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Portraits from our Past:
FAMOUS MUSICIANS
Southwest Virginia Music
MOTHER MAYBELLE & THE CARTER SISTERS
Music 1940's - 1970's
After the last 1942 radio show of the original Carter
Family, Maybelle Carter, along with her daughters, Anita, Helen,
and June began performing as Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters.
From 1943-50, the group performed on WRWL radio in Richmond,
Virginia, WNOX in Knoxville, Tennessee and later KWTO in Missouri.
In 1950, the group went on the Grand Ole Opry. There they played
with Acuff and Hank Williams. In 1955, Mother Maybelle and the
Carter Sisters tourned with Elvis. By the end of the late 50's,
the Carter girls split off to do separate projects. The folk
music revival of the 60's brought young people to see Maybelle.
They wanted to know about the Carter Family, her autoharp technique,
and how she developed her famous guitar style, the "Carter
Scratch." Maybelle played for festivals at the Ash Grove
in Hollywood and in Newport News. In 1962, the Carters began
touring with Johnny Cash, the beginning of a long-term professional
and personal relationship. In 1970, the original Carter Family,
including Mother Maybelle, was inducted into the County Music
Hall of Fame. Mother Maybelle Carter is remembered as the "Queen
of Country Music."
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