![]() ![]() You never knew what he was thinking."Ī.P. According to his daughter Janette Carter, "Daddy always had more than one idea in his head. ![]() By all accounts A.P., the eldest child, was a strange and complicated boy. ![]() ![]() He lived in small one room log cabin with his parents and seven other siblings. The area called Poor Valley is known today as Hiltons, Va. P." or called "Doc" by his family) Carter was born Decemin Maces Springs (Scott County), Virginia. Carter dubbed “morally good,” would suffer the heartbreak and loss that many American families would endure in later generations.Īlvin Pleasant Delaney ("A. It’s ironic that “The First Family of Country Music,” a group that eschewed family values and whose concerts A.P. Their stories include the antics of Elvis Presley with Anita Carter and Maybelle sewing buttons on Elvis’ shirt how Hank Williams in a drunken rage pulls his revolver, points the barrel in June Carter’s face and pulls the trigger how Cowboy Slim Rinehart lost Maybelle’s guitar in a poker game and the most important story of all, the one that would shatter the family forever: the story of love and betrayal. When the Carters sang, they evoked images of the old country church, Mama and Daddy, the family fireside, and “the green fields of Virginia far away.” See the complete list of their recorded songs at the end of this biography.Īccording to Bill Malone: “The Carter Family represented the impulse toward home and stability, a theme as perennially attractive as that of the rambler. Carter will go down in Country history as one of America’s greatest song catchers. The songs the Carters introduced, arranged or composed continue to be popular today including, “Can The Circle Be Unbroken,” “John Hardy,” “Wildwood Flower,” “Worried Man Blues,” and their theme song, “Keep on The Sunnyside.” A.P. Maybelle’s “Carter lick” (sometimes called “Carter Scratch”) guitar style has influenced generations of guitarists worldwide and her 1972 tribute album “Circle Be Unbroken” officially by the The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, was a collaboration with many famous bluegrass and Country performers, including Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, and Merle Travis. From Chet Atkins playing guitar for Maybelle’s band in the late 40s to Johnny Cash marrying June Carter at the height of his fame, the occurrences are too numerous to mention in this short biography. The number of Country musicians that the Carter’s lives touched and influenced is immense. Then Maybelle Carter, who has been called the "Queen Mother of Country Music," continued the family tradition with her three daughters, Anita, Helen, and June. They operated out of their homes in the Clinch Mountain area of Virginia until 1938, when they moved to Texas for three years, and then to Charlotte, North Carolina where the original Carter Family did their last radio show together in 1942. or Doc) Carter (1893-1960), who occasionally played fiddle and sang bass. The Original Family consisted of Mother Maybelle Addington Carter (1909-1979), who played guitar and sang harmony Sara Dougherty Carter (1898-1979), who played autoharp, and sang alto lead and Sara’s husband, Alvin Pleasant (A.P. Sure there were other important artists and popular recordings done since 1922 but The Original Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers are, without a doubt, two of the most important performers in Country Music history.ĭuring the next 14 years “The First Family Of Country Music” recorded 292 old-time ballads, traditional tunes, Country songs, and gospel hymns, all representative of America's heritage. The Carter Family first recorded with Ralph Peer for Victor on August 1, 1927, several days before Jimmie Rodgers cut his first sides in a makeshift studio in Bristol, Tennessee. Country music historian Charles Wolfe calls the August, 1927 Bristol Sessions the “big bang” of country music the week two of the most influential early country stars were born. ![]()
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