Born to a family so steeped in country music she was named after a member of the
Carter family, Anita Cochran (birthdate February 6, 1967) joined her parents in
the family band by the time she was five. She learned to play multiple
instruments, but excelled at guitar, and picked up a wealth of gigging
experience before leaving her native Michigan for Nashville. She wrote the
majority of songs for her debut album, 1997’s Back to You. It went to 24 on the
country chart, and the third single, “What If I Said?”, a duet with Steve
Wariner, topped the country chart in America and Canad...