Betty Fisher

Betty Fisher (born 1935) is a pioneering bluegrass bandleader, guitarist, and singer who, with encouragement from Bill Monroe, formed the Dixie Bluegrass Band in 1973, one of the earliest bands fronted by a woman. She recorded Born to Be Free (1973, K-Ark) and Leaving Town (1974), played Monroe's Bean Blossom festival, and stayed active into the 1980s and '90s with groups including David Deese & Dixie Bluegrass.

In the newsletter

• No. 17 Fall 1998
• No. 18 Winter 1999
• No. 19 Spring 1999
• No. 21 Fall 1999

Wrote

• Betty Fisher: The Leader of the Band: BETTY AND BUCK: THE EARLY YEARS (No. 18)
• Betty Fisher: The Leader of the Band: "I DID NOT MISS THE MUSIC AT ALL" (No. 18)
• Betty Fisher: The Leader of the Band: "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT BLUEGRASS WAS." (No. 18)
• BETTY FISHER: FROM BANDLEADER TO SIDE MUSICIAN (No. 19)

Elsewhere

• Discogs
• secondhandsongs.com
• Bandcamp