Valerie Gail Zakian Carter (February 5, 1953 – March 4, 2017) was an American singer. == Biography == Carter began her career singing in coffeehouses as a teenager, and eventually became one-third of the country-folk band Howdy Moon. They debuted at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1974. Their one album is notable for the Carter-penned song "Cook with Honey," which had already been a hit for Judy Collins; and for the introduction of Carter to Lowell George, who produced... [more on Wikipedia]