Jennifer is Related to John Wayne

The trio that makes country music with a cowboy feel has a direct relation to one of the greatest cowboy icons of all time, as Jennifer is the granddaughter of John Wayne. “He passed before I was born,” Jennifer says of her grandfather, “I missed him by a couple years, but I get lots of stories. My grandma’s still alive, and I feel like I almost know more about him because I’ve asked so many questions since I didn’t get to meet him.”

Garth Brooks Made Sure They Had a Huge Audience

“We opened an arena show for him in Memphis,” Naomi remembers, “and normally for a show like that you play as people are coming in and sitting down. His tour manager came to our dressing room before we were supposed to go on, and said Garth wanted us to wait another 25 minutes for the stadium to fill up. NOBODY does that for their opener. Maybe some people do, but it’s rare. So we played to almost as many people as he did, just because he wanted us to get as much exposure as we could.”

Opening for Willie Nelson was a Career “High”

“The whole parking lot smelled like weed,” Hannah says with a laugh. “The first day we pulled up there in the Uber we were like, ‘Yeah, this is a Willie show.’”

Jennifer was a Tennis Pro

With a father who was a tennis pro, and an array of other family members who were also tennis pros, Jennifer jokes, “I kind of was born with a racket in my hand.” Music, however, won out, as she notes, “I played tennis up until college, and I played a couple pro tournaments, but I really love music, so I moved to Nashville. My dad was shaky about it at first, because I had a really good job with tennis, but it all worked out.”

An Album is On the Way

The trio is in the process of finishing up their debut album, which they hope to release this fall.

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