With a luscious mane ofbrunette hair flowing down to her toes, a rich voice that dazzles and charms,one of eight siblings born to a Paintsville, Kentucky family, Brenda Gail Webbis uniquely her own person. Thanksto her older sister, a country western talent by the name of Loretta Lynn,Brenda got a new identity when she too wanted to take to the stage and perform. Big sis renamed her Crystal Gayle, amoniker that would serve her well in her illustrious career.
Loretta Lynn knew that heryounger sibling had to find her own path if she was going to succeed. There was already one “Coal Miner’sDaughter” in the family. Lorettacame up with Crystal’s name when she saw a Krystal hamburger restaurant on theside of the road and it was a prophetic choice.
Coming from a musical family,where her mom, one of a twin, sang at socials and church events, Crystal states“I grew up in a house full of music. As the baby of the family, I thought I was a mistake, being five yearsyounger than my youngest sibling but momma exclaimed I wasn’t a mistakebut an accident.” Contrary to the way her mother wasportrayed in the movie about her oldest sibling Loretta, “Coal Miner’sDaughter,” she says her mom wasn’t dark or down, rather “she wore the reddestlipstick the better.”
With her debut hit, “I’veCried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes,” a gift from the pen of her sisterLoretta, Crystal Gayle has crossed over all the musical lines, singing gospel,country western, folk songs, rock ‘n roll and Broadway show tunes. Claiming shegrew up singing everything, she soon looked for her own style which she calls“MOR, middle of the road” which now has become main stream, so she was clearlyahead of her time. While she hasnever recorded an album with big sister, “When we’re together we laugh a lot.”
The first female artist incountry western music history to earn platinum record album sales with “We MustBelieve in Magic,” she has sung from the Grand Ole Opry to Las Vegas toCarnegie Hall to the London Palladium, and now she is coming here for twoconcerts only, on Saturday, June 23 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to Bridgeport’sDowntown Cabaret.
Come hear her glorious voicebelt out such gems as “Wrong Road Again,” “I’ll Get Over You,” “If You EverChange Your Mind, “It’s Like We Never Said Goodbye,” “Talking in Your Sleep,”“Cry” and her signature song “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.” When she’s on tour, her fans startcalling for it by the time she is into the second song of her set.
As for her trademark longhair, she calls it “easy to take care of, just wash and let dry. It grows quickly, maybe due to myAmerican Indian blood of Cherokee. My children told me I can’t cut it or Iwouldn’t be Crystal Gayle.” Her son, a recent graduate of Belmont Universitywith a degree in music business, is an engineer who writes and works in herstudio. They are collaboratingright now on several albums, but he has already given her a wonderful gift inher first grandchild, a boy who sings with her when they play together.
For tickets ($47 and 67),call the Downtown Cabaret, 263 Golden Hill Street, Bridgeport at 203-576-1636or online at www.downtowncabaret.org. Performances are 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. andremember to bring goodies to eat and drink at your table. The cabaret iswheelchair accessible and guarded parking is available nearby for a nominalfee.
The Grand Ole Opry welcomedCrystal Gayle on Friday, June 15 and Connecticut gets to embrace her musicalgreatness on Saturday, June 23. Bethere to celebrate this cool, classy lady who could sing before she could walk!
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