HARGROVE, LINDA

HARGROVE, LINDA (b. L. Ann H., Tallahassee, Fla., February 3, 1949) Hargrove was a country SINGER/SONGWRITER/guitarist of the mid-1970s who was considerably ahead of her time; by the time country caught up with her melding of rock, blues, and country styles, she had become born again and retired from music making. During her Florida childhood Hargrove was unaware of country music; instead, pop and rock were her first loves, and by her teenage years she was playing GUITAR and writing her own…