Why Reba Sent Her Hair All Over The Country In The 1990’s
During Reba’s heyday in the 1990’s she had big hair and it was kind of her trademark. Until she decided to cut it all off.
Reba shared, “I cut it just because I wanted to and it took me a long time to talk everybody into it. So I cut it in June. So, we had to go to Cancun, Mexico to do a photoshoot for the album coming out next and all the publicity photos. And we did teasers like me sitting on the beach with my short hair and just from the back.”
As Reba explained, she had to hide her short hair for a while, “I had to wear a baseball cap with a ponytail sewn in the back and then wear wigs and tail. That was from June on the photoshoot all the way up until the CMA’s. That’s when I came out with my hair cut off. But I’d had it cut off for six months.”
So what did she do with the locks of cut red hair? Naturally, she put it into baggies to send out. She said, “I kept all the hair and we would send it out, little package and stuff.”
What? Yeah, she put it into little baggies and mailed it all over the country. Reba explained, “I think it was radio stations who had contests, things like that, you know.”
She continued, “Anything odd that will get somebody’s attention. It’s just like the barking dog gets the biscuit, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Oh, it’s just that kind of a thing. So we did everything just trying to get some attention and so they’d play our records.”
On Friday (9/11), Reba is re-releasing her album Rumor Has It for its 30th Anniversary.
Reba posted to her Instagram yesterday (9/7), “A girl singer with a Sharpie and a mask can tackle anything! All the #RumorHasIt vinyl records have been autographed and are ready for shipping to everyone who pre-ordered!”
