Caitlin Cary
American musician
Caitlin Cary (born October 28, 1968) is an alternative country musician and visual artist from Seville, Ohio.
Early life
Caitlin Cary is the youngest of seven siblings (all older brothers). Her entire family was involved in music to some degree, with her parents' love for singing and her father's interest in building instruments. She began to play the violin at age five, but put it aside as a teenager. In addition to the violin, she also played her father's harpsichords, where she wrote some of her own songs.
Cary went to college at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She began working on a degree in English. During her college time, she picked up playing the violin again, and she formed a small 'jokey' band called Garden Weasels. After graduating from the College of Wooster, she enrolled in the graduate program in creative writing at North Carolina State.
Career
Whiskeytown
In 1993, musician Ryan Adams contacted Cary and asked her if she would play violin in a band that he was starting.
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