Rebecca Frazier (''née'' Hoggan; born ) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
bluegrass music
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ian and educator from Virginia. A recognized
flatpicking
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guitarist, Frazier was the first woman to be featured on the cover of ''Flatpicking Guitar Magazine''.
A founding member of award-winning bluegrass group,
Hit and Run
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, formerly based in Colorado, Frazier currently tours out of
Nashville, Tennessee
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, and records under her own name. ''
When We Fall'' is Frazier's most recent studio album.
Flatpicking Guitar
In September 2006, ''Flatpicking Guitar Magazine'' released an all-woman issue featuring Frazier on the cover, making her the first woman to hold this honor.
In 2017, ''
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'' featured Frazier in their piece about influential women in bluegrass, titled ‘7 Women Smashing the Bluegrass Glass Ceiling.’
Frazier was the first woman to be nominated for 'Guitar Performer of the Year' by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) in 2018, and was nominated again in 2019. Frazier has cited
Tony Rice
David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020), known professionally as Tony Rice, was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and a ...
,
Doc Watson
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,
Clarence White
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,
Jerry Garcia
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, and
Russ Barenberg
Russ Barenberg (born October 8, 1950) is an American bluegrass musician.
Biography
Barenberg began playing guitar at age 13, taking lessons from Alan Miller, whose brother, John Miller, Barenberg would later play with. His style was heavily inf ...
as influential to her playing.
[http://rebeccafrazier.com/press/flatpicking_guitar_2006.pdf ]
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Guitarists from Virginia