Biography: Razzy Bailey, Reba McEntire, Rebe & Rabe, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Rebecca Riots, Red Allen, Red Belcher, Red Brown, Red Clay Ramblers, Red Cravens,

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Razzy Bailey Biography, Photos, Pictures

A singer whose vocal style fused country with blue-eyed soul, Alabama-born Rasie Michael “Razzy” Bailey cut his first recordings in 1949 at the age of ten By 15, he led a string band, sponsored by the local chapter of the Future Farmers of America, which came in second in a talent contest held at Auburn University

Reba McEntire Biography, Photos, Pictures

Reba McEntire was the most successful female recording artist in country music in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she scored 22 number one hits and released five gold albums, six platinum albums, two double-platinum albums, four triple-platinum albums, a quadruple-platinum album, and a quintuple-platinum album, for certified album sales of 33

The name was catchy, even if it sounds like someone talking with a mouthful of bubblegum Rebe & Rabe was the team of Revin “Rebe” Gosdin and Auburn JC “Rabe” Perkins, players not even Alabama county lines could keep apart

Rebecca Lynn Howard Biography, Photos, Pictures

Crossover country-pop singer Rebecca Lynn Howard grew up in Salyersville, KY, and moved to Nashville in 1997, where she began a career as a songwriter Her compositions were recorded by singers like Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Lila McCann, and John Michael Montgomery

Rebecca Riots Biography, Photos, Pictures

Named after an mid-19th century uprising against the British government in South Wales, the Rebecca Riots is an acoustic folk trio from Berkeley, CA Andrea Prichett and Eve Decker met at a summer camp where they were both working in 1993

With a high lonesome sound heavily influenced by Bill and Charlie Monroe, Red Allen quietly took his place as one of the most talented and underrated bluegrass artists of the post-World War II era

With a stage name like a Communist sympathizer who suffers from indigestion, this Kentucky performer recorded several historic early bluegrass tracks featuring fiddler Tex Logan in the late ’40s, by which time the banjo-licking Belcher had already been active on the Appalachian music scene for more than two decades

Mention the banjo and Red Brown and it will be assumed the color of the finish on the instrument’s neck is being described There was also a banjo picker named Red Brown, real name Joe Barnes and stage billing “Red Brown the Banjo Maniac,” when he could get away with it

Red Clay Ramblers Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most authentic of the string-band revival groups, the Red Clay Ramblers performed traditional Appalachian folk music and contemporary compositions, and mixed genres with such talent and authority that for years they were considered among the best of the modern revivalists of string-band music

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers consisted of Red Cravens (guitar, tenor vocals), Nate Bray (mandolin, lead vocals), Hayley Bray (banjo, baritone), and Francis Bray (bass)

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