Matraca Berg
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Matraca Berg
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February 3, 1964 Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Country, pop |
| Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | RCA Nashville, Rising Tide, Eagle |
| Associated acts | Deana Carter, Trisha Yearwood, Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters |
| Website | Matraca Berg Official Site |
Matraca Maria Berg (/məˈtreɪsə/; born February 3, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Nashville, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left Undone," both at No. 36. Besides most of her own material, Berg has written hits for T.G. Sheppard, Karen Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Deana Carter, Patty Loveless and others. In 2008 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Matraca Berg's mother, Icie Calloway, moved from Harlan County, Kentucky, to Nashville in the 1960s to seek her fortune as a singer and songwriter shortly before Matraca was born. Matraca's Aunt Sudie Calloway was a successful Music Row backup singer. Aunts Coleida Calloway and Clara Howard were backup vocalists on Kentucky’s Renfro Valley Barn Dance. Uncle Jim Baker was a steel guitar player who also spent some time running Mel Tillis's song publishing companies. When Matraca was 2 years old, her mother married Nuclear physicist Ron Berg, who legally adopted Matraca.
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