Laura Weber White

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Laura Weber White
Background information
Birth name	Laura Weber
Born	1971 (age 49–50) Sandwich, Illinois, U.S
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Country, folk, bluegrass, gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Fiddle vocals guitar mandolin
Years active	1990–present
Associated acts	Patty Loveless, Carter Family III, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, The Earls of Leicester

Laura Weber White 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.

In 1999, White joined the Press On tour with June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash, where she met their son, John Carter Cash, whom she wed in 2000. (They 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.

From 2012 to 2016, White was a member of the Carter Family III music group with John Carter Cash, the grandson of Maybelle Carter,^[1][2] and Dale Jett, the grandson of A.P. Carter and Sara Carter. The trio released their first album, Past & Present, in 2010.

White played for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in 2010, and in the 2014 documentary, The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music. The 90-minute documentary recounts the history of the Carter and Cash families, together regarded as country music's dynasty.

Biography[]

Laura Weber White was born in Sandwich, Illinois, near her parents' home in Plano, Illinois, in 1971. When she was 6, the family moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where she grew up. She began playing music at 9, after her father gave her a fiddle he'd had restored by trading carpentry work. Under the tutelage of fiddler and rhythm guitarist Joey McKenzie, she began winning fiddling contests, including state and regional titles in the western United States, at age 12. At 17, she won the National Junior Fiddle Champion title at Weiser, Idaho. In 1989, she enrolled in Oregon State University, but dropped out in 1990 to take a job touring with Patty Loveless, and in 1991, White played bluegrass in the Japanese city of Sakaide, Kagawa. She has since toured with Pam Tillis, James House, Harley Allen and Chalee Tennison, performed with Roy Acuff, played the Grand Ole Opry with Ray Price, and recorded with Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joe Shaver, Larry Gatlin, Rodney Crowell, Earl Scruggs, Benny Martin, Larry Gatlin, Emmylou Harris and Marty Stuart, among others. In addition to fiddling, she plays guitar, mandolin, and sings.

White has two children, AnnaBelle and Jack, and lives in Nashville with her husband, Jeff White, a bluegrass guitarist and singer. They were married on March 12, 2017, in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9] [10]}

Discography[]

White's Discography:^[11]

Albums[]

Solo Albums

Year	Album	Note
2003	Among My Souvenirs	[12]
2010	Awake But Dreaming	[13]

Group Album

Year	Album	Artist	Note
2010	Past & Present	Carter Family III	Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle	[14]

Vocals

Year	Album	Artist	Note
1999	The "Big Tiger" Roars Again Part I	Benny Martin	Vocals, Fiddle
2003	Wildwood Flower	June Carter Cash	Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle – Grammy winning
2004	Gone But Not Forgotten	Johnny Cash	Lead Vocals Song: The Far Side Banks Of Jordan (Live at The Carter Family Fold)
2004	Last Of Their Kind	Janette Carter – Joe Carter	Vocals, Fiddle
2005	Her Life In Music	June Carter Cash	Vocals, Fiddle
2005	Down In Caroline	Curly Seckler	Vocals, Fiddle
2006	Bluegrass, Don’t You Know	Curly Seckler	Vocals Purple Heart[15]
2007	Everybody's Brother	Billy Joe Shaver	Vocals – Grammy-nominated
2008	Pale Imperfect Diamond	Cedar Hill Refugees	Vocals
2011	Fast Company'	Bob Flores	Vocals[16]
2013	Pickin' Like A Girl	The Daughters Of Bluegrass	Vocals, Fiddle
2016	Full Circle	Loretta Lynn	Vocals, Guitar
2016	Right Beside You	Jeff White	Vocals, Fiddle

