Tanya Tucker, country music's heroine, is back, and will be playing a live concert for one night at the Star of the Desert Arena at Primm Valley Resorts on Saturday, May 13th at 8:00 p.m..
Tanya Tucker has been called one of the finest song stylists in country genre, a singer who owns the patent all of her songs. Her inimitable vocal styling and soulful performances have resulted in a string of hit albums and singles, and have garnered hundreds of honors and awards and that have made her a country music legend.
She has become a role model for young female artists, a singer that many industry insiders see as a future Hall of Famer: "When you listen to Tanya Tucker you hear spirit and independence. That's what she's given to country music," said music critic John Lomax III.
She signed with Capitol Records in 1986, and has recorded over a decade of hits including "Strong Enough to Bend," "Down To My Last Teardrop," "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," "It's a Little Too Late," and "Tell me About It" with Delbert McClinton.
In 1991 Tanya Tucker was named the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" and the following year she was CMT's Female Video Artist of the Year. In the year 1994, Tanya exploded into star dome. She sang at the halftime of Super Bowl XXVIII, with over a billion viewers, and at the opening ceremonies for the World Cup, broadcast to over two billion viewers.
