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  • The Carter Family & Johnny Cash medley

    From the Sept. 30, 1970, episode of "The Johnny Cash Show," the Carter Family (with Mother Maybelle

  • That Old Time Religion: Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be

    There is nothing subtle about a couple of guys in white linen suits urgently beckoning in front of a

  • Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Anne Murray sing “Put Your Hand In The Hand”

    Johnny Cash, June Carter, Merle Haggard, Anne Murray, Carl Perkins, The Statler Brothers and the Car

  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken

    Carter picking," the dominant technique for decades. Along with Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family we

  • Keep On The Sunny Side

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    • Biography The Carter Family

    The Carter Family
    Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1915 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, southern gospel, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars. Such songs as "Wabash Cannonball," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "Wildwood Flower" and "Keep On the Sunny Side" became country standards. The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter, his wife Sara Dougherty Carter, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter. Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra (Eck) Carter, and was also Sara's first cousin. All three were born and raised in southwestern Virginia where they were immersed in the tight harmonies of mountain gospel music and shape note singing. Maybelle's distinctive and innovative guitar playing style became a hallmark of the group. Hi

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