MANDRELL, LOUISE
(*1954)
MANDRELL, LOUISE (b. Corpus Christi, Tex., July 13, 1954) FIDDLE- and bass-playing sister of pop chanteuse BARBARA MANDRELL , Louise enjoyed some spillover popularity in the early 1980s thanks to her exposure on her big sister's TV program. Originally the bass player of the Mandrell family band, The Do-Rites , Louise graduated to playing with Nashville crooner Stu Phillips in the early 1970s, then for a time was the girl singer in MERLE HAGGARD 's Strangers . In 1978 she signed with Epic as a…