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I SURE HOPE IT ISN'T A DAMN
BORING INTERVIEW.
REBA MCINTIRE CAME OUT WITH
HER NEW ALBUM ENTITLED WHAT
IF IT'S YOU.
TONIGHT SHE'S GOING TO FILL
US IN ON WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN HER LIFE.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG
TIME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
HERE ON CBS.
>> YOU'RE SWEET.
TOM: THIS TITLE SONG, WHAT
IF IT'S YOU.
YOU WALK IN AND WHAMMO.
>> EXACTLY.
WHAT IF YOU'RE MARRIED.
YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE
AND YOU SEE SOMEBODY THERE.
>> HAS IT EVER HAPPENED TO
YOU?
TELL THE TRUTH.
>> TELL THE TRUTH?
TOM: I WON'T ASK YOU NAMES,
DATES OR PLACES.
AND IT HAPPENED TO ME.
YOU JUST WALK IN, AN
OFFICE, A STUDIO, A STORE,
YOU CAN EVEN SEE SOMEBODY
PARKED IN A CAR IN A
TRAFFIC LIGHT AND YOU LOOK
AT THIS PERSON AND YOU JUST
-- YOU GET A FEELING THIS
COULD REALLY WORK.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
LIGHT CHANGES AND YOU PUT
THAT OUT OF YOUR MIND.
BUT FOR AT SECOND YOU
SEAU.
>> THAT PROBABLY HAS
HAPPENED TO ME.
I JUST CAN'T THINK OF A
TIME OR A PLACE.
BUT THAT'S -- THAT'S
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT,
DEFINITELY
TOM: LET ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU AND
YOUR BOY SHELBY.
HE'S A TERRIFIC KID.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU AND HE
HAD A VERY SPECIAL
HALLOWEEN COUPLED WITH YOU
CASTING YOUR ABSENTEE
BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION.
>> I WENT DRESSED AS
CORELLA DUVILL.
WE WENT TRICK OR TREATING
ON THE SQUARE.
AFTER THAT, WHEN I GOT
THROUGH WITH THE SCHOOL
FUNCTIONS, I HAD JUST TIME
TO GET TO THE OTHER TOWN
WHERE I WAS GOING TO VOTE
FOR MY EARLY VOTING.
AND I WENT IN THERE AS
CRUELLA DUVILL AND SHE SAID
HAH, HAH, HAH.
THAT'S REAL CUTE.
SHE LOOKED AT MY DIVER'S
LICENSE AND SHE SAID ARE
YOU SERIOUS?
AND I SAID YES, MA'AM.
AND SHE SAID IT IS YOU.
I GOT TO VOTE EARLY.
TOM: WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR
BOY, HE'S WHAT NOW?
HOW LIFE IS HIS LIFE THAN
YOURS GROWING UP ON RANCH
IN OKLAHOMA?
>> THE ONLY THING I CAN
THINK THAT'S SIMILAR IS
HE'S LOVED.
THAT'S ABILITY THE ONLY
SIMILARTY I KNOW OF
TOM: BACK WHEN YOU WERE
GROWING UP, I READ STORIES
ABOUT HOW YOU AND YOUR
SISTER AND BROTHER, YOU
WOULD, WHAT, CHARGE PEOPLE
TO GO ON YOUR LAND DURING
THE DEER HUNTING SEASON?
>> THAT'S HOW WE MADE THE
CHRISTMAS MONEY FOR
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
DADDY HAD 8,000 ACRES.
AND TWO WOULD GO DOWN TO
THE CATTLE GUARD HALF A
MILE FROM THE HOUSE AND THE
OTHER TWO WOULD GO BY GRAND
PAPS AND SIT THERE ALL
NIGHT LONG AND CHARGE $1 A
PERSON TO COME IN AND HUNT
FOR THE WEEK.
TOM: HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD
SHOW UP AND DO THAT?
THE TOWN ITSELF WAS 350,
600 PEOPLE.
>> WELL, CHAUKIE ONLY HAD
18 PEOPLE.
TOM: SO YOU MADE $18.
>> BUT I'M NOT KIDDING YOU,
PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM
OKLAHOMA CITY AND DALLAS TO
HUNT ON THAT LAND.
WE MADE ENOUGH TO SPLIT IT
FOUR WAYS TO HAVE US SOME
GOOD MONEY.
