PETER GROSZ: That sounds, like, way worse than anything that Loretta Lynn. SAGAL: You're like, there we were, up in the hollow, nothing but NPR. SAGAL: This is hilarious 'cause I really wanted to hear one of those great, like, you know, Loretta Lynn stories of deprivation. I was forced to listen to NPR against my will. We lived in Appalachia - nothing to do, no TV, no telephone. JUDD: Listen, I've been performing my whole life. SAGAL: The artist formerly known as The Judds. JUDD: The artist formerly known as The Judds, yeah. SAGAL: So your first big musical act was The Judds, you and your mom, right? SAGAL: Now, you're - and you just correct me when I'm wrong but don't hit me. JUDD: The higher the hair, the closer to heaven. It was - how long did that take to get your hair that. When you Google - I don't know if you know this - but if you Google you, you get these great pictures from the '80s. I loved the song "Route 66" and the music that I listened to growing up was big band and I just love Flagstaff, Ariz., don't forget Winona, which is the story of my life. Why did you change your name at the age of. Elvis was 18 when he signed with the same label, so I had her call me Shelvis (ph). JUDD: Yes, I - quick story - I changed my name to Wynonna when I was 12, and I'd also told my mother at 18 because I made her famous at - when I was 18. SAGAL: You, like, walked into a room and, like, this is my room. Were you always like that when you were a young woman? You walked onto the stage like the queen of England looking upon her subjects. SAGAL: Sadly, our radio audience can't see you, but you are a remarkable presence. We don't know if being with us is going further on that journey or backwards to where she came, but we're delighted to welcome Wynonna to WAIT WAIT. We do - as she likes to say, she went from an outhouse to the White House. She grew up dirt poor, she's tangled with the law and she's married to a guy named Cactus. So Wynonna doesn't just sing country music, she lived it. And now the game where we ask silly questions of serious people.
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