If the Carter Family had taken a different road, where would any of us be today!
Maybelle Carter
(May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978)
(May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978)
Best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. When daughter June married country singer Johnny Cash in 1968 she became Cash's mother-in-law and had a tremendously positive effect on his personal life.
Perhaps the most remarkable of Maybelle's many talents was her skill as a guitarist. She revolutionized the instrument's role by developing a style in which she played melody lines on the bass strings with her thumb while rhythmically strumming with her fingers. Her innovative technique, to this day known as the Carter Scratch, influenced the guitar's shift from rhythm to lead instrument. —Holly George-Warren
- Mother Maybelle is credited with playing guitar on several Jimmy Rodgers recordings.
- Maybelle Carter was inducted as part of The Carter Family in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.
- In 1993, her image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family.
- In 2001 she was initiated into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.
"Gold Watch and Chain"
Maybelle Carter with the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Maybelle Carter with the Foggy Mountain Boys.
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