Another featured artist from the A Town South of Bakersfield compilation, Robertson got her music business education while working on the road with Bakersfield legend and songwriter Red Simpson. Singing with Simpson, the man responsible for thirty-some hits for Buck Owens, gave Robertson the knowledge she needed to make her own way. Supported by the friendship and advice of Bakersfield's queen, Bonnie Owens, Kathy Robertson carried on the Bakersfield tradition with gusto. Always playing with a full honky tonk band, Robertson worked not only with Simpson, Owens and many other Bakersfield notables, but wrote and sang with Rosie Flores, Chris Gaffney, Katy Moffatt, Paul Marshall and Mel Harker. The release of a cassette in the 1980s that included the Lawton Jiles' hit "Let the Teardrops Fall" eventually lead to her 1996 record At the Cantina. Following its release, Robertson hit the trail in earnest and played Nashville as well as some other spots around the Southwest and California between recording sessions and teaching. ~ Jana Pendragon, Rovi