Carter Family Great Original Recordings By The Carter Family – 1963- Folk, World, & Country (vinyl)

Carter Family Great Original Recordings By The Carter Family – 1963- Folk, World, & Country (vinyl)

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TheCarter Familyis a traditionalAmerican folk musicgroup that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact onbluegrass,country,Southern Gospel,popandrock musiciansas well as on theU.S. folk revivalof the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars. Their recordings of songs such as “Wabash Cannonball”, “Can the Circle Be Unbroken”, “Wildwood Flower”, “Keep On the Sunny Side” and “I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes” made these songs country standards. The latter’s tune was used forRoy Acuff’s “The Great Speckled Bird”,Hank Thompson’s “The Wild Side of Life” andKitty Wells’ “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”, making the song a hit all over again in other incarnations.[1]

The original group consisted ofA.P. Carter, his wifeSara Carter, and his sister-in-lawMaybelle Carter. Maybelle was married to A.P.’s brotherEzra Carter(Eck), and was also Sara’s first cousin. All three were born and raised in southwesternVirginia, where they were immersed in the tight harmonies of mountaingospel musicandshape notesinging.

Throughout the group’s career, Sara Carter sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar or autoharp; Maybelle sang harmony and played lead guitar; on some songs A.P. did not perform at all but at times sang harmony and background vocals and, once in a while, lead vocal. Maybelle’s distinctive guitar playing style became a hallmark of the group and herCarter Scratch(a method for playing both lead and rhythm on the guitar) has become one of the most copied styles of guitar playing. The group (in all its incarnations, see below, recorded for a number of companies including Victor, RCA, ARC group, Columbia, Okeh and various imprint labels[3],[Zwonitzer, M. & Hirshberg, C. (2002). Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music. Simon & Schuster, NY.] [The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle: Living Tradition. The Journal of the Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music.], [Sunny Side Sentinel: Official Publication for the Carter Family, Discography Issue (1980).]

Label:Harmony HL 7300Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry:CanadaReleased:1963Genre:Folk, World, & CountryStyle:Country