![]() Wilson first began vocalizing in The Way Home, a church youth singing group, when she was in junior high school. ‘Crying, Crying’ is reflective of trying to maintain some sort of privacy, but also about the toll of that, in a way.” “For me, that song is reflective of how we live in a world where everyone is so busy and no one wants to have these real conversations about what’s going on in your life. “I’m a very private person, in a very public line of work,” Wilson noted. I wanted to write about when you get past it and can look back.” “Sometimes, when bad things are happening, and you’re going through a very difficult period of time, you never think you’ll be able to get through it or feel normal again. In a way, I’ve always tried to live my life with a sense of gratitude, and I think that’s why I wanted to write that song. Having gone through the last year, health-wise, being able to sing that song now has an even deeper kind of meaning. “ ‘Grateful’ was actually the first song I wrote with Kara and Jason. ![]() “Yes, and for different reasons,” she replied. She co-wrote “Grateful” with Kara DioGuardi (Pink, Kelly Clarkson) and Jason Reeves (Colbie Caillat, Hilary Duff).ĭo these two songs represent the opposite ends of an emotional arc for Wilson? Wilson co-wrote “Crying” with Darrell Brown (whose credits include Faith Hill and Keith Urban) and (no relation) Dan Wilson (Adele, the Dixie Chicks). The album concludes 13 songs later with “Grateful,” on which Wilson sings: Now forgiveness is effortless / There’s nothing more to get off my chest / And I’m grateful. A melodically and rhythmically perky country-rock number that should appeal to Linda Ronstadt fans, it includes the lines: They only see me when I’m / Smilin’, smilin’ / They love the girl who’s good for a laugh / But what they see is only a mask / And nobody asks if the other half of me is / Dyin’, dyin’. ![]() Wilson chronicles her concurrent cancer and Broadway comedy experience on “Crying, Crying,” the second song on her new album. At the time, she was co-starring opposite Larry David in his hit Broadway comedy “Fish in the Park.” After taking just one month off, she resumed her stage role while still recovering. Last April, she disclosed that she had undergone a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m not.”īut there is no doubting that Wilson, 59, has an unusually strong work ethic. So it can appear that you’re being a workaholic at certain times. “In what we do, there are concentrated periods of work, and then good periods of time off. “There are periods where you’re busier than others,” said Wilson, who lives in Los Angeles with Tom Hanks, her husband of 28 years. Or that she just released her second album, the self-titled “Rita Wilson,” or that she’ll kick off a national concert tour Tuesday, March 29, at the Belly Up to promote the album. Never mind that she also co-stars in “Brother in Laws,” an upcoming movie comedy with Bill Pullman and various “Saturday Night Live” cast members. Never mind that she has a recurring role in the hit TV series “Girls,” in which she plays the mother of Marnie Michaels (played by Allison Williams), or that she periodically guest stars as a high-powered attorney on “The Good Wife.” (She remained in the Big Apple to attend this week’s premiere of the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,” on which Wilson is a producer.) Never mind that Wilson was speaking by phone last week from New York, where she had recently concluded a two-week residency with her band at the swank Café Carlyle. Tickets: $25 general admission $44 reserved $125 meet-and-greet package must be 21 or older to attend
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