MANDRELL, BARBARA
(*1948)
MANDRELL, BARBARA (b. B. Ann M., Houston, Tex., December 25, 1948) Mandrell is a multitalented country queen of the mid-1970s and early 1980s whose glitzy act hides her real talents as an instrumentalist and vocalist. Mandrell, from a musical family, was born in Texas but raised in southern California. She began playing with the family band at a young age, and was adept on a number of instruments, particularly the difficult-to-master PEDAL STEEL GUITAR. When Mandrell was eleven, she was already…