MUSI 1580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sara Carter, Maybelle Carter, Carter Family
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The carter family have become known as country music"s first family and are responsible for several songs such as wildwood. Flower" and keep on the sunny side" becoming country standards. The original three members of the carter family were a. p. Alvin pleasant delaney carter, 15 december 1891, maces springs, Scott county, virginia, usa, d. 7 november 1960, maces springs, July 1898, flat woods, coeburn, wise county, virginia, usa, d. 8. January 1979, lodi, california, usa) and sara"s cousin, mother. Maybelle carter (b. maybelle addington, 10 may 1909, copper creek, Nickelsville, scott county, virginia, usa, d. 23 october 1978, A. p, also known as doc", carter began to play the fiddle as a boy and learned many old-time songs from his mother. His father had been a fiddler but gave it up through religious beliefs when he married. As a young man, a. p. sang in a quartet with two uncles and his eldest sister in the local church.
