Louisa Branscomb
Louisa Branscomb is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and psychologist from Decatur, Georgia, best known for writing the bluegrass standard “Steel Rails.” She founded and performed with bands including Bluegrass Liberation, Boot Hill, Cherokee Rose, and Born G____, playing guitar, banjo, and mandolin. Branscomb also contributed liner notes for Follow Me Back to the Fold, helped organize the Women’s Stories, Women’s Songs workshop, and is recognized as both a pioneering female bandleader and an influential songwriter.
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- No. 1 September 1994
- No. 6 Winter 1996
- No. 8 Summer 1996
- No. 14 Winter 1998
- No. 23 Spring/Summer 2000
- No. 25 Winter 2001
- No. 28 January 2002
- No. 29 May 2002
Wrote
- Spotlight on...Louisa Branscomb (No. 1)