WHITES, THE

WHITES, THE (1966–present: Buck W. [mdln, gtr, pno, voc]; Sharon W. [gtr, voc]; and Cheryl W. [b, voc]) The Whites are a family band who have gone through many permutations in their nearly thirty-year existence, from BLUEGRASS group to mainstream country to GOSPEL. Father Buck, Oklahoma-born and Texas-raised, played both HONKY-TONK-styled piano and BLUEGRASS/WESTERN SWING on MANDOLIN, becoming something of a legend in the area; his claim to fame as a recording artist in the 1950s was that he…