Like her older sister, Susie McEntire-Eaton has a lifelong love for music — and before becoming a backup singer for Reba McEntire in the early 80s, she even tried her hand at singing classes in university. However, as she recounted in an interview with Jesus Calling, the teachers attempted to get her out of her comfort zone, genre-wise … and that just wasn’t going to happen. “Finally, the music teacher just said, ‘This is not working for you. You’re too country.’ And I said, ‘Well, coming from Southeastern Oklahoma, what did you expect?'” she laughed.
Luckily for McEntire-Eaton, she had a sister in the biz to help her get back into music after graduating, and for a while, they worked together. However, as noted on her website, she found herself in her perfect niche in 1984, when she decided to go solo and focus on country gospel.
Since then, McEntire-Eaton has racked up several awards in the gospel country space. She’s also used her success to pivot into other ventures. Today, she’s one of the hosts of RFD TV’s “Cowboy Church,” a program centered on religion and Western traditions. Safe to say, it’s a match made in heaven for the proud Oklahoman.
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