Tina admires female country singers\u2014from Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline, to modern greats like Melissa Lambert and Trisha Yearwood. \u201cIf you listen to Gretchen Wilson, whom I am a big fan of, she\u2019s so versatile. She can sing you the saddest country song that you have ever heard and then she can go belt out the most southern rock country song that you ever want to hear.\u201d That range and dynamic distinctiveness can also be found in Tina\u2019s performances. Tina gives everything she\u2019s got when she\u2019s on stage. She gravitates to the unmistakable unique style that country artists, classic to modern, have perfected over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat I look for in a performance is how it affects me. You\u2019re listening away and then all of a sudden, it\u2019s like wow, wow, and you get that feeling inside of you that that person has connected with you. That to me is special.\u201d Tina has made that belief a cornerstone of her artistic life\u2014connecting to other people through song and lyrics, bringing emotional truth to life for her audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tina picked up the guitar when she was only eight years old and was soon singing her way through local talent contests. With special permission from the LLBO, she was able to join her father on stage playing drums when she was only twelve. The only stipulation was that she had to stay in the beer cooler during band breaks, where she would have to wait, reading magazines, until she got back on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nShe continued to play drums on the road with her father\u2019s band until she was sixteen. After a successful run with the Toronto band Denam and Lace, an all-woman country pop band, Tina returned to Huntsville in 1990. With a few local musicians, she started up \u2018Loose Boots\u2019, with whom she worked tirelessly, locally and throughout Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
True to her country roots, Tina made the traditional pilgrimage to Nashville to master song writing and try her hand at joining the mainstream country establishment, but once the money ran out she returned to Huntsville taking \u201cLoose Boots\u201d out on the road. With her bandmates choosing other pursuits, she used pick-up musicians and toured successfully throughout Canada. She performed with such well-known artists as Valdy, Linda McLean, Wendell Ferguson, and Ronnie Prophet, notably opening for Tim McGraw at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Returning to Nashville, Tina made her EP This Could Be<\/em> It in 1997 and three of the videos she made in support of the album went into heavy rotation on CMT \u2013 Country Music Television. Meanwhile, Tina worked steadily, wherever she could land a gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I GOT EVERYTHING – YouTube Video \u2013 Tina Turley <\/p>\n\n\n\n