MOONSHINE KATE
(1909–1994)
MOONSHINE KATE (b. Rosa Lee Carson, Atlanta, Ga., 1909–1994) BANJO and GUITAR player Rosa Lee Moonshine Kate Carson is best known as the accompanist for her father, FIDDLIN' JOHN CARSON . Serving as a foil to her father on a number of classic country-comedy recordings, Kate established the character of the sassy, wisecracking mountain woman who could hold her own against her lazy, heavy-drinking father, thus setting the stage for the next generation of female country comics. Kate also made some…