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Kathy as Wynonna,
Trisha Yearwood |
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Born
in Martinez, California but raised in North Lake Tahoe, Kathy began singing
and acting while still in grade school. Although she was always a chorus
singer and never the lead, she loved performing. Stage fright kept Kathy
content with being in the background and doing things like set designs,
backstage work, makeup and lighting, until the support of her mother, Kathy
gained enough confidence to move into the solo spotlight. After moving to
Las Vegas, Kathy convinced her bar manager father to invest in some good
sound equipment and add Karaoke and live music to some of the clubs he was
managing. In May of 1993, Kathy began hosting Karaoke and entertaining as
an evening hobby. The old timers were a little slow to warm to the idea.
Kathy was undaunted, stocking up on Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves tunes. When
"volunteers" weren't singing, Kathy was. One night, 10 minutes
after Karaoke should have started, one of the regulars asked the young lady's
dad, "Why don't you turn the jukebox off and let the girl (Kathy) sing?"
"That IS the girl
singing!" stated the proud father. After dressing herself up as Madonna's
Material Girl-"Vogue" look for a costume party, she showed up
at a dance club afterwards, the response was, to say the least, crazy and
she was practically
mugged. Kathy was intrigued with how different she could make herself look.
After singing a Wynonna song, a friend suggested that Kathy try to impersonate
the young singing Judd. The next day she went on a shopping spree for red
wigs,western wardrobe and a guitar.
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Kathy as Wynonna
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Trisha Yearwood