Laura Weber White

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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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. Laura Weber White was born in Sandwich, Illinois in 1971 while her parents were living in Plano, Illinois, at the time. The family moved when she was 6 and she grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. She started to play music at the age of nine. She received from her father a restored fiddle which became her special instrument. To have the fiddle restored, her dad traded carpentry work for the restoration. She started to win fiddling contests in the western United States at age 12. Her teacher was fiddler and rhythm guitarist Joey McKenzie. She won a number of State and Regional titles. By 17 she won the National Junior Fiddle Champion title at Weiser, Idaho. In 1989 she enrolled in Oregon State University, but in 1990, she departed college at age 18 to take a job playing and singing with Patty Loveless in Nashville. She had been in Nashville before for Grand Master's Fiddle Contests. In addition to fiddling, she sings, plays the guitar and mandolin. In 1991 White played bluegrass in Sakaide, Kagawa. Back in Nashville, she toured with Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, James House, Harley Allen and Chalee Tennison. She played fiddle with Roy Acuff on his show. She played the Grand Ole Opry with Ray Price, and has recorded with many artists including: 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.

White has two children with her ex-husband John Carter Cash. She lives in Nashville with her husband, Jeff White, a bluegrass guitarist and singer. They were married on March 12, 2017, in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Albums Solo Albums

Year Album Note 2003 Among My Souvenirs 2010 Awake But Dreaming

Group Album

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

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 ForgottenJohnny Cash Lead Vocals Song:The Far Side Banks Of Jordan(Live at The Carter Family Fold) 2004 Last Of Their KindJanette Carter – Joe Carter Vocals, Fiddle 2005 Her Life In MusicJune Carter Cash Vocals, Fiddle 2005 Down In CarolineCurly Seckler Vocals, Fiddle 2006 Bluegrass, Don’t You Know Curly Seckler Vocals Purple Heart 2007 Everybody's BrotherBilly Joe Shaver Vocals – Grammy-nominated 2008 Pale Imperfect DiamondCedar Hill Refugees Vocals 2011 Fast CompanyBob Flores Vocals 2013 Pickin' Like A Girl The Daughters Of Bluegrass Vocals, Fiddle 2016 Full CircleLoretta Lynn Vocals, Guitar 2016 Right Beside YouJeff 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 2001 Hank Williams The Original Various Artists Fiddle 2002 American IV: The Man Comes AroundJohnny Cash Fiddle, production assistant 2003 UnearthedJohnny 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 KindJanette Carter – Joe Carter Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals 2004 Her Life In MusicJune Carter Cash Guitar, Backing Vocals 2004 The Unbroken Circle (The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family) Various Artists Fiddle – 3 Grammy nominations. 2005 The LegendJohnny Cash Fiddle 2006 American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash Fiddle 2006 Voice Of The Spirit Various artists Fiddle 2006 June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Fiddle 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. 2008 HeritageThe Youngers Fiddle. 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 StreamThe Carter Family, Carter Family III, Cash Family and other Artists Fiddle, Backing Vocals 2016 White Christmas BlueLoretta Lynn Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle 2018 Wouldn't It Be Great Loretta Lynn Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle 2021 Still Woman Enough Loretta Lynn Acoustic Guitar 2021 Michael Carpenter And The Banks Brothers – Introducing… Michael Carpenter Acoustic Guitar, 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 1985 Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest Laura Weber Fiddle 2nd Place Junior Division 1986 Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest Laura Weber Fiddle 1st Place Junior Division 1987 Oregon Old Time Fiddlers State Contest Laura Weber Fiddle 1st Place Junior Division and 1st Place Twin Fiddles 1988 National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Junior Champion Laura Weber Fiddle 1st Place Junior Champion and 1st Place Twin Fiddles 1989 National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Junior Champion Laura Weber 1st Place Twin Fiddles 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 December 4, 1994 Curly Seckler Birthday Party at Ford Theater Various Artists Fiddle, Vocals 1996–1997 Pam Tillis All of This Love tour Pam Tillis Fiddle, Vocals 1999 June Carter Press On tour June Carter-Cash Fiddle, Vocals 1999 The Carter Family Fold Festival June Carter-Cash and The Living Circle Band Fiddle, Vocals Nov 10, 2003 A Nashville Tribute to Johnny Cash Ryman Auditorium and TV Laura & Larry Gatlin Fiddle, Vocals 2008 American Roots Music Festival in Turner, Oregon Laura in Carter Family III Fiddle, Vocals April 4, 2009 Grand Ole Opry Laura Weber Fiddle 2009 National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest 1st Place Adult Division Laura Fiddle, (Later has become a contest judge). February. 11, 2010 Music from the Mountain, legacy of Mother Maybelle Carter concert Lipscomb UniversityVarious Artists Fiddle April 18, 2010 45th Annual Academy of Country Music AwardsVarious Artists Fiddle 2011 Johnny Cash Music Festival in Dyess, Arkansas Cash House Benefit (Live and DVD)Cash Family, Kris Kristofferson, and Various Artists Fiddle May 25, 2013 Gathering in the Gap Music Festival Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park Carter Family III Fiddle Oct. 26, 2014 Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony Various Artists Fiddle 2014 Stoney Pointe Jamboree Various Artists Fiddle, Vocals 2015 Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Fiddle Demonstration: Laura Cash Fiddle 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 2020 Mac Wiseman farewell Laura Weber White and other Artists Fiddle, Vocals