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August 09, 2005
Extreme Career Changes: From Corporate to Country
Laura Cantrell, a Nasvhille native, once had an 8-to-5 job like the rest of us. (Where did they get 9-to-5 from? Not in my lifetime.) She once served as vice president of equity research at Bank of America.
And now? She's a full-blown country music artist with a new record (her third) out on Matador, Humming by the Flowered Vine. (And this time she won't have to use up all of her vacation and sick days to go on tour.)
Jia Lynn Yang, in Fortune magazine (July 25, 2005), asked her if she missed anything about her former corporate life. Her reply: "I got the chance to walk into my boss's office and say, 'I'm going on tour with Elvis Costello' and see the reaction on her face."
And, in another "extreme" twist, Laura left Nashville and moved to New York City to become a country music star. (I thought it was supposed to be the other way around!)
Posted by Shawn Lea at August 9, 2005 10:03 AM
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