Instruments

Year	Album	Artist	Note
2000	American III: Solitary Man	Johnny Cash	Fiddle
2001	Timeless	Various Artists	Fiddle
2001	Songs Of The Civil War	Various Artists	Fiddle Faded Coat of Blue[17]
2001	Hank Williams The Original	Various Artists	Fiddle
2002	American IV: The Man Comes Around	Johnny Cash	Fiddle
2003	Unearthed	Johnny Cash	Fiddle, Backing Vocals
2003	Das Tennessee-Projekt	Gunter Gabriel	Fiddle
2003	Wildwood Flower	June Carter Cash	Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar
2004	Joe and Janette Carter Last Of Their Kind	Janette Carter – Joe Carter	Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
2004	Her Life In Music	June Carter Cash	Guitar, Backing Vocals
2004	The Unbroken Circle	Various Artists	Fiddle – 3 Grammy nominations.[18][19]
2005	The Legend	Johnny Cash	Fiddle
2006	American V: A Hundred Highways	Johnny Cash	Fiddle
2006	Voice Of The Spirit	Various artists	Fiddle[20]
2006	Duets	Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	Fiddle[21]
2007	Everybody's Brother	Billy Joe Shaver	Fiddle
2007	Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash	Various artists	Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
2008	Honkytonk Mood	Devin Derrick	Fiddle.[22]
2008	Heritage	The Youngers	Fiddle.[23]
2010	Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn	Various artists	Fiddle
2010	American VI: Ain't No Grave	Johnny Cash	Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar,
2011	Hank Williams: Timeless Tribute	Various artists	Fiddle
2014	Out Among the Stars	Johnny Cash	Fiddle
2015	The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music. Winding Stream	The Carter Family, Carter Family III, Cash Family and other Artists	Fiddle, Backing Vocals
2016	White Christmas Blue	Loretta Lynn	Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle[24]
2018	Wouldn't It Be Great	Loretta Lynn	Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle
2018	Live at the Country Music Hall of Fame	The Earls of Leicester	Fiddle

Performances[]

• Selected: Tours, Performances and Events.

Year	Event	Artist	Note
1984	Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest	Laura Weber	Fiddle 1st Place Junior Division[25]
1985	Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest	Laura Weber	Fiddle 2st Place Junior Division[26]
1986	Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest	Laura Weber	Fiddle 1st Place Junior Division[27]
1987	Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest	Laura Weber	Fiddle 1st Place Junior Division and 1st Place Twin Fiddles[28]
1988	National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Junior Champion	Laura Weber	Fiddle 1st Place Junior Champion and 1st Place Twin Fiddles[29]
1989	National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Junior Champion	Laura Weber	1st Place Twin Fiddles[30]
1990	Patty Loveless On Down the Line tour	Patty Loveless	Fiddle, Guitar, Backing Vocals
1992–1993	Bluegrass in Japan	Laura Weber, Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Dave Peters, and Gena Britt	Fiddle, Vocals[31]
December 4, 1994	Curly Seckler Birthday Party at Ford Theater	Various Artists	Fiddle, Vocals[32]
1996–1997	Pam Tillis All of This Love tour	Pam Tillis	Fiddle, Vocals[33]
1999	June Carter Press On tour	June Carter-Cash	Fiddle, Vocals[34]
1999	The Carter Family Fold Festival	June Carter-Cash and The Living Circle Band	Fiddle, Vocals[35]
Nov 10, 2003	A Nashville Tribute to Johnny Cash Ryman Auditorium and TV	Laura & Larry Gatlin	Fiddle, Vocals[36]
2008	American Roots Music Festival in Turner, Oregon	Laura in Carter Family III	Fiddle, Vocals[37]
April 4, 2009	Grand Ole Opry	Laura Weber	Fiddle[38]
2009	National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest 1st Place Adult Division	Laura	Fiddle, (Later has become a contest judge).[39]
February. 11, 2010	Music from the Mountain, legacy of Mother Maybelle Carter concert Lipscomb University	Various Artists	Fiddle[40]
April 18, 2010	45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards	Various Artists	Fiddle[41]
2011	Johnny Cash Music Festival in Dyess, Arkansas Cash House Benefit (Live and DVD)	Cash Family, Kris Kristofferson, and Various Artists	Fiddle[42][43]
May 25, 2013	Gathering in the Gap Music Festival Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park	Carter Family III	Fiddle[44]
Oct. 26, 2014	Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony	Various Artists	Fiddle[45]
2014	Stoney Pointe Jamboree	Various Artists	Fiddle, Vocals[46]
2015	Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum	Fiddle Demonstration: Laura Cash	Fiddle[47]
2016	The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music. Winding Stream DVD	The Carter Family III, Cash Family and other Artists	Fiddle, Vocals[48]

See also[]

• List of country musicians

External links[]

Official website

• Facebook Laura Weber White
• Laura Weber White at IMDb
• Laura White Photo gallery
• Laura White Video gallery
• youtube.com Laura solo on The Carter Family III, Bury Me Beneath the Willow
• youtube.com, Laura and Larry Gatlin sing Diamonds In The Rough, Ryman Auditorium Nov. 10, 2003
• youtube.com, Laura Weber contestant at Grand Master Fiddle Championship held at Opryland Theme Park June 11,1989
• vimeo.com, Video Laura Cash on Mother Maybelle, Guitarist

References[]