Back in 20 II, I drove a hundred miles through the snow to interview Miranda Lambert. No kidding.
She was in Dallas for a photo shoot, and I was on my way there from Houston when the flakes began to fall. First slowly, then seriously. Naturally, I drove as cautiously as possible. Just as naturally, my editor called periodically to make sure that I was safe. And, more important, that I would get there on time.
Lambert laughed as we shared that memory recently- “Yeah, I remember that! I love it!” -and she laughed even harder when I reminded her that I wasn’t just a fan, I was a “Ran Fan” -and I still had the nickname-branded koozie I picked up at her 2009 CMA Festival meet-and-greet to prove it.
Truth to tell, it’s all a pleasure to talk with this contagiously upbeat, unabashedly feisty, and terrifically multitalented lady. But we agreed that, all things considered, we would do our catching up for this story over the phone. We reconnected earlier this year, not so long after the release of her new album, Palomino, the announcement of her upcoming Las Vegas residency, the launch of her Walmart line of home essentials, and her appearance on Time magazine's annual
