Layla Tucker Blazes Her Own Musical Trail

Layla Tucker's musical roots run deep. The daughter of one of
Country Music's leading ladies, Tanya Tucker, and songwriter
Jerry Laseter, this 20-year old firebrand, is creating her own
musical path.


You might think Layla would form her career by singing her
mother’s songs. It’s not that she doesn’t love the songs her mom
produces and sings, rather she has her own style and wants the
world to see her individual creativity.
Growing Up With Music's Royalty

Layla grew up and has been around Country Music royalty her
entire life, yet you wouldn’t know it. She knows most everyone
that works in Puckett’s Grocery, especially the real cowboys who
frequent the venue. After all, this is her backyard.


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I sat down with Layla on the stage at the historic Puckett's
Grocery in Leiper's Fork, TN, to record an episode of Southern
Americana podcast discuss her plans to forge her path on the
Country and Americana stages. Musical influences that range
from Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard to Kacy Musgraves,
find there way into Tucker's songwriting and vocals. Her
latest song, Misery Loves Company, contains lyrics that define
Layla's cocky yet down-to-earth personality that shines through
in her vocals.


"Just because we have different views on the way things ought to
be, I can't seem to win for losing with you. So I'm just gonna be
me, cuz misery loves company."


A few hours after we recorded this episode, Layla was still
there, waiting her turn to perform on Thursday nights open mic
night. Her performance is only short of spectacular.


Layla's musical trajectory will take her far; not because of her
family's musical heritage, but because she's so freakin'
talented.