Rebecca Frazier

thumb|right|Frazier performing in Chicago, 2018 Rebecca Frazier (née Hoggan; born 1975 or 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bluegrass musician and educator from Virginia. A recognized flatpicking guitarist, Frazier was the first woman to be featured on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. A founding member of award-winning bluegrass group, Hit and Run, formerly based in Colorado, Frazier currently tours out of Nashville, Tennessee, and records under her own name. Quotes If we’d like to be honest about gender in the music world, we need to address all parties. Women need to invest in themselves, hustle for gigs, network, and do the work of forming bands and cultivating their own talents if they would like to be taken seriously. The industry pretty much always rewards women who do these things. I’m not interested in any special handout just for being a woman. But on the other hand, if a woman is doing these things, yet she’s told ‘We already have enough women on the bill, so we’ll call you next year’—now that’s an issue. No one says to a male artist, ‘We already have enough men on the bill!’ As quoted by Devon Leger of Paste (magazine) Paste (February 9, 2017) Quotes about Rebecca Frazier The first woman to be featured on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, Frazier’s talent as a guitarist is much respected in bluegrass circles. Devon Leger of Paste (magazine) Paste (February 9, 2017) External links Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Multi-instrumentalists Category:Bluegrass musicians Category:Bluegrass singers Category:Women singers Category:Women songwriters Category:Women guitarists Category:People from Richmond Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:Living people Category:Women from the United States