TRACEY K. HOUSTON - Biography

Tracey K. Houston is a Nashville-based country music artist (expanding into Austin, TX) with four albums and numerous hit singles under her belt, working on her fifth. A former long-haul truck driver, she's about as country and down-to-earth as you can get.

Born and raised in Western Canada, Tracey K. grew up a fan of country music legends such as Lefty Frizzell, Faron Young, George Jones, Jean Shepard, Hank Williams and Merle Haggard, but her favorite has always been Loretta Lynn.

In 1987 Tracey K. made her stage debut during the Calgary Stampede. She remained in Western Canada for the next eight years performing with many country bands. In 1991 she recorded a self-titled mini-album and in 1993 her first single He's Not For Real was released to radio on ATI Records, doing very well in Canada and Europe. Then in 1995, Tracey K. moved to Nashville to further pursue her country music career. In 1997 her first full-length album Falling For You scored a Number One single of the title track on the independent charts in the U.S. later that year, remaining in the Top 20 for eight weeks. CMT Europe and GAC also picked up the video for this single. During that year, Tracey K. was honored to perform at a benefit concert in White House, TN for a Robertson County Police Officer who lost his life in the line of duty.

In 1998 the New York State Country Music Association nominated Tracey K. Houston as Female Vocalist of the Year. In 1999 Tracey K. taped a performance at the Honky Tonk Heroes Showcase at the Club LaFiesta for the United Nations peace-keeping forces in Bosnia y Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and all around the Baltic nations.

Tracey K. released her second album I'm Not the Same Girl (on her Indie label Songbird Productions) in 2000. All seven singles from the album, Count Me Out, Deja Blue, Hot Steamy Night in Dixie, I'm Not The Same Girl, Lonesome, The Girl In Oklahoma, and The Middle of the Bed, received chart action worldwide. Her 2003 single, You Did Everything Right, received worldwide chart action, and her 2004 single, I Heard the Bluebirds Sing (duet with Grand Ole Opry Star, Jim Ed Brown), remained on the Canadian charts for 4 months, while riding high on the European charts. She has won industry awards including Canadian Recording Artist of the Year (2000) and Album of the Year (2001) from The Lonestar State Country Music Association (Best of Texas Music Awards) in Beaumont, Texas. Tracey K. taped a PBS one-hour concert TV Special in 2001 entitled Tracey K's Café which was aired nationally. In June of that year, she made another TV appearance on Nashville Video Showcase.

Tracey K. Houston has toured extensively throughout Western Canada and the United States, and in the Fall of 2004 she toured Europe for the first time. She has appeared at Fan Fair in Nashville consistently since 1997 to meet and chat with old and new fans alike. She has opened for the likes of David Frizzell, Razzy Bailey, Jo-el Sonnier and Crystal Gayle to mention a few, but a highlight for her was opening for none other than the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells (& Johnny Wright). She has performed on the Ernest Tubb Record Shop Midnight Jamboree live radio show. Her dream has always been to appear on the Grand Ole Opry.

This year Tracey K. is continuing to tour with her country and rockabilly show, plus several other shows, including “Hey Loretta and The King” (a double-bill Loretta Lynn and Elvis tribute show with Tommy Browder); “Hey Loretta, Hello Darlin’” (a Conway & Loretta tribute with Dave Parsons) and "Hey Loretta, The Girl From Butcher Holler", a tribute in song and story, which she wrote, choreographed, and produced - dedicated to the "Coal Miner's Daughter", Ms. Loretta Lynn. Tracey K. also has recorded a tribute CD, entitled Salute to Loretta Lynn. There were two singles released from that album, Dear Uncle Sam and Our Hearts Are Holding Hands, the latter being a duet with Troy Cook Jr., which went to Number One on the European CMA charts in January 2008.

She recently recorded her latest album, "Just The Way I Am", with the title cut as the first single released September 2008. The single went to Number 12 on the European charts and was added to the Americana Music Chart in Nashville two months later. She is currently working on a rockabilly album project.

Despite the many awards and accolades Tracey K. Houston has achieved, she is still the same fun and personable, charismatic and hard-working lady she has always been. She credits the early country music pioneers with changing her life and helping her become the artist she has become, but Tracey K. Houston has an inner strength and tenacity that has carried her through it all.

Whenever, or wherever, you can see her perform, you will be delighted by Tracey K’s warmth, wit and personality, and of course, her good, traditional country music. If you'd like to see the show come to your area, please contact us.