The Carter Family

  • Alvin Pleasant Carter
    born in 1891 in Mace Springs, Virginia, the group's leader

  • Sarah Dougherty
    born in 1898 in Flat Woods, Virginia, Carter's wife

  • Maybelle Addington
    born in Copper Creek, Virginia, Carter's sister-in-law

- A.P. Carter was not only a singer and sometime fiddler, he collected the traditional songs of his area (Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky), songs of the 18th and 19th century, a cultural culmination based on church music and Scots-Irish folk music. However, there are influences from early Blues, Ragtime, Gospel.

The pure and authentic style of the songs recorded by The Carter Family has become the roots for many other folk singers and bands.

Buddies in the Saddle ~ Mountains of Tennesseee ~ My Dixie Darling ~  Single Girl ~ Wabash Cannon Ball ~ Wildwood Flower ~

cd2 Tip The Best of The Carter Family (Performance 38126 - 49 tracks on 2 CDs)