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The Carter Sisters, (also known as the second version of The Carter Family) were an American band Each playing an instrument with June being a pioneer as a front-man or "person" consisting of Maybelle Carter and her daughters June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, and Anita Carter.
In addition to recordings with the Carter Sisters, which featured her autoharp playing, Maybelle Carter often featured the instrument in her solo work. On her earliest solo album, she offered an old fiddle tune, "Liberty," for the session.
The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound influence on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.
Maybelle crafted the so-called “Carter lick” on the guitar and watched it become one of the genre’s best-known picking styles. In A. P., the Carters had one of the greatest song collectors and arrangers in country music history, and they produced an amazing number of hits during their major recording career, from 1927 to 1941.
Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters’ repertoire included Carter Family favorites, but also expanded into popular sounds of the day. Maybelle’s iconic f-hole L-5 Gibson guitar (purchased in 1928 for $275) was but one of the group’s lead instruments.
18 de nov. de 2021 · The Carter Family: A History of the First Family of Country Music. Bobby Moore Updated: November 18, 2021. Courtesy of the Carter Family Museum and PBS. Country music would sound way different,...
10 de oct. de 2019 · Her mastery of the guitar as a woman in a genre predominated by male artists makes her a true pioneer. The technique she popularized via the American radio airwaves inspired just about every country music player who ever picked up a guitar.
