Tanya Tucker To Widen Promotion For New Album

Tanya Tucker is celebrating her 25th anniversary in country music with the release of her 30th album, an autobiography, and an unprecedented - for her - blitz into mainstream media.

The album, “Complicated,” ships March 25; the book, “Nickel Dreams,” hits bookstores March 26; and Tucker herself will be on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” March 27.

Soon after her “Oprah” appearance, Tucker will be on “The Today Show,” “Dateline NBC,” “Late Show With David Letterman,” “Late Late Show With Tom Snyder” and “On The Record With Ralph Emery.” She will also be featured on TNN and “A&E Biography.”

Her 10-city book and CD tour will start March 31 in New York, and Tucker will be on radio and television, as well as do book and CD signings.

Tucker says she is happy with the album and that switching from her longtime producer Jerry Crutchfield to Gregg Brown was a change she needed.

“Doing the ‘Fire To Fire’ album with Jerry,” she says, “was tough. We started coming apart.

“We’re still close, but we both needed a change. I think Jerry needed it more than I did.

“Working with Gregg was tough at times because we really didn’t know each other, but now we’re starting to. It’s taken a lot of years for me to get it all down, but I’m getting there.

“The next album will be the most important one of my career. There are so many things I want to do with it.”

Tucker is also CMT’s showcase artist for March. Different programs highlighting her life and career will be shown each Friday night.