This page is for Barbara...

Barbara LaRae is California born, Bakersfield raised.  Has always had a passion for music from Gospel, Country, and Buck Owens, to Bluegrass and Old- time.  She still has her first Mickey Mouse guitar from age 4.  With a piano and clarinet background, it gave her a great foundation for her enjoying playing in string bands since nursing school in college.  She plays guitar, banjo, mandolin  and string bass.  She inherited her passion for the string bass from her dad who was a string bass player.  Barbara is the bass player for Baloney Creek Band.