biography

Lee Ann was Born on the 19th of August 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. A contemporary country artist fired by traditional
songwriting virtues, Lee Ann Womack earned widespread praise in the late 90s for her fidelity to
country music of a bygone era. Her material's resemblance to early works by and was remarked
upon by many, and acknowledged in print by the artist herself. Her interest in music came from a
disc jockey father, who would regularly take his daughter to bookings After graduation she
attended college in Levelland, Texas, one of the first schools to offer degrees in country and
bluegrass music. She joined the college band, Country Caravan, and travelled alongside the
group until she undertook a music business course at Belmont University in Nashville. She
subsequently became an intern at MCA Records' A&R department, eventually joining Tree
Publishing after a showcase in 1995. There she co-wrote material for Ed Hill, and Sam Hogin. A
year later she signed to Decca Records as a solo artist. Her 1997 debut album was produced by
Mark Wright (with whom she had co-written at Tree Publishing) and resulted in two
nominations at that year's Awards. It was followed by another Wright-supervised collection, ,
which many judged to be the superior work. Womack contributed two songs herself in
collaboration with ex-husband ("If You're Ever Down In Dallas") and Billy Lawson and Dale
Dodson ("The Man Who Made My Mama Cry"). It was promoted via shows through October and
November before the birth of Womack's second child in January 1999. In 2000 Womack won a
CMA award for the massive hit "I Hope You Dance", the title track of her excellent album of the
same name. In 2001 a dreadful "danced up" remixed version, complete with a "goomff, goomff"
beat was released in an attempt to cross her over into the pop/dance arena. The artist wisely
disowned it.