They say that hindsight is twenty twenty. Experience teaches us a bit later in life that, at least in our twenty something years it is at best; cloudy.
For country music artist and true-blue Ford fan Sydney Lett, her early days were clearly defined by two things. Ford and her passion for country music.
“Ford and music have been the one constant in my life throughout my childhood into my adult years” says Lett, “I can relate every memory growing up to a vehicle with a blue oval.
“My family had a whole stable of Fords that I spent my childhood riding around in. My grandpa, rest his soul who we lost in 2022, was so serious about his love for Ford that he refused to let anyone park a Chevy in his driveway. Even if it was a rental!”
“My mama had a newer Ford Escort when I was young that we ended up driving all the way from Iowa to New Jersey to see family, where I put my feet in the ocean for the first time.
During my childhood, my grandpa had a ’77 Thunderbird with bright blue interior, a’ 94 Ranger and an old van that became my pretend tour bus when I had first discovered my music dream as a kid.
(I can still see) “My grandma, who used to pick me up from school in her bright red ‘98 Mustang GT convertible, and I remember her squealing the tires pulling out of my elementary school and feeling like the coolest kid there” says Sydney with a hint of foreshadowing.
Like many however, Lett’s “Wilder dreams” would have to wait a little longer through her high school years while driving her “little blue Ford Escape” while road tripping it to” play gigs as a teenager with my mom.”
Enter Audrey, Syd’s “C code” 289-powered 1966 Mustang wearing a custom Wimbledon white hue with a bold silver smoke stripe up & over and sporting Torque Thrust D wheels and sticky rubber all around that this country girl isn’t afraid to put through its paces.
“The first car I bought on my own was my 1966 Mustang coupe that I named Audrey. She has truly given me wings in more ways than one.
I haven’t really opened her up lately” concedes Lett, speaking as only a true gear head would, “but there are some long backroads that I have had my eyes on” she says with a raised brow and accompanying grin.
“Picked up my car to nowhere and I left just in time,
there was something I was missing, and I had to make it mine,
they say you can’t tame a Mustang and I was as wild as they come,
I ain’t sittin’ down, I ain’t growin’ up,
I was born to run! -Wilder dreams, Sydney Lett
“Our Ford vehicles feel like members of the family. Ford not only gives you a top-of-the-line beautiful vehicle in any generation, but it also gives you a blank canvas along with that to write your own stories and make your own memories. And in my opinion, that’s what makes it so special."
In true blue (oval) all American girl fashion, she coyly mentions that her dream signature red Platinum dually would sure look pretty pulling a pony trailer in support of her recent and similar passion, Lett’s 501C non-profit horse rescue, Rustic Sage Farms.
Never far from her heart is a new Mustang GTD however! “I think I’d be dangerous in one of those” she adds with a knowing wink.
Finding her voice:
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso.
“My love for country music started as far back as I can remember, twirling around my childhood home in Des Moines, Iowa” says Lett who started singing and playing guitar at age 10 to the iconic songs of Dolly Parton.
“I knew the stage was the place for me. I’ve had so many incredible opportunities from writing songs with some of my favorite artists in Nashville, playing at NASCAR tracks, sharing a stage with Blake Shelton; I’ve truly been living my dream.”
“My new single Simple Little Life just dropped this past week, and it has been so amazing to see people relating to it and loving it.”
I just want a simple life,
Not one I have to grow into,
Firefly nights…
Might NOT seem like much to YOU,
I GOT Nothing against money, fame…
Pretty things that shine,
But I just want a simple little life — Simple life, Sydney Lett
“I was sitting out on the front porch one morning watching my horses graze and was reminded at how beautiful and simple my life recently has been.
“Danny Rader, 2016 Academy of Country Music’s “Specialty Musician of the Year” award winner, and I ended up finishing writing this song and he brought it to life on the production side!
We are so proud of it! We are still working on finishing my debut album and I’m so proud of the way it’s coming to life. Our goal is to release it this year.”
“I think often of all the musicians and writers I’ve been able to collaborate with have played such a big part in making my music what it is. I’ve spent the last couple of years really trying to find myself as an artist and as a person.
“I’ve been doing my best to make sure these songs and stories are exactly what I want to say. (I can’t) forget the many afternoons cruising in my ’66 Mustang (Audrey) as she has been a huge source of inspiration. I think she feeds the songs to my soul somehow.
I am so grateful for so many people who have helped me not only find myself but find my way. Starting with my NASCAR family who I started with singing the national anthem at Iowa speedway.
Jeff Hammond, a huge part of my team who has been a great friend and mentor for years not only helping me with our rescue animals many times, but he has also helped me grow my career within the racing world while helping me become a better businesswoman in learning how to grow my career the way that I want to.
TJ Jordi who helped us with the logistics of starting our rescue, entertainers Blake Shelton, Diamond Rio, Terri Clark, Jerrod Niemann, Rodney Atkins, Gretchen Wilson, Jon Pardi, Joe Nichols, Lonestar, Sammy Kershaw, Ricochet, Leann Rimes, the iconic Cash family and so many more.”
This Iowa girls heart will always be in the heartland with a “big Ford truck, two blue eyes and a cloud of dust.”
Today, now more than ever, she’s a ray of sunshine strumming through the pastures of her North Carolina home. A voice as smooth as a glass of sweet iced tea at the end of a warm summer’s day, with a heart taller and deeper than the cornfields of her sun kissed Iowa roots.
Close your eyes and allow Sydney Lett’s words and music carry you along on your own journey. To the simple things we’ve all but forgotten in our rush to move forward. To family and friends, and memories kept in old shoeboxes.
Her perspective echoes deeply every woman’s inner diary. From heartbreaks to new heartbeats, Lett plucks gently on the strings of her lipstick red guitar leaving nothing but soft footprints across the fields of our lives and the distinct confident scent of a woman who has found her way in the world, without ever losing sight of home.
And always...
Iowa Born. Country Strong and Ford Tough.
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