
The most influential group in country music history, the Carter Family switched the emphasis
from hillbilly instrumentals to vocals, made scores of their songs part of the
standard
country
music
canon,
and made
a style
of
guitar
playing,
"Carter
picking,"
the
dominant
technique
for
decades.
Along
with
Jimmie
Rodgers,
the
Carter
Family
Were
among
the
first
country
music
stars.
Comprised
of a
gaunt,
shy
gospel
quartet
member
named
Alvin P.
Carter
and two
reserved
country
girls --
his
wife,
Sara,
and
their
sister-in-law,
Maybelle
--
the
Carter
Family
sang a
pure,
simple
harmony
that
influenced
not only
the
numerous
other
family
groups
of the
'30s and
the
'40s,
but
folk,
bluegrass,
and rock
musicians
like
Woody
Guthrie,
Bill
Monroe,
the
Kingston
Trio,
Doc
Watson,
Bob
Dylan,
and
Emmylou
Harris,
to
mention
just a
few.
It's
unlikely
that
bluegrass
music
would
have
existed
without
the
Carter
Family.
A.P.,
the
family
patriarch,
collected
British/Appalachian
folk
songs
and, in
arranging
these
for
recording,
enhanced
the pure
beauty
of these
"facts-of-life
tunes"
and at
the same
time
saved
them for
future
generations.
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1960
All Time
Favorites
Acme
1960 In
Memory of A.P.
Carter Acme1962 Together
Again RCA
Victor
1963
Anita Carter
Sings Folk Songs
Old and New
Mercury
1963
The Carter
Family [Decca]
Decca
1964
Keep on the
Sunny Side [CBS]
CBS
1965
More Favorites
by the Carter
Family Decca
1967
The Country
Album CBS1973
Mother Maybelle
Carter
Columbia
1976
Country's First
Family
Columbia
1990
Wildwood FloWer
[Polygram]
Mercury2000
Family Album
Longhorn
2003
Sunshine in the
Shadows
Recall
Pickin' and Singin'
Together
The Carter
Family [ACM]
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