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Once a Nashville traditionalist, Evans seems to have abandoned that approach for a more glitzy style a la Shania Twain. Her sound still rings true, though: rich, honest vocals are set to cheerful accompaniment led by good ol' Fender twang. During that more commercial part of the mid to late '90s, when Nashville artists were releasing watered-down "country" songs, Sara Evans dared to rock a New Traditional style by covering Harlan Howard's "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail." The recording was so powerful that Howard himself came out of the woodwork to help her career. Having been serious about singing since the age of four, Evans moved from Oregon to Nashville to ink a deal with RCA. Her first album, Three Chords & The Truth, debuted in 1997, landing her some radio play and a touring support slot for the great George Jones. Since then she's released albums at a prolific rate: 1998's No Place That Far was met with praise from critics; 1999's Girl's Night Out garnered her even more fans and positive press; 2000's Born to Fly did well enough, but she really hit her stride in 2003 with Restless. With less traditional instrumentation and more commercial-sounding songs and production, Restless indicated that Evans had swapped twang for a more mainstream rock orientation, but she never lost her voice's impassioned force.
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