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The Not Old - Better Show

#10 Suzy Bogguss, Singer/Songwriter Interview

The Not Old - Better Show

Paul Vogelzang

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.7106 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Grammy Award winner, Suzy Bogguss has been recording music for over 25 years, and fans of The Not Old Better Show will appreciate Suzy's musical roots, her great outlook on life, and her beautiful voice. 

From her earliest years growing up in Aledo, Illinois, Suzy Bogguss loved music. She joined the church choir at age five, played the piano and drums, and bought her first 12-string with the money she earned from babysitting. She moved to Nashville in the mid-'80s and paid the bills by singing demos by day and performing three nights a week at a local rib joint. Now, more than a dozen albums later,  2 million copies sold of your first three albums, and awards ranging from the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist of 1989 to a Horizon Award given by the Country Music Association to a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album.

Rolling Stone says of Suzy's album "Lucky," The 26 Albums of 2014 You Probably Didn't But Really Should Hear   "Lucky" is Suzy's latest, which was recorded with her husband, songwriter and esteemed recording engineer Doug Crider.

The album "Lucky" honors legendary songwriter Merle Haggard, includes favorites such as "Silver Wings", "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down", and "Today I Started Loving You Again," and singing these songs in a live setting is a passion of Suzy's.

Suzy's fans have been listening to her now for a quarter century, while others first clued into her recent, independently released albums, "American Folk Songbook," "Sweet Danger" and "Swing." Some of Suzy's fans — 964, in fact — contributed money to make and promote "Lucky" through a Kickstarter campaign, and the entire project was funded through fan support.

You can find out more about Suzy, her music, and her upcoming tour schedule at suzybogguss.com

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0:00.0

Let's chase each other around the room tonight.

0:07.0

Let's chase each other round the room tonight.

0:12.0

Let's play the games we're played.

0:17.0

Welcome to the not old better show.

0:20.0

I'm Paul Vogel-Sang.

0:21.0

My guest today is Susie Bogus. Susie Bogus will be performing live at the Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg, Virginia, May 28th.

0:30.8

The Tally Ho is a big surprise to us the last time we played there and I couldn't

0:35.3

wait to get back honestly. It was one of those things where you could feel the room was already alive.

0:41.2

Susie has been recording music for over 25 years and fans of the not old better show will

0:46.2

appreciate Suzy's musical roots, her great outlook on life, and her beautiful voice.

0:51.6

From her earliest years growing up in Alito, Illinois, her and bought her first 12 string with the money she earned from babysitting.

1:04.0

She moved to Nashville in the mid-80s and paid bills by singing demos by day

1:08.0

and performing three nights a week at a local rib joint.

1:11.0

Now, more than a dozen albums later, 2 million copies sold

1:16.8

and awards ranging from the Academy of Country Music's top new female vocalist to

1:20.9

a Horizon Award and a Grammy for the best traditional folk album.

1:26.4

Susie Bagus is still recording.

1:28.4

Her latest album, according to Rolling Stone magazine, is one of the 26 albums you probably didn't but really

1:36.4

should hear. Lucky is Susie's latest which was recorded with her husband

1:41.0

songwriter and esteemed recording engineer Doug Crider.

1:44.9

The album lucky honors legendary songwriter Merle Haggard and includes such favorites as

1:49.3

Silver Wings.

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