Carter Family, The - American Epic: The Best OF The Carter Family [LP]

Release Date: 6/16/2017

The Carter Family, a family vocal group from Appalachian Virginia, were the most impactful discovery of talent scout Ralph Peer and the first vocal group to become country music stars. Apart from the beautiful harmonies that can only come from kin, Mother Maybelle Carter pioneered scratch style guitar picking, a clever synthesis of autoharp, banjo and guitar picking, and for years served as a matriarchal figure in the Grand Ole Opry.

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Tracklist

1. Lonesome Valley
2. The Poor Orphan Child
3. Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
4. The Wandering Boy
5. Wildwood Flower
6. The Foggy Mountain Top
7. The Cannonball
8. Worried Man Blues
9. Engine One-Forty-Three
10. Keep On The Sunny Side
11. Sweet Fern
12. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man
13. Anchored In Love
14. I Will Never Marry
15. When The World's On Fire