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Lainey Wilson Has The Perfect Thing To Go With Her New Album

Lainey Wilson’s new album, Bell Bottom Country, is set to come out on October 28. Lainey is offering fans a chance to purchase bell bottom pants, just like she wears,…

Lainey Wilson Has The Perfect Thing To Go With Her New Album
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Lainey Wilson's new album, Bell Bottom Country, is set to come out on October 28. Lainey is offering fans a chance to purchase bell bottom pants, just like she wears, to promote the new work.

Lainey posted a video on Instagram of herself wearing the new pants, which are green tie dye complete with Bell Bottom Country on the leather tag and the front button. She said in the video, "Bell bottom country baby, I got something for ya'll."

Wilson captioned the post, "We're puttin the bottom in #bellbottomcountry y'all. Pre-order your pair at bellbottomcountry.com #countrywithaflare."

Fans are anxious to get the new pants with one commenting, "I want them!!!"

Country music superstars over the decades have often branched out from singing and recording and making music videos to the Hollywood world of movies. Recording stars that became movie stars include Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and many more.

That hasn't changed over the years as even today, country music's brightest stars extend their talent to movies and TV, and we look at twelve stars who made that bridge successful.

Lainey Wilson

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It has recently been announced that she was cast for the next season of "Yellowstone."


Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

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"1883" (2021) McGraw and Faith also appeared in a handful of feature films over the years.


Dolly Parton

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First feature film was "9 to 5" in 1980. There were many movies and TV movies to follow.


Randy Travis

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Various TV and movie roles, including 1997's "The Rainmaker."


Trace Adkins

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 29: Actor Trace Adkins arrives at the premiere of TriStar Picture's 'Mom's Night Out' at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 29, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)


Blake Shelton

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Feature film 2015's "The Ridiculous 6" and 2019's "Ugly Dolls."


Dwight Yoakam

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Many feature films, including 1996's "Sling Blade" and 2021's "Cry Macho" with Clint Eastwood.


Carrie Underwood

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2011's "Soul Surfer" and a TV episode of "How I Met Your Mother."


Reba

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A recurring role on the current sitcom of CBS' "Young Sheldon," her own sitcom, "Reba," that ran for six seasons starting in 2001, and numerous TV movies and feature films over the years.


Billy Ray Cyrus

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Disney TV show "Hannah Montana" and several feature film roles, including 2010's "The Spy Next Door" starring Jackie Chan.


Toby Keith

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Various TV movie roles, including 2008's "Beer For My Horses" with Willie Nelson.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.