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By the summer of 2001, Johnson's solo career had
begun to take flight as she teamed with McBride,
Reba McEntire, Sara Evans and Jamie O'Neal for "The
Girls' Night Out Tour." Joining the legendary Merle
Haggard for a series of shows later that year,
high-profile tours continued into 2002 with
superstars Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. In 2003,
Johnson embarked on her first co-headlining tour
(with Keith Urban) while continuing work on Dress
Rehearsal.
Johnson's first CD, Room with a View, was the
highest debuting album by a new artist in Arista
Nashville history since the inception of SoundScan.
It included the Top 10 singles "I Don't Want You to
Go" and "Complicated," as well as the emotional
title song, which dealt with the death of one of
Johnson's brothers.
Courage is one of this Canadian's most immediately
noticeable traits. Having endured family tragedy and
some of the reverses that can happen in the tenuous
life of a songwriter, she has always appeared
unfazed. An admiring record company executive claims
Johnson fears nothing.
She thinks about that.
"I remember my manager asking at the beginning,
after I got my record deal, 'Is there anything
you're afraid of?'" she says. "I said, 'I
don't think so, not really.' Then I thought, 'I'm
afraid of disappointing my parents, of doing
something in this career to make them not proud and
change our relationship.' My parents are very sweet,
good people."
She then thinks of another fear - and puts her
finger on what makes her work both commercial and
deeply personal.
"I'm afraid," she adds, "of not
being honest following in the journey of my music."
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