Layla Tucker Blazes Her Own Musical Trail
Layla Tucker's musical roots run deep. The daughter of one of Country Music's leading ladies, Tanya Tucker, and songwriter Jerry Laseter, this 20-year old firebrand, is creating her own musical path.
You might think Layla would form her career by singing her mother’s songs. It’s not that she doesn’t love the songs her mom produces and sings, rather she has her own style and wants the world to see her individual creativity.
Growing Up With Music's Royalty
Layla grew up and has been around Country Music royalty her entire life, yet you wouldn’t know it. She knows most everyone that works in Puckett’s Grocery, especially the real cowboys who frequent the venue. After all, this is her backyard.
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I sat down with Layla on the stage at the historic Puckett's Grocery in Leiper's Fork, TN, to record an episode of Southern Americana podcast discuss her plans to forge her path on the Country and Americana stages. Musical influences that range from Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard to Kacy Musgraves, find there way into Tucker's songwriting and vocals. Her latest song, Misery Loves Company, contains lyrics that define Layla's cocky yet down-to-earth personality that shines through in her vocals.
"Just because we have different views on the way things ought to be, I can't seem to win for losing with you. So I'm just gonna be me, cuz misery loves company."
A few hours after we recorded this episode, Layla was still there, waiting her turn to perform on Thursday nights open mic night. Her performance is only short of spectacular.
Layla's musical trajectory will take her far; not because of her family's musical heritage, but because she's so freakin' talented.