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The Whites
Member Since 1984
The Whites’ family harmony is the result of lots of practice—more than 30 years of singing together around the house and performing professionally on the road. Daddy Buck and daughters Cheryl, Sharon, and Rosie are all top-level singers and musicians individually.
Buck’s skills on the piano landed him early gigs with the Opry’s Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb and others. He married Pat Goza in 1951 and in 1962, they moved from Texas to Arkansas, where they began performing with another couple as the Down Home Folks. Their children performed as the Down Home Kids.
By the mid-’60s, the family was well known in bluegrass circles, and when the younger Whites decided they wanted to sing professionally, the family moved to Nashville in 1971. During their first years in Nashville, they performed as the Down Home Folks and recorded several bluegrass albums.
In 1973, mother Pat retired from the group, and in 1975, the Whites played a Washington, D.C. show with Emmylou Harris. That association led to Sharon and Cheryl’s providing background vocals on Harris’ 1978 Blue Kentucky Girl album.
Today, the Whites continue to be a regular act on the Grand Ole Opry.
Latest CD
Salt of the Earth