Terri Clark

著名乡村乐女歌手泰芮-克拉克(Terri Clark)，出生于加拿大，18岁到乡村音乐重镇纳许维尔追逐音乐梦想，痴迷乡村天后Reba McEntire、乡村母女档The Judds的感觉恍如昨日，转眼到了发行首张精选辑的时候，Terri Clark回忆起过往时表示:“当我还是个小女孩，我就常抱着吉他，想着乡村音乐，我从不知道未来会变成什么，会有什么样的感受，我不曾幻想过这样的感觉--惊叹、害怕，以及当你全心全意对音乐付出时。音乐其实就是人生的感觉，我从没想过精选辑的事…怎么可能?十年过后，我十年来的人生点滴全都在这里。”10年歌唱旅程中，Terri Clark发表5张专辑，创造11首TOP10单曲，以及450万张的专辑销售，获得美、加两地无数的音乐奖肯定，其中包括：10座加拿大乡村音乐奖(4度获颁年度娱乐界风云人物奖)、2001年朱诺奖最佳乡村女歌手、’95年Billboard最佳乡村新进艺人…等。2004年，Terri再获加拿大乡村音乐奖4项提名。Terri的巡回演唱资历相当惊人，曾经与Reba McEntire、Vince Gill、George Strait、George Jones等人同台开唱。by Stephen Thomas ErlewineLike her contemporary, Shania Twain, Terri Clark came storming out of Canada and captured the attention of Americas country music industry in the mid-90s. Where Twain incorporated more rock & roll into her music, Clark pretty much stayed close to her country roots, even if those roots were more new country than hardcore honky tonk. Raised in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Terri Clark (born in Montreal, Canada, August 5, 1968) was born into a musical family. Her grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were country stars in Canada, opening shows for stars like George Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens, while her mother sang folk songs in local coffeehouses. As a child, Terri listened to her grandparents country records and taught herself how to play guitar. Throughout her adolescence, Clark sang, played, and listened to country music; she was particularly inspired by female artists like Reba McEntire, the Judds, and Linda Ronstadt. Following her high-school graduation in 1987, she moved to Nashville. Upon her arrival, she wandered into Tootsies Orchid Lounge unannounced and asked if she could sing. Surprisingly, she impressed the management and landed a job as the clubs house singer. Though her initial arrival in Nashville was successful, it took Clark quite a long time to work her way into the actual industry. For the next seven years, she sang at clubs and worked odd jobs, all the while trying to land a record contract. During this time, she met and married a fiddler named Ted Stevenson. In 1994, she landed an audition for Mercury Records. After seeing a live performance by Clark, the labels president signed the singer. Clarks eponymous debut album was released in the summer of 1995. Terri Clark was a hit upon its release, spawning the Top Ten hits Better Things to Do, When Boy Meets Girl, and If I Were You, as well as going gold. Clark supported the album with a tour opening for George Strait. In 1996, she was nominated for the Country Music Associations Horizon Award, as well as the Academy of Country Music Awards Best New Female Vocalist. She won a bevy of Canadian Country Music Awards in 1996, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year; she was also named the Top New Female Country Artist of 1995 by Billboard magazine. Her second album, Just the Same, was released in the fall of 1996, preceded by the hit single Poor Poor Pitiful Me. How I Feel followed in 1998. Fearless brought the country chart single A Little Gasoline in fall 2000, and Pain to Kill was released in 2003. Mercury unleashed Clarks Greatest Hits 1994-2004 the next year, followed by Life Goes On in 2005.