TOM: WHAT KIND OF LIFE WAS
THERE FOR YOU AND YOUR
BROTHER AND SISTER GROWING
UP THERE IN TERMS OF A
SOCIAL LIVE WHEN YOU WERE
TARGEES IN A TOWN OF 18
PEOPLE, THERE'S NOT A LOT
GOING ON IN TERMS OF
WEEKEND DANCES.
>> NO, THERE'S NOTHING
GOING ON.
TOM: WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> WE WENT TO SCHOOL 15
MILES AWAY.
WE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND
RODEOED AN AWFUL LOT.
AND THEN MCALSTER WAS 42
MILES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHERE WE WENT TO THE
THEATER.
WE CALLED IT THE PICTURE
SHOW BACK THEN.
AND OF COURSE WHEN I WAS 13
YEARS OLD, I WOULD BE GOING
WITH PEG AND SUSIE, WE WERE
THE SINGING MCINTIRES AND
WE WOULD PLAY CLUBS AND
BEER JOINTS.
TOM: PEG AND SUZY, YOUR
BROTHER AND SISTERS.
>> WE'D PASS THE HAT FROM
1:00 TO 3:00.
WE HAD A LITTLE OLD COWBOY
HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
TOM: WHERE WOULD YOU SING?
CLUBS?
>> BEER JOINTS, CLUBS.
TOM: EVER ON THE RADIO?
>> NO, NOT UNTIL WE HAD OUR
SINGLE OUT.
THAT WAS CALLED THE BALLAD
OF JOHN MCINTIRE.
OUR MUSIC TEACHER SANG IT
TO US, WE LEARNED IT, AND
WE RECORDED IT IN OKLAHOMA
CITY THE NEXT DAY.
TOM: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
LIFE ON THE RANCH.
IN READING YOUR
AUTOBIOGRAPHY SOME YEARS
AGO, YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS
AND SISTER WORKED ON THE
RANCH.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO
THERE?
>> EVERYTHING.
WE WERE THE HIRED HANDS.
IT WAS ALICE, PEG, MYSELF
AND ONE OTHER PERSON AND
GRAND PAP, AND WE WOULD GO
GATHER THE CATTLE FOR
SHIPPING TIME.
DADDY WOULD GET US UP REAL
EARLY, 3:00, 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
TOM: HOW MANY HEAD OF
CATTLE?
>> BACK THEN, ABOUT 3,000.
TOM: THIS WAS A BIG RANCH?
>> YEAH.
HE WOULD GET US UP IN THE
MORNING.
WE WOULD GO GET THE HORSES.
COULDN'T SEE THEM.
IT WAS TOO DARK.
GET ON THE HORSES.
BY THE TIME THE SUN WAS UP,
WE WOULD BE GATHERING CALT.
TOM: DID YOU EVER THINK
YOU'D GET OUT OF THERE?
>> MY GOSH, I SANG REAL
HARD TO TRY.
I WANTED OUT OF THERE.
TOM: THERE WAS ONE
ESPECIALLYLY FASCINATING
STORY I READ, THE END
RESULT WAS A SUNDAY DINNER
CALLED MOUNTAIN OYSTERS.
>> THAT WAS EVERYDAY DIPPER
REALLY.
TOM: COULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW
THESE WERE HARVESTED?
>> SURE.
WE WOULD BE DOWN WORKING
CATTLE.
DADDY WOULD GET IN BULLS
FROM FLORIDA OR ALABAMA.
TOM: STEERS, RIGHT.
>> NO, BULLS.
TOM: BULLS.
>> YEAH.
THEY WOULD COME ON THE
PLACE.
WE WOULD VACCINATE THEM,
BRAND THEM, MARK THEIR EARS
FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ALL
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE WOULD CASTRATE THEM.
TOM: MM-HMM.
>> AND SUZY WOULD HOLD THE
TAIL AND DADDY WAS CASTRATE
THEM AND HAND THEM TO ME.
I WOULD PUT THEM IN THE
BUCKET.
WHEN IT GOT ACT 11:30 DADDY
WOULD SEND US GIRLS TOT
HOUSE.
WE WOULD SET OUTSIDE, AND
CLEAN THEM.
MAHAFFEY WOULD FRY THEM UP
FOR DINNER AND US GIRLS
WOULD GO BACK DOWN AND WORK
WITH THE GUYS AND FINISH
UP.
TOM: UH-HUH.
