Mooney, Frances

FRANCES MOONEY

  • From Northern Georgia
  • 1975, played bass in The Bluegrass Generation,” a Louisville, Kentucky band.
  • 1978, formed Cherokee Rose, an all-female bluegrass band.
  • 1981, formed Indian Summer, an award-winning band which toured China in 1990.
  • 1998, formed Fontanna Sunset with Louisa Branscomb, an award-winning songwriter.
  • 2009, won IBMA award for her work on the Daughters of Bluegrass project (Recorded Event of the Year).
  • 2010, Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset released “I Didn’t See It Coming” album on Blue Circle Records.
  • 2019, released Heartache Hanging Round album (RonDale Records).