It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert.

Folks, my next guest tonight is a Grammy award-winning country singer and songwriter with chart-topping hits like things a man ought to know, heart like a truck, and watermelon moonshine. Please welcome to the late show,

Laney Wilson.

Man. Hey, nice to meet you. How are you doing? I'm doing well. How are you? Thank you for

having me. It's my pleasure. We almost ran into each other. You were just at the Emmys when we were

out there.

I dig this outfit.

Thank you.

Well, I was digging yours too because I saw you from a distance.

Oh, thank you. My wife was the sparkly one. Yes, yes. Was this your first Emmys? First Emmys. Did you have a good time? I had a great time. I mean, to tell you the truth, never in a million years

that I think I would be going to the Emmys,

playing on a stage with Vince Gill, one of my heroes.

Country music legend. Never in a million years did I think I would be going to the Emmys, playing on a stage with Vince Gil, one of my heroes. I know. You guys have a beautiful anymore. Thank you. And it's been one thing after another. Now I'm getting to hang out with you and talk about some peace loving cowboys and all the above. I like this love and cowboys. That's a good bumper, doesn I like that. You're from a small town in Louisiana.

How small are we talking? 157?

157,000, 157. Maybe 156 after I left.

That's not a small town. That's a big family. That's a big family. 100%. It's like they're there when you need them and they're there when you don't. They're just there. Did you get away with anything as a kid? Absolutely not. That's why I turned out all right, you know? No, I'm so proud of where I come from. I come from Baskin, Louisiana. Baskin?

Yeah, it's called the village of Baskin.

Okay, and where in Louisiana? Like the northeast corner of the boot. If y'all've ever heard of Monroe, I'm about 30 miles south of Monroe. All right. That's where my family is. Okay, so how's a girl from a town of 156, 57? How does she get the bug to be in show business?

Where does that come from?

Oh, my goodness.

Well, where I'm from, I mean, country music is just life. You know, we eat, sleep, and breathe it. And it was about the storytelling. When you're from a town of 157, like, you live your life on the edge of your seat, waiting for the next story. And that's how it was with my folks. And so I wrote my first song at nine years old. I felt like the voices on radio were speaking to me. What are you writing at nine years old? I was writing about tequila and cigarettes and everything else. Like, I mean, I was. That's a fun town. That's a fun town. Old soul. Okay, so, but now, so then you had your, well, how old were you first doing gigs, like performing? Oh, I made my first $20 at nine years old for singing an acapella down at the grand opening of a convenience store in Baskin. Nine years old, $20 goes a long way.

My daddy still's got the... That's a lot of candy. Got the $20 bill. I know, 100%. Wow. What was your candy as a child? What did you go for? Anything chocolate. Sign me up. Recy cups. Hershey's all of it. Yes. All right. Is it true that you used to sing at the rodeo?

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