COULD I ASK YOU A LITTLE
LIKE CHICKEN?
>> MORE LIKE FISH.
TOM: WE'RE WITH REBA
MCINTIRE.
THE TOLL FREE IS UP AND
RUNNING.
THE NEWEST C.D. IS OUT NOW
IT'S CALLED WHAT IF IT'S
YOU.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER
THESE MESSAGES.
TOM: WITH REBA MCINTIRE,
HERE IS LEESHA ON THE TOLL
FREE IN TENNESSEE.
HELLO.
CALLER: HELLO, TOM.
HOW ARE YOU?
TOM: HOW'S EVERYTHING IN
ROCK CITY TONIGHT.
CALLER: PRETTY GOOD.
EVERY TIME I SEE A SIGN
THAT SAYS ZROCK CITY, I
THINK OF YOU.
TOM: SAY HELLO TO REBA
MCINTIRE.
CALLER: HELLO.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M FINE.
CALLER: BEING BORN, BRED
AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH, I
HAVE GROWN UP LISTENING TO
YOU.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, SOME OF
YOUR SONGS HAVE REALLY
TOUCHED ME DEEPLY IN MY
HEART.
I WAS WONDERING WHERE DO
YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEAS
FOR YOUR SONGS?
DO YOU CREATE THE SONGING
YOURSELF OR DOES SOMEONE
RIGHT THE SONGS FOR YOU?
ARE THEY LIFE EXPERIENCES
FROM YOU YOURSELF?
CALLER: I WISH I COULD TAKE
CREDIT FOR THE SONGS I
SING.
I DON'T WRITE MUCH ANYMORE.
I USED TO WRITE A FEW
SONGS.
I GO TO THE PROFESSIONALS
FOR MY SONGS.
I LISTEN TO DEMO TAPES,S OF
THEM.
AND I FIND THE 10 BEST
SONGS I POSSIBLY CAN.
WHEN I GET ON STAGE OR WHEN
I'M IN THE STUDIO SINGING
THEM, I BECOME THE
CHARACTER IN THE SONG.
AND THAT'S MY PRETENDING.
THAT'S MY PLAY ACTING.
TOM: IS THERE ONE SONG
ABOVE ALL OTHERS THAT HAS
TOUCHED YOU SO DEEPLY AS
YOU SING IT BECAUSE IT HAS
A MEANING TO YOU AND YOU
ALONE?
>> NO.
THERE'S ONE SONG THAT I
REALLY DO LIKE TO SING THAT
I'VE LOV IT EVERY SINCE
BOBBY GENTRY HAD IT OUT IN
1968 IS FANCY.
I JUST -- I LOVE THAT SONG
BECAUSE THAT GIRL, SHE WAS
KICKED OUT.
YOU KNOW, HER MOTHER SAID
GO ON, GIRL.
AND I THINK SHE TURNED TO
PROSTITUTION AND AT LEAST
DIDN'T STARVE TO DEATH.
TOM: AND THEN THERE'S THE
OLD GAG, WHAT DO YOU GET
WHEN YOU PLAY A COUNTRY
SONG BACKWARDS, YOU GET
YOUR WIFE BACK, YOUR CAR
BACK, AND YOUR LIFE IS
BETTER.
HOW HAS COUNTRY SONGS
CHANGED?
>> IT'S CHANGED A LOT FROM
THE *** TONK BARS TO MORE
CON TEVER RARE LIFE-TIME
THINGS EVERYONE CAN RELATE
TO.
TOM: I'M GLAD YOU CALLED.
THANKS.
CALLER: YOU HAVE A GOOD
EVENING.
THANK YOU.
TOM: GIVE MY BEST TO
CHATTANOOGA.
CALLER: I WILL.
TOM: BYE BYE.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENED TOT
SINGING MCINTIRES.
OBVIOUSLY THEY BROKE UP.
>> I WAS SINGING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE
OKLAHOMA FAIR.
RED STEEGL HEARD ME.
WHEN HE CALLED MAMMA IN
JANUARY, HE SAID JACK, I
HAVE AN IDEA I WANT TO TAKE
REBA TO NASHVILLE AND SEE
IF I CAN GET A
DEMONSTRATION TAPE CUT AND
TRY TO GET HER A DEAL ON A
RECORD LABEL.
SO MOM GOT PEG AND SUZY IN
THERE AND TOLD THEM WHAT'S
GOING ON.
