Laura Weber White was born in
Sandwich, Illinois, in 1971. Her mom and dad 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. White lives in Nashville with her husband,
Jeff White, a
bluegrass guitarist and singer. They were married on March 12, 2017, in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. == Discography ==