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Worst Pre-Fame Jobs: No. 25

If you think today's country stars haven't paid their dues, you haven't met these performers. The Boot counts down 25 musicians who gave their blood, sweat and tears -- and the occasional body part -- to some pretty bad jobs on their way to the top.

Faith Hill: T-Shirt Seller

Hill -- then Faith Perry -- spent four months in Nashville before landing her first gig: a one-week stint selling T-shirts at Reba McEntire's booth at the 1987 Fan Fair. Hill's buddy Martina McBride paid her dues the same way. She was the lady behind the T-shirt table at Garth Brooks concerts in the early '90s.

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Phil Collins

Country Music took a nose dive about ten years ago and todays stuff sounds like soft rock or rockabilly gone bad. Is there hope - only if it goes back to it's roots and forgets about the Hollywood side of town.

March 12 2013 at 6:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joe

have not watched the cma awards in many years,thought i would watch last night.watched about 10 mins,got up put in my country reunion dvds
jean shepard,jan howard,jeannie seely,little jimmy dickens,moe bandy,johnny lee,mickey gilly.REAL COUNTRY MUSIC.

November 11 2010 at 1:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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donaldmoore50

Amen to that Joe

December 11 2012 at 1:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sarahseaver1

I did'nt even watch. i like to hear the real comment's then piece them all together into a menagerie.

March 08 2010 at 5:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aliensrocktoo

Dude,I Disposed of Nuclear Radioactive Waste!
Did it to support my wife.
When I found out the stuff was hot I quit!
Can't say the other jobs...they were even worse!
What we do for love:>
Darryl

May 12 2009 at 6:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jesus

I Love you Martina Mcbride. Will you marry me?

^_^

December 10 2008 at 2:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jesus

Yall should see the No 1 Worst prefame job. hehe.

December 10 2008 at 2:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VERYPROUDNAVYMOM

I see most country singers are poorly educated to have such horrible pure fame jobs. You can't take the ignorance out of country music. Blue Collar people!

November 13 2008 at 10:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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pckmstr15

this shows how ignorante you are. Go learn somethingabout music.

November 13 2008 at 4:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
basketpam

See stars like this have paid their dues. Like most of us in this world they have worked hard, started at the bottom and climbed the ladder. Or, at least many celebrities work hard a something, an acting or movie career at something in the industry, a sports figure, something, most people have worked at something. But I've heard lately that the celebrity world, especially Hollywood has had it with Paris Hilton for just this reason. She's never worked at anything like Faith Hill has and has never "paid her dues". Everyone asks, what has she ever done to be famous for? Nothing, it's just a famous last name she was born with. So instead of taking that advantage and using it to accomplish something good in this world, she's wasted it, along with alot or money and brains. She doesn't even know how to dress well. In the last months when they show her among the stars on the red carpet and other places she dressed like bozo the clown picked her outfit. She's hideous looking and that's being kind. A woman like Faith puts poor Paris to shame so badly that Paris should just go crawl in a hole somewhere and resurface in about 20 years when MAYBE she will have grown up. That big speech after they let her out of jail about how she was going to devote her life to doing good works was a joke. Everyone gave her time and now it's been long enough and she has done NOTHING. I doubt she's even picked up a piece of trash on the sidewalk and thrown it away. Hollywood has said, this is it, we're done with her. Maybe she should follow Faith Hill around for several weeks and see what a real woman does in life.

November 23 2008 at 1:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VERYPROUDNAVYMOM

Faith Hill is not a Woman. He is a Transvestite.

November 13 2008 at 10:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Maxine

He does look mannish

November 22 2008 at 8:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kamm

I love love love the countdowns.
they are very interesting and when
the lyrics are written and explained
it is just so much easier to comprehend
what the artist is trying to get out.

November 05 2008 at 9:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
emily

uhm jerome ...thats the silliest thing ive ever heard in my life...if shes not country then what is she huh?

i mean look at her songs
mississippi girl
and wild one...if those arent country theres something wrong

August 06 2008 at 1:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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