SHE SAID REBA CAN EITHER GO
TO NASHVILLE WITH RED AND
TRY TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN
AND MAYBE BRING YOU TWO IN
ON LATER OR WE CAN STAY AS
THE SINGING MCINTIRES AND
TRY TO MAKE IT AS THAT WAY.
AND THEY BOTH SAID NO.
WE WANT REBA TO GO ON.
SHE'S GOT A SHOT.
TOM: SURE.
AND BEFORE YOU REALLY HIT
IT BIG TIME.
YOU WERE MARRIED TO YOUR
FIRST HUSBAND, CHARLIE.
HOW POOR WERE YOU TWO?
I READ YOU HAD A PLACE THAT
COST $10 A MONTH TO RENT?
HOW STRAPPED WERE YOU?
>> WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
CATTLE.
WE WERE RUNNING.
I WAS WORKING FOR AN OIL
LEASE COMPANY.
I WAS CHECKING RORDS AND
SINGING VERY LITTLE.
BUT WE LIVED IN THIS PLACE
FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND IT WAS $10 A MONTH
RENT.
AND WHAT WAS SOP FUNNY,
WHEN ALICE FIRST GOT
MARRIED, SHE MOVED OVER
THERE AND WHEN PEG MOVED
OVER THERE THEN I MOVED
OVER THERE.
MOM CALLED IT THE WEANING
SHACK.
IT WAS JUST A LITTLE HOUSE.
LATER ON, WE MOVED TO A
REAL NICE PLACE IN
STRINGTOWN.
BUT WE WERE OFF RODEOING
AND SINGING AND STUFF.
WE WEREN'T THERE THAT MUCH.
BUT IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
TOM: AFTER YOU WENT TO
NASHVILLE AND CUT THE
DEMONSTRATION TAPE, WHAT
WAS THE BIG BREAK FOR REBA
MCINTIRE?
WHAT WAS THE ONE THIDGE
THAT PROPELLED YOU FORWARD?
MADE YOU STAND OUT?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE WAS
ONE BIG STEP.
THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF
LITTLE ONES.
BUT THE BIGGEST BREAK AFTER
RED FOUND ME TO GET ME --
GOSH, TO KEEP MY SANITY WAS
IN 1973, THE STAT LER
BROTHERS TOOK ME ON TOUR
WITH THEM.
I GOT OUT OF THE DANCE
HALLS AND THE RODEOS.
THE SMOKE WAS KILLING ME.
THE DUST WAS KILLING ME.
I'D GET THROUGH PLAYING A
CLUB, GO BACK TO THE HOTEL
ROOM AND I COULDN'T CLOSE
MY EYES BECAUSE IT BURNED
SO BAD.
THAT WAS JUST AN ANSWERED
PRAYER TO GET OUT OF THAT.
TOM: IN 1987, YOU WOULD
MAKE A TOUGH DECISION.
YOU DECIDED YOU HAD TO MAKE
A CHANGE IN YOUR PERSONAL
LIFE.
YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SPLIT
UP.
AND I WONDER WHAT THAT TIME
WAS LIKE FOR YOU AS YOUR
FAME WAS GROWING.
I MEAN, YOU WERE THEN IN
THE PUBLIC EYE AND THE
TABLOIDS WOULD PAY
ATTENTION TO YOU AND
TABLOID TV WOULD PAY
ATTENTION TO YOU.
NOW YOUR PERSONAL LIFE IS
SPLASHED ON THE NEWSPAPERS.
WHAT WERE THE DIFFICULTIES
IN GETTING THROUGH THAT?
HOW DID YOU HANDLE THE
BRUSH WITH THE TABLOIDS?
>> THE THING WITH ME WAS
WHEN I KNOW SOMETHING'S
WRONG, I PRETTY MUCH PUT IT
BEHIND ME AND GO FORWARD.
I MOVED TO NASHVILLE.
I FOUND ME A REAL NEAT
LITTLE -- IT WAS A -- I
THINK IT WAS A CARPET
CLEANING SHOP.
AND SO I BOUGHT IT.
BASICALLY, I BOUGHT IT SO I
COULD PUT BOTH OF MY BUSES
IN THERE AND LOAD AND
UNLOAD.
I WOULD BE OUT OF THE RAIN.
AND SO I JUST TOOK ON WITH
MY LIFE AND I JUST PUT ALL
ALL THE REST OF IT BEHIND
ME.
