Tonya Watts

It's a long way from Glencoe, Alabama, to Hollywood, but Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Tonya Watts has made the voyage, and has lived the life of a troubadour. Watts grew up on a mainstay of country music that included Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., David Allan Coe and Loretta Lynn, but it was Dolly Parton to whom she felt a kindred spirit. Her earliest musical memory goes back to when she was just five years old and would go around the house putting on performances of Parton's "Me and Little Andy", complete with hairbrush microphone. for her family. However, it wasn't until nearly 20 years later that her musical dreams would become a reality. Watts landed the role of Parton in Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997), and from there she realized she had a deeper connection with music than acting--in the years that followed she'd start turning heads, opening ears and touching the hearts of the audiences she played for. While Hollywood isn't what some would call a "tr