The Carter Family

Carter Family: The First Family of Country Music set the standardThe Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the first groups to record commercially produced country music. Their first recordings were made in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Victor Talking Machine Company under producer Ralph Peer on August 1, 1927, the day before country singer Jimmie Rodgers also made his initial recordings for Victor under Peer. See for more.

Bury Me Beneath The Willow

Wildwood Flower

Can The Circle Be Unbroken

Keep On The Sunnyside

Can’t Feel at Home

I Walk The Line

Sara & Maybelle – While The Band Plays Dixie

Worried Man Blues

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