SO THE TABLOIDS DIDN'T
AFFECT ME.
TOM: YOU BOUGHT A CARPET
CLEANING COMPANY.
>> I BOUGHT THE BUILDING.
THEY WERE OUT OF IT.
STEAM-O-MATIC.
MOM UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO
LEAVE.
IT WAS JUST TO FURTHER MY
CAREER, GO ON WITH IT AND
NOT LOOK BACK.
TOM: LET ME ASK YOU HERE
ABOUT THE BUSES.
YOU SAY YOUR BUSES.
WHY WOULD YOU HAVE TWO?
>> ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR
THE BAND AND CREW.
AT THAT TIME, I ONLY HAD --
NO, I HAD TWO BUSES.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE
MARRIAGE, I HAD -- I WAS
FIXING UP A NEW BUS FOR
MYSELF AND I LEFT MY
EX-HUSBAND DOWN THERE.
HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE
THEY PAINTED IT AND
EVERYTHING THE DAY I
WANTED.
AND I HAD PICKED OUT THE
PRETTIEST LILAC.
WHEN I GOT BACK IT WAS
BURGUNDY.
I SAID THAT'S NOT THE COLOR
I WANTED.
AND HE SAID THAT'S THE
COLOR I WANTED.
TOM: SPEAKING OF BUSES, HOW
TOUGH IS IT TO FIND GOOD
DRIVERS FOR THESE BUSES?
>> LARRY JONES WAS MY
DRIVER THAT I HAD.
OF COURSE, I HAD ABOUT
4,000 OR 5,000 BEFORE HIM.
I HAD A BUS DRIVER RIGHT
BEFORE LARRY.
I THINK WE WERE IN
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
HE WAS WITH ME FOR 17 DAYS.
AND FOR 17 DAYS, THAT BUS
BROKE DOWN.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS OLD
MAID, BUT ANYWAY, THE BUS I
HAD AT THAT TIME, WE WERE
PLAYING DAVENPORT AND GOING
TO THE SHOW, WE WENT KIND
OF -- KIND OF A BACK STREET
AND UNDER AN UNDERPASS.
I THINK IT WAS WERE TRAILS.
AND I THINK HE PICKED A
DIFFERENT UNDERPASS AND HE
GOT THE BUS LODGED IN THE
UNDERPASS.
AND WE WERE SETTING THERE.
AND WE KIND OF CAME TO A
SCREECHING HALT.
AND WAYNE LEWIS, MY PIANO
PLAYER.
HE CAME BACK IN THE BACK
WHERE ME AND PREACHER WERE
COUNTING CONCESSION MONEY.
MY PREACHER WAS MY MANAGER.
AND HE CAME BACK WITH WHAT
WE CALL THE LUGGAGE WRACK
ON TOP OF THE BUS AND HE
SAID LOOK WHAT HE'S DONE TO
MY BUS.
I SAID WAYNE, JUST SET IT
THERE IN THE HALL.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
CAN WE GET UNSTUCK.
HE SAID WELL, I GUESS WE
HAVE TO LET THE AIR YOU
SHOULD THE TIRES.
AND THE BUS DRIVER'S EXCUSE
WAS THEY *** PAVED THAT
ROAD SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT
SHOW.
TOM: IT'S HIGHER NOW.
SURE, EXACTLY.
WE ARE WITH REBA MCINTIRE.
THE NEW ALBUM IS CALLED
"WHAT IF IT'S YOU."
THE TOLL FREE IS UP AND
TOM: WITH REBA MCINTIRE ON
THE TOLL FREE.
HERE IS CHRIS IN ALLIANCE,
OHIO.
HI, CHRIS.
AND WELCOME TO CBS.
CALLER: HELLO, TOM.
TOM: GOOD EVENING, SIR.
CALLER: GOOD EVENING, REBA.
>> HI, THERE.
CALLER: I WAS WONDERING,
WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING IF
YOU WEREN'T A PERFORMER
RIGHT NOW?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
IF I WERE TO QUIT RIGHT
NOW, I WOULD PROBABLY GO
INTO SOMETHING LIKE
TEACHING, TEACHING OTHER
ENTERTAINERS HOW TO PERFORM
ON STAGE, MAYBE HELP THEM
OUT, HOW TO DO INTERVIEWS.
