Quitman's Angela White performs in Alabama

By Staff
HOMETOWN SINGER – Angela White of Quitman recently performed at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham, Ala., on the outskirts of Birmingham. White was one of several artists signed by Tootsie's record label in Nashville who performed at the event as part of the Tootsie's Orchid Lounge Redneck Roundup. File Photo
By Penny Randall / staff writer
October 24, 2004
Angela White said she is making "baby steps" toward her dream career in country music.
White, who lives in Quitman, recently moved one step closer when she performed Oct. 7 before thousands at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham, Ala., on the outskirts of Birmingham.
White, one of several artists signed to Tootsie's record label in Nashville, performed at the event as part of the Tootsie's Orchid Lounge Redneck Roundup.
Other artists who entertained about 8,000 country music fans were the Cooter Brown Band, singer John Stone and singer Gretchen Wilson, known as the "Redneck Woman."
White even won a rave review from the online magazine www.AngryCountry.com.
Christine Bohorfoush wrote that "Tootsie's Orchid Lounge did not forget that women also make up a part of the country scene because next to step onto the … stage was Angela White."
White opened her performance with "Good Hearted Woman" and also performed "Help Me Make it Through the Night" and her own version of Hank Williams' classic "Your Cheatin' Heart."
Signed to Toostie's in 2002, White has since performed at several events in Nashville. Her compact disc, "Black and White," was released last year; she is working on her next CD, which she describes as "upbeat with a bit of bluegrass."
Back closer to home, when White has time she enjoys performing in Meridian Little Theatre productions. White has taken time off from her job as a interpreter for the deaf with the Quitman Public School District to pursue music full time.
She said the support of her family husband, Eddie, and children, Joshua, Luke and Emily keeps her going.