ARTICLE: Barbara Mandrell - A Simple Faith
March 14th, 2007 | 
Articles | Source: CBN Music (60)
A Christmas Day baby, Barbara learned to read music before she could read words. She made her stage debut in church at age five playing “Gospel Boogie” on the accordion. She learned to play the steel guitar and saxophone within two weeks of each other and over the years added bass, banjo, mandolin and Dobro. When she was just 11, legendary country guitarist Joe Maphis booked “The Princess of Steel” on one of his Las Vegas shows. Within a few weeks she began to appear with other country music stars. When Barbara was 12, she was invited to go on tour with Johnny Cash, where she performed with other big names in country music like Patsy Cline, June Carter, and George Jones. […read more]
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