TOM: PRESENCE AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
INTERVIEWS AND STAYING ON
TRACK WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS
YOU A QUESTION, ANT
ANSWERING THE TOPIC
CORRECTLY.
STUFF LIKE THAT.
DON'T YOU HAVE AN AIRPLANE
LEASING COMPANY?
HOW IS THAT BUSINESS FOR
YOU?
IS THAT DOING OK?
>> I GUESS IT'S DOING FINE.
IT KEEPS ME IN THE AIR A
LOT.
TOM: OH, OK.
OK.
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE
ANSWER, CHRIS.
SHE'D BE TEACHING OTHER
PERFORMERS.
CALLER: OK, THANK YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
TOM: CHRIS, I'M GLAD YOU
CALLED.
THANKS.
LET ME ASK YOU HERE ABOUT
YOUR FANS AND THE FANS OF
COUNTRY MUSIC IN
PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THERE'S
A VERY SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN
THE PERFORMERS AND THE FANS
IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA OF
ENTERTAINMENT.
LIKE I'VE READ THAT YOU'D
LOVE TO DO MOVIES.
YOU WOULD LOFF TO, YOU
KNOW, DO MOVIES.
AND BE A MOVIE STAR OR A
MOVIE ACTRESS.
IF YOU DID THAT, WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO THE BOND BETWEEN
YOU AND THE FANS OF YOUR
C.D.'S AND YOUR CONCERTS
AND YOUR SINGING?
>> I JUST THINK -- I HOPE
--
TOM: BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT
DOLLY PARTON WHO LEFT THE
ROUTES OF COUNTRY MUSIC FOR
A TIME AND WENT ON TO DO "9
TO 5" AND OTHER MOTION
PICTURES AND TOOK ON THE
MANTLE OF MOVIE STARS.
IN A LOT OF KICES, HER FANS
WERE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE
THEY FELT SHE WALKED OUT ON
THEM.
THE PERCEPTION WAS, WELL,
WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR
HER.
SHE HAD TO GO BE A MOVIE
STAR.
>> SEE, WHAT WE REALLY WANT
TO DO IS TO JUST ENHANCE TO
ENTERTAIN MORE.
FIND A REAL GOOD MOVIE YOU
COULD DO AN ALBUM ALONG
WITH IT, LIKE SHE DID "9 TO
5 "" AND DID THE ALBUM WITH
IT.
I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF
LOSING MY FAN BASE.
I JUST WANT TO GET MORE
INTO IT.
TOM: I READ A STORY IN
"REDBOOK" MAGAZINE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT A MAN
NAMED RICHARD JAY ALEXANDER
WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER OFLESS MISLAY
MISERABLE -- "LESS
MISERABLES."
I HEARD ABOUT THE ENTIRE
CAST BEING REPLACED.
WOULD THAT BE ANYTHING
GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND
THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT?
>> NOT NOW.
I WOULD LOVE TO SOMEDAY BE
IN A PART IN A PLAY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
TERRIFIC EXPERIENCE.
I LOVE TO GO TO BROADWAY
PLAYS.
I LOVE TO GO TO PLAYS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN ONE
BEFORE.
I NEVER WAS A PART OF THAT
IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I
DEARLY WOULD LOVE TO DO.
TOM: WHAT WOULD BE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IT WOULD
BE DONE?
I GUESS YOU HAVE A CONCERT
TOWN THAT TAKES YOU THROUGH
DECEMBER.
YOU'RE IN PEORIA TOMORROW
NIGHT AND CLEVELAND AN
ONTARIO ON THE WEEKEND.
WHAT WOULD BE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH YOU
COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE
YEARS TO COME, FIVE, 10
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
TOM: REALLY?
THAT LONG.
>> I LIKE TO TOUR.
I'M A GYPSY AT HEART.
I LOVE TO SEE THE FOLKS,
PUT A BRAND NEW SHOW
TOGETHER EACH OTHER AND
ENTERTAIN.
AND TWO, SHELBY BEING IN
SCHOOL, THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING I'D BE AWAY FROM
HIM SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OUT
OF THE YEAR.
TOM: I JUST WONDERED.
I SAW THIS ABOUT THE CAST
CHANGES IN LES MISS AND I
JUST WONDERED.
SWEAR YOU DON'T?
>> I SWEAR.
TOM: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
YOUR MOM AND YOUR DAD.
WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR MOM
AND YOUR DAD EARLIER.
