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A.P. Carter

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  • Last Login: 12/13/2009

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    A.P., Janette, Bill Rinehart, Sara and Maybelle in back, Helen, Anita and June in front, at XERA Radio Station in 1939. The Carter Family spent four seasons from 1938-1943 performing on border radio.

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    SARA CARTER She was born Sara Elizabeth Dougherty in Copper Creek, Virginia, (Rich Valley), the daughter of William Sevier Dougherty and Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore. Sara married A. P. Carter on June 18, 1915, but they were later divorced in 1939. They had three children: Gladys (Millard), Janette (Jett), and Joe. In 1927, she and A.P. began performing as the Carter Family, perhaps the first commercial rural Country music group. They were joined by her cousin, Maybelle, who was married to A.P.'s brother, Ezra Carter. Sara later remarried to Coy Bayes, A.P.'s first cousin, and moved to California in 1943, and the group disbanded. In the 1960s, Sara reunited with Maybelle and briefly toured during the folk music craze of the time. (See film clip here) Sara was inducted as part of The Carter Family in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 along with Bill Monroe. In 1993, Sara's image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. In 2001 she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. On her 2008 album All I Intended to Be, Emmylou Harris includes the song, "How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower", co-written with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, about the relationship between Sara and A.P., inspired by a documentary that the three of them saw on television. Sara Carter is interred in the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church graveyard in Hiltons, Virginia.[1]

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    JANETTE CARTER Janette Carter was quite simply an amazing woman. The daughter of A.P. Carter and his wife Sara (and the niece of Maybelle), Janette had a unique and enduring appreciation for the legacy of the original Carter Family. Before he passed away in 1960, A.P. asked Janette if she would do whatever she could to keep their music alive. The result is the world-famous Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Va. Janette Carter at the Carter Family Fold - January 15, 2005 Photo by Rick Rouse. A wonderful singer and musician in her own right, Janette opened every performance at the Fold by singing a couple of original Carter Family songs along with son Dale Jett and others. Although she was octogenarian when she passed away, her voice still rang true as did every stroke of her beloved autoharp. In February 2005, Janette had the honor of accepting a long-overdue Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the Carter Family at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The following Saturday night she placed the Grammy on display at the Carter Fold's weekly show. Of course it was a huge hit! No other group in history has influenced music of all genres quite like the Carter Family. Janette Carter continued to keep that tradition alive week after week at the Carter Fold until the moment she passed away. She is sorely missed. Related Items:

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    DALE JETT Dale Jett - Grandson of AP & Sara Carter Singer and musician, Dale Jett is a native of Southwest Virginia. He is a third generation member of the legendary Carter Family. The son of Janette Carter, the grandson of A.P.and Sara Carter, his roots have been heavily steeped within the heart of his family's musical heritage. Growing up within the Carter Family, Dale has been influenced by many musicians and styles of music. He began playing guitar in his late teens when Elizabeth Cotten taught him his first chords - left handed, upside down. Later, he added his own style of Autoharp playing to his repertoire. But, it is ultimately his voice that arrests you. It is powerful and compelling, yet at the same time, delicate and haunting. