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Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, [1] with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument."
Ina Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999) was an American singer who played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp. She performed with her sisters, Helen and June, and her mother, Maybelle, initially under the name The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle. Carter had three top ten hits as well as other charting singles.
Maybelle Carter both sang and provided instrumentation in the group, playing guitar, banjo, and autoharp. Maybelle learned to play the guitar at the age of thirteen by ear, never reading sheet music. [9] She relied on the example of her brothers and mother to learn playing techniques and traditional folk songs. [10]
Some notable professional autoharp performers include: Bruce Good of The Good Brothers; Jon Anderson; Brittain Ashford; Tina Louise Barr; Anonymous Boy; Bryan Bowers; Jeff Bridges; Amanda Brown; Basia Bulat; Maybelle Carter; June Carter Cash; Billy Connolly; Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins; Don Craine of Downliners Sect; Sheryl Crow; Grey ...
The Carter Family name was revived for a third time, under the name Carter Family III.It was a project of descendants of the original Carter Family, John Carter Cash (grandson of Maybelle Carter, son of June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash) and Dale Jett (grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter), along with John's wife Laura (Weber) Cash.
June Carter Cash was born Valerie June Carter in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Maybelle (née Addington) and Ezra Carter.Her mother was a country music performer with June's aunt Sara and uncle A. P. Carter and she performed with the Carter Family from the age of 10, in 1939.
The second annual Maybelle Music Fest, a female-fronted festival celebrating Mother Maybelle Carter, will be Saturday at Elm Street Brewing Company
Queen of the Autoharp ... Mother Maybelle Carter (1973) A Living Legend is the fifth album by Mother Maybelle Carter. [1] [2] Track listing. Side one; No. Title