AND THE FACT THERE WAS A
LOT OF LOVE IN YOUR HOUSE.
BUT I READ YOUR DAD HAD
TROUBLE SAYING THOSE WORDS
"I LOVE YOU" TO YOU.
>> WHEN DAD WAS RODEOING A
LOT.
HE WOULD SEE THE OLD
COWBOYS OUT AND TELLING
LADIES THEY JUST MET THAT
THEY LOVED HIM.
AND DADDY ALWAYS THOUGHT
THAT THAT WAS JUST SAYING
IT TOO SHALLOW.
AND IT KIND OF SICKENED
HIM.
AND SO HE NEVER SAID THE
WORDS I LOVE YOU TO ANYBODY
I KNOW OF.
TOM: NOT EVEN YOUR MOM?
>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
HE JUST DIDN'T SAY THAT
BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD
EVERYBODY ELSE SAY IT NOT
MEANING IT.
AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
SO HE SHOWED HIS LOVE BY
SUPPORTING AND TAKING CARE
OF.
AND WE ALWAYS KNEW DADDY
LOVED US.
TOM: DID HE TELL YOU
EVENTUALLY?
>> DADDY TOLD ME ONE TIME.
HE SAID IT TO MY FACE WHEN
HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE
ANESTHESIA?
TOM: YEAH.
>> WHEN HE HAD HIS TRIPLE
BYPASS HEART SURGERY IN
1987.
I WAS HAVING TO LEAVE AND
GO TO CHATTANOOGA FOR A
SHOW.
I LEANED DOWN AND I SAID
DADDY, I GOT TO GO CATCH
THE BUS.
I GOT A SHOW TONIGHT THE.
AND HE SAID WELL, HONEY, I
LOVE YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
AND I SAID BOY, HE'S STILL
OUT OF IT.
TOM: THE INFLUENCE OF PATSY
KLINE ON YOUR LINE OF WORK.
I TOLD YOU I SAW THIS
PICTURE A COUPLE YEARS
BACK, "SWEET DREAMS" WHERE
JESSICA LANG PLAYED HER.
SHE WAS SOMETHING, HUH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHE'S A FIRE CRACKER.
WHEN I CAME TO NASHVILLE TO
RECORD, I'D SAY YOU EVER
WORK WITH PATSY.
AND THEY'D SAY OH, YEAH, WE
WORKED WITH PATSY.
I SAID TELL ME ABOUT HER.
I HAD HER UP ON A PEDESTAL
AS AN ANGEL.
PATSY WASN'T AN ANGEL.
TOM: NO.
>> PATSY WOULD HAVE A BEER
AND CUSS WITH THE BOYS AND
SHE'S JUST LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE.
SHE'S JUST A GREAT SINGER
AND A WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT
HAD A BIG HEART AND JUST A
LITTLE ROWDIER THAN MOST.
TOM: THE LAST THING I WANT
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS
CALLED HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY.
>> HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
WHAT WE WERE DOING IN
NASHVILLE FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS IS I'D BE
KIND OF THE EXECUTIVE --
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
LIKE IN A MOVIE?
TOM: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
>> YES.
I WOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER.
TOM: THE HONCHO, THE PERSON
IN CHARGE.
>> I JUST PUT UP THE MONEY.
IT WAS -- WE BUILT A HOUSE.
ONLY WOMEN COULD GO IN AND
BUILD THE HOUSE.
IT WAS FOR A WOMAN.
AND THEY HAD TO GO BUILD
HOUSES FOR OTHER WOMEN.
TOM: IT WAS ALMOST A DOMINO
EFFECT.
WE'LL HELP YOU, AND YOU
HELP MORE AND IT WAS ALMOST
LIKE EIGHT TOLL, 16TH.
>> WE WOULD GO TO THE
GROUND BREAKING.
WHEN I GIVE THE KEYS TO THE
LADIES WHO GOT TO MOVE INTO
THE HOUSE, THEIR CHILDREN.
IT WAS THE GREATEST FEELING
IN THE WORLD.
TOM: CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL
YOUR SUCCESS, LADY.
THANK YOU TO YOUR
FRIENDSHIP TO ME OVER THE
YEARS.
I'LL SEE YOU AROUND OK?
>> I LOVE THAT, TOO.
TOM: AND IF THEY ASK,
TASTES A LITTLE LIKE
CHICKEN.