What has become of the “redneck” woman? It seems that GRETCHEN WILSON has fallen off the face of the Earth. Our spies did spot GRETCHEN out with friends at the Stage on Broadway last week but besides these random nights out where has she been hiding? You never hear much about her anymore, you don’t hear her much on the radio….and well there are some local musicians who have more tour dates than she does this summer! So what’s the deal? There’s been talk around town that no one wants to work with GRETCHEN anymore and that she’s a bit too DIVA for a lot of people! Although this is just talk, this spy does think there is some truth behind these stories. We know that musicians sometimes get in a “slump” but will she pull out of it? Or was she just riding high on the tailwind success of BIG AND RICH and now that they have fizzled so will she? I must give MS. GRETCHEN some credit she did just release a new video for a song called “Work Hard, Play Harder”, which is the theme song for TNT’s drama Saving Grace! I know it’s something but if I were an artist and went from selling millions of albums to singing for a TV series I may take a look at my career! I think that the problem is this- SAME OLD…SAME OLD!! GRETCHEN has just gotten boring-it’s just the same old thing. You can see it in this new video there’s nothing new! Her brand is wore out and has been replaced with some “GLAM”…we all know the country stars who’ve stepped it up a notch! OH YEAH, I almost forgot, I do need to mention that GRETCHEN is going to be in next months issue of Redbook…an odd magazine to feature a rough-around-the edges GRETCHEN! I could see FAITH HILL in Redbook before I could see GRETCHEN…but maybe they are doing a feature story on women who tear up rose gardens with four wheelers or something! Until GRETCHEN proves me otherwise I’m given her the DENIED button!