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Honky tonk girl: listen to the uplifting harmonies and foot-stomping beats of Karen Collins' music, and you'll know that not all cowgirls get the blues.(People)
COLLINS, A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTOR at Blair High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, sings and plays fiddle for two country music bands that perform in the Washington, D.C., area.
Collins grew up a reluctant listener of her parents' country music. "I always played some kind of instrument as a kid, but I never liked country music back then," she confesses. "I guess it must have sunk in!"
The southwest Virginia native discovered the thrill of singing and fiddle playing 10 years ago when she and five fellow musicians formed Squeeze Bayou, an award-winning Cajun music band influenced by the traditional two-step …
