Cindy Cashdollar, Dobro and Steel Guitar
Slide/Steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar steps out on new release,
Waltz For Abilene
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Featuring guest artists including Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Marcia Ball, John Sebastian,
Rory Block, Amy Helm, and Ray Benson
Photo by Sergio Kurhajec
Tracks
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Foggy Mt. Rock
Foggy Mt. Rock
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That’s No Way For Me To Get Along
That’s No Way For Me To Get Along
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Sey Seychelles
Sey Seychelles
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Skylark
Skylark
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Peacock Alley
Peacock Alley
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How Many More Years
How Many More Years
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Salvation
Salvation
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In The Heart Of This Town
In The Heart Of This Town
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Ring Them Bells
Ring Them Bells
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Memphis Blues
Memphis Blues
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O Susanna
O Susanna
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This Train
This Train
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Waltz For Abilene
Waltz For Abilene
Dobro, lap steel and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar, five-time Grammy recipient, has a beautiful new self-produced release, Waltz for Abilene on her own Silver Shot Records label. She’s gathered together an all-star line up of musical guests on a collection of thirteen stellar instrumentals and vocals, from traditional songs to her own poignant Waltz for Abilene, inviting friends to play and sing on selected tracks, an approach that held up from her first release, Slide Show. From Americana and the blues to bayou and swing, the sublime beauty of Waltz for Abilene embodies the spirit of an artist whose musical touch transcends any genre.
Photo by Michael Bloom
Cindy Cashdollar grew up in Woodstock, New York. Cashdollar is an old local family name. Her great-uncle Albert Cashdollar was the Town Supervisor and the family ran Locust Grove Dairy. The whole musical community watched as Cindy’s talent swiftly grew on the Dobro and then lap steel as she played with everyone in town during the late 1970s and ‘80s, The demand for her musical touch led her to touring and performing regionally with local Woodstock luminaries Levon Helm, Rick Danko, bluegrass singer John Herald, blues legend Paul Butterfield, and folk heroes Happy & Artie Traum. However, in 1992 her restless musical quest took her to Nashville where she met and landed a job with America’s premiere Western Swing group Asleep At The Wheel, leading her to Austin. Expanding her instrumental prowess to the steel guitar, Cindy’s taste and style added to the band’s sound as she toured and recorded with them for nine years. During her time with the band she had the chance to collaborate with legends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and Lyle Lovett, among others, and won five Grammys. Upon leaving AATW to once again engage in a wider variety of music, the names of those who sought her out and hired her to add fire and sweetness to their music are lifted out of the record books: Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan (on his Grammy winning Time Out of Mind album), Van Morrison, Dave Alvin, John Sebastian, Rod Stewart, Albert Lee, Marcia Ball, Rory Block, Jorma Kaukonen, Leon Redbone, BeauSoleil, Peter Rowan, Sonny Landreth, Amy Helm …and on and on. She was the first woman to be inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2011. Cindy was inducted into The Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and was nominated as Instrumentalist of the Year by the Americana Music Association in 2016.
Biography By Brian Hollander