Cindy Cashdollar (born May 25, 1956) is an American musician specializing in steel guitar and dobro. She grew up in Woodstock, New York, where she perfected her skills by playing with bluegrass musician John Herald, blues musician Paul Butterfield, and Levon Helm and Rick Danko of The Band. After residing in Austin, Texas, for 23 years, she has now returned to her native Woodstock, New York.
Cashdollar received five Grammy Awards while playing for eight years with Asleep at the Wheel, and has also backed performers such as Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, Redd Volkaert, Carla Olson and Ryan Adams as a member of his band The Cardinals. In August 2019, Cashdollar recorded dobro and lap steel on "Save Your Love For Me" the new Grayson Hugh record (River Soul Records 2025). In 2003, the Academy of Western Artists recognized Cashdollar as Instrumentalist of the Year Award in the Western Swing Music genre. She was inducted into The Austin Chronicle Hall of Fame in 2011–12.
She authored a series of instructional videos on her instruments and released her first solo album, Slide Show, in 2004.
During the fall of 2004 she was a member of Ryan Adams's band The Cardinals, playing the steel guitar live on stage. She also went into the studio with this band and played on the album Cold Roses, although she did not tour the album with Adams & The Cardinals, and was replaced in 2005 by Jon Graboff.
From 2005 to 2008, Cashdollar played with Elana James, Redd Volkaert (and, sometimes, Nate Rowe), as The High Flyers, appearing on A Prairie Home Companion twice, as well as playing Austin area venues.
In 2006, she toured with Van Morrison promoting his country and western album, Pay the Devil. She appeared with him at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, on September 15, 2006 (subsequently released on Van Morrison's Live at Austin City Limits Festival limited edition recording), and on the television show Austin City Limits featuring Van Morrison, broadcast in November 2006. Cashdollar plays steel guitar on two of the tracks on Morrison's March 2008 studio album, Keep It Simple. She is a member of Dave Alvin's 2009 project, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women.
Discography Date Title Artist Label2020Waltz For AbileneCindy CashdollarSilver Shot Records2003Slide ShowCindy CashdollarSilver Shot Records2009Bootleg Series 8Bob DylanSony BMG1997Time Out of MindBob DylanColumbia2008Miss UnderstoodCarolyn WonderlandBismeaux Productions2009Dave Alvin and the Guilty WomenDave Alvin and the Guilty WomenYep Roc Records2008Peace, Love & BBQMarcia BallAlligator Records2008LoadedThe WaybacksCompass Records2008Keep It SimpleVan MorrissonLost Highway2008DulcineaTremolocoCasa Julia Records2009That Old Mercer MagicJaLaLaDare Records2005Cold RosesRyan Adams and The CardinalsLost Highway2001The Very Best of Asleep at the WheelAsleep at the WheelRelentless / Nashville1999Ride with BobAsleep at the WheelDreamWorks1997Back to the Future Now (Live)Asleep at the WheelLucky Dog1997Merry Texas Christmas Y'allAsleep at the WheelHigh Street Records1995The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' Asleep at the WheelCapitol1994Still Swingin' Asleep at the WheelLiberty1993Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas PlayboysAsleep at the WheelLiberty2009Shadow on the GroundJames HandRounder Records2009Texas SheiksGeoff Muldaur and the Texas SheiksTradition & Moderne2004Gitane CajunBeauSoleilVanguard2006Hammer of the Honky-Tonk GodsBill KirchenProper2006Disciples of the TruthBurrito DeluxeLuna Chica Records1998Down at the Sky-Vue Drive InDon WalserWatermelon Records1996Texas TophandDon WalserWatermelon Records1994Rolling Stone from TexasDon WalserWatermelon Records2000Fast TexasSteve JamesBurnside2000Boom ChangSteve JamesBurnside1996Art and GritSteve JamesBurnside2011Future BluesJohnny NicholasBona Dea Music / The People's Label2005Livin' With the BluesJohnny NicholasTopcat Records2009Western BlingStephanie DavisRecluse Records1998Pearls in the Snow: A Tribute to the Songs of Kinky FriedmanKinky Friedman Tribute ArtistsKinkajou1999SwinglandOmar & the HowlersBlack Top Records1999Dance Hall DreamsRosie FloresRounder Records2011The Bordertown BootleggersThe Bordertown BootleggersTonepoet2002South of LafayetteArtie TraumRoaring Stream Records1993Letters from JoubeeArtie TraumNarada1986CayenneArtie TraumRounder Records1999The Cajun AllstarsChez Les CajunsNarada2008Beautiful WorldEliza GilkysonRed House1991Struck by LightningGraham ParkerRCA Records1997Crazy MoonHans TheessinkBlue Groove1994Whistling in the WindLeon RedbonePrivate Music1992Up a Lazy RiverLeon RedbonePrivate Music1991SugarLeon RedbonePrivate Music1988No RegretsLeon RedbonePrivate Music1987Christmas IslandLeon RedbonePrivate Music1996BicycleLivingston TaylorPony Canyon1991Our Turn to DanceLivingston TaylorPony Canyon1997SwingThe Manhattan TransferAtlantic Records2012Oliver RajamaniOliver RajamaniRajamani Productions1994Tree on a HillPeter Rowan and the Rowan BrothersSugar Hill1996Buffalo ZenRex FosterAgarita2013Old-Fashioned GalThe Carper FamilyTrade Root Music2005A Heart Wide OpenTish HinojosaValley Entertainment2010Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut TaylorVarious dobro playersE1 Entertainment2003Elf Original SoundtrackNew Line Records1998The Horse Whisperer Original SoundtrackMCA2012This is 40 Original SoundtrackCapitol
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2014 Ameripolitan Music Awards The Mooney Award Cindy Cashdollar 2016 Americana Music Honors & Awards Instrumentalist of the Year Cindy Cashdollar
References
External links Official Cindy Cashdollar website