that just comes naturally to you?

Lady Redneck (25:10):

It, it literally just comes natural to me. It just, I don't know, like it's, it's, I mean, it's probably just a lot of how I grew up or whatever, but yeah. I just kind of hear songs when I hear the way things should go in my head before I play 'em usually, so <laugh>

Ron Lyons (25:25):

I like that. Thank you. I think that's awesome. No, that was fantastic. You have been amazing. And thank you so much for doing the two songs and thank you for performing tonight. Um, you're gonna, you're gonna pop back out on the scene a little bit, uh, locally in Sina, you were saying earlier, and I'm, I'm super excited for all that it has in store for you. You are. You're absolutely, exactly the kind of thing that the, the, the music scene in Sina right now needs. You're just like, you're so uniquely you, you've got this unique sound. So yeah, I love it. I love

Lady Redneck (25:59): To too. <laugh>

Ron Lyons (26:00):

I am, I am a huge fan and I know you've got a, to more so anyways, thank you so very much for this. And I look forward to talking to you again, down the road. Would you be willing to come back on and maybe do more music down the road?

Lady Redneck (26:13):
Absolutely. I'd love to thank you so much,

Ron Lyons (26:18):

Guys. That is Lady Redneck, and it was my absolute pleasure and honor to get to sit down with her and learn more about her, her music, how she got to, where she's at and where she's headed. I'm gonna list all of her information in the show notes. So be sure and follow her on all of her social media. And if you ever get a chance, definitely go listen to her. You're in for a real treat. When you get to experience her singing in person and you know what, she's so friendly and nice after she performed the other night, I couldn't find her. I, I had no idea where she disappeared to. And then I thought, okay, I've gotta leave. I stepped out in front of loosies where she had just been singing and she was out there talking to the people, all of her fans out front. And it was just amazing. So she's just a wonderful person on top of being an amazing artist. So let's wrap this show up right there, guys. And if you'll do me a big favor, if you love this show, share it with your friends, tell 'em all about it, post it on your social media and help us keep CelinaRadio.com on top of the podcast world in Celina, Texas, it's an amazing city. You're an amazing audience. We love you guys. And as we always say, God bless, and we'll see you on the next show.