MESSINA, JO DEE

MESSINA, JO DEE (b. Holliston, Mass., August 25, 1970) A Massachusetts-bred cutie who has become a major country star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Messina began her career at age thirteen at the local Holiday Inn, belting out Stand by Your Man. As an older teen she formed her own country band, which gained some popularity around New England. At age twenty she abandoned hopes of attending law school and relocated to Nashville to try to make it as a singer. She became a regular at a local…