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Mindy Rakestraw
Bluegrass / Acoustic / Country

"Member of The Gary Waldrep Band, guitar and vocals"

DALLAS, Georgia
United States

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Last Login:  9/3/2008
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Member Since7/11/2006
Band Websitethegarywaldrepband.com
Band MembersGHS ArtistsGary Waldrep, vocals, banjo, Mindy Rakestraw, vocals, guitar, Stan Wilemon, vocals, mandolin, Jane Baxter, vocals, bass
InfluencesHeart (Ann Wilson), Bluegrass Cardinals, Johnson Mountain Boys, Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jesse and Liberace (of course).
Sounds LikeUS
Record LabelHammerclaw
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
Kahoka Bluegrass Festival Kahoka, Missouri
Aug 16 2008 8:00P
Kahoka Bluegrass Festival Kahoka, Missouri
Sep 5 2008 8:00P
Festival on the Farm Kilpatrick, Alabama
Sep 6 2008 8:00P
Festival on the Farm Kilpatrick, Alabama
Sep 19 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Arcadia, Maryland
Sep 20 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Arcadia, Maryland
Sep 25 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Buena Vista, Virginia
Sep 27 2008 8:00P
Foggy Hollow Bluegrass Festival Wellington, Alabama
Oct 10 2008 8:00P
Legends of Bluegrass Columbia, Mississippi
Oct 24 2008 8:00P
Spring Creek Bluegrass Festival Belleville, Texas
Oct 25 2008 8:00P
Spring Creek Bluegrass Festival Belleville, Texas
Nov 1 2008 8:00P
Withlachoochie Bluegrass Festival Dunnellon, Florida
Nov 2 2008 8:00P
Withlachoochie Bluegrass Festival Dunnellon, Florida
Nov 6 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Vidalia, Louisiana
Nov 7 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Vidalia, Louisiana
Nov 8 2008 8:00P
Arts Council loxley, Alabama
Nov 14 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Hannibal, Missouri
Nov 15 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Hannibal, Missouri
Nov 21 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Morton, Mississippi
Nov 22 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Morton, Louisiana
Nov 28 2008 8:00P
Sertoma Bluegrass Festival Brooksville, Florida
Nov 29 2008 8:00P
Sertoma Bluegrass Festival Brooksville, Florida
Dec 5 2008 8:00P
Christmas in Dixie Troy, Alabama
Dec 6 2008 8:00P
Christmas in Dixie Troy, Alabama
Dec 12 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Waldo, Florida
Dec 13 2008 8:00P
Bluegrass Festival Waldo, Florida
Jan 19 2009 8:00P
Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival Jekyll Island, Georgia

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   About Mindy Rakestraw
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> Mindy started in music in elementary school band playing the trumpet and eventually switching to Euphonium and Tuba in high school and college at Jacksonville State Univ in Alabama. Guitar came in her teens playing folk and rock music. Mindy was introduced to bluegrass by her parents who were longtime bluegrass fans. She started an all female band Foxchase with two fellow students in college, playing Georgia festivals in the late 70s. She joined Cherokee Rose an all female band with Frances Mundy, Connie Morris and Tyra Somers. CR eventually relocated to Winston-Salem, N.C. The band continued for a stint with other personnel ( Louisa Branscomb. Sally Wingate, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines) along with Mindy and Tyra. After a couple of years Mindy returned to Atlanta area joiningIndian Summer band. She also recorded and played upright Bass with Red and Murphy Henry for a couple of years and electric Bass with a jazz band Public Relations. Mindy along with Frances Mooney formed Fontanna Sunset 1998. Mindy fills in on bass with local Atlanta band Ramblin Grass and has been performing and recorded with The Daughters of Bluegrass winners of IBMA Recorded Event of the Year 2006 "Back To The Well". She was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Honor in 2001. January 2006 Mindy joined The Gary Waldrep Band on vocals and playing Guitar.

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Tori Bigelow





Sep 2 2008 1:32 AM

Hi Mindy! Great music! I live here in Marietta! I hope you like my songs....


Tori Bigelow
*F♥xy Lady*





Aug 27 2008 3:55 PM

We're going to try our best to.
As far as I know we'll be there! Miss you guys! Tell all the boys and Donna I said "HELLO!! and Much Love!!"
Cheri Howerton Hornsby





Aug 5 2008 11:13 AM

It is going pretty darn good! Are you gonna be at Billy Boys and Cindy's or do you have a gig?
Jane Baxter





Jul 25 2008 3:58 PM

GEEEEESH MINDY!!!
Annette Kelley





Jul 21 2008 4:13 PM

Thanks for the add! Hope to be seeing you soon.
Roiella Beard





Jul 18 2008 3:57 PM

Yall were awesome Saturday. Scott and I are really enjoying the CD.
See ya soon!
Golden Country





Jul 14 2008 5:47 PM

Thanks for the add.
You sure pick and sing some great Bluegrass
Jordan Young


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Jul 2 2008 3:35 PM

hello Mindy...i really liked your show at Music In The Mountains...I got the cd If Teardrops Were Pennies and i love it haha...just wanted to stop by and say thanks for the add...see you down the road
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