Miranda Lambert Reigns In Cowboys & Indians Magazine

DALLAS, TX, March 04, 2011 (Press-News.org) After you've launched your first headlining tour, earned major Grammy and Country Music Association awards, and topped the charts with your third No. 1 album, what can you do for an encore? If you're Miranda Lambert, the uncontested Queen of Outlaw Country who's gone platinum three times, the answer is simple: You grace the cover of Cowboys & Indians, The Premier Magazine of the West.

Lambert talks about everything from her earliest gigs in rough-and-tumble Texas honky-tonks to her upcoming marriage to country music artist Blake Shelton in the April issue of Cowboys & Indians, available on newsstands everywhere March 2.

"I think I have a really strong female fan base," Lambert tells C&I writer Joe Leydon, "because I sing about empowerment of women. Not in an against-men kind of way, but just about being strong in who you are as a woman.

"And I think that's good because my mom taught me confidence growing up. You know: 'Be confident — you can do anything you want to do.' And not every girl's mom tells her that. And so I try to have that message, for young girls especially. ... I just love singing about that. Because that's how I feel — I'm a very confident person."

Also in the April issue of C&I: John Schneider, the multitalented actor who charmed millions as a hero of The Dukes of Hazzard, discusses his latest project, Doonby, an independently produced feature film about an amnesiac drifter who seeks clues to his identity in a small Texas town. Schneider plays the title role in the mystery-thriller and describes his character as "a good guy with an edge" who learns the hard way about "the mixed results of good intentions."

But wait, there's more: Golf writer Dan Gleason takes readers on a tour of the best and most scenic courses in the West, cowboy poet Red Steagall chats with master spur- and bit-maker Jerry Cates, C&I contributor David Hofstede profiles reality TV cowboys Cord McCoy and Denny Chapman, champion bareback rider Clint Cannon talks about being famous all over Europe because of a popular documentary, and photographer Wade Livingston showcases the finest Western spring fashions in the heart of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.

Published eight times per year, Cowboys & Indians is an international magazine of the highest quality covering the past, present, and future of the American West. Printed copies are available at fine newsstands everywhere, and an electronic edition is available through Zinio.com. For further information, contact Cowboys & Indians at 214-750-8222.

Published eight times per year, Cowboys & Indians is an international magazine of the highest quality covering the past, present, and future of the American West. For further information, please contact us at 214-750-8222 or visit http://www.cowboysindians.com