Laura Weber White | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Laura Weber |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Sandwich, Illinois, U.S |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Country, folk, bluegrass, gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | House of Cash |
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Laura Weber White, also known as Laura White, Laura Weber, Laura Cash, and Laura Weber Cash is an American country fiddler, singer, songwriter, and guitar player. White has worked as a session musician on many albums and toured with several artists, including the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. She has released two solo albums: Among My Souvenirs in 2003 and Awake But Dreaming in 2010. Both were recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio.[1] White became known as a fine stage fiddler after winning both state and National Fiddler contests in Oregon and Idaho. She is an artist on 16 Cash family albums from 2003 to 2014.[2][3][4]
In 1999, White joined the Press On tour with Carter Cash and Johnny Cash, where she met their son, John Carter Cash, whom she wed in 2000.[5] They later divorced in 2013. She played on June Carter Cash's 2003 album, Wildwood Flower, which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk album. White also contributed fiddle to Johnny Cash's American III and American IV albums.[6][7]
From 2012 to 2016, White was a member of the Carter Family III music group. The Carter Family III released their first album, Past & Present, in 2010. The Carter Family III was made up of Laura Cash, John Cash and Dale Jett. Dale Jett is the grandson of A.P. Carter and Sara Carter. John Carter is the grandson of Maybelle Carter.[8][9][10]
White played for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in 2010. She played in the documentary, The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music, the story of the musical generations of the Carter and Cash families.[11][2]
- ^ www.FileSwift.com, built on fileSwift, a product of By The Way Labs, LLC. "Cash Cabin Enterprises". Cash Cabin Enterprises.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "10 Questions for Laura Weber Cash". Mandolin Cafe.
- ^ The story of the Oregon Old-time Fiddlers Association
- ^ Colorado Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Laura Weber Cash
- ^ "Timeline". June Carter Cash Official Site.
- ^ "multiscreensite.com, Laura Weber White" (PDF).
- ^ "2010 Awake But Dreaming".
- ^ "Past & Present". Johncartercash.bandcamp.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Music legends step onto Lipscomb stage in February to honor Mother Maybelle Carter". Lipscomb University. 22 January 2010.
- ^ AOL, The Boot, Awake But Dreaming
- ^ "The Winding Stream". March 15, 2014 – via IMDb.