The Carter Family

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Years Active
1943 – 1996 (52 years)
Founded In
Virginia, United States
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington Carter (guitar; 1909-1978). Maybelle Carter (later popularly known as Mother Maybelle Carter) was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra (Eck) Carter. All three were born and raised in south… read more
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter… read more
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar… read more

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1 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (with Johnny Cash) Will the Circle Be Unbroken (with Johnny Cash)
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2 Play track In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain Wildwood Flower
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3 Play track Wildwood Flower Can the Circle Be Unbroken
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4 Play track In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain Keep on the Sunny Side
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5 Play track In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
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6 The Essential Carter Family The East Virginia Blues
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7 In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain Can't Feel At Home
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8 Play track In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain My Clinch Mountain Home
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9 In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain Lulu Walls
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10 Play track In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
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Albums

  1. 73,028 listeners

    2000 · 307 tracks

    In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
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  2. 37,291 listeners

    1935 · 20 tracks

    Can the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family
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  3. 20,262 listeners

    17 Oct 1990 · 25 tracks

    Wildwood Flower
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  4. 16,673 listeners

    1927 · 40 tracks

    The Essential Carter Family
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