If it seems as if Tanya Tucker has been around forever, she has — by popular music standards, anyway. But after 22 studio albums in about 25 years through 1997, she released just one in 2002, another in 2009, then not another for 10 years. That's when Brandi Carlile stepped in.
It was producer Shooter Jennings who actually suggested a collaboration between the two music powerhouses to give Tucker a comeback album, even though the 64-year-old had never heard of Carlile at the time. That work on the 2019 album, "While I'm Living," would pay off — earning Tucker her first Grammy wins, for country album of the year and country song for the single "Bring My Flowers Now."
Their collaboration also included the documentary "The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile," which chronicles the making of the album and the singer's return to live performance — and features the original song "Ready as I'll Never Be," which the two women co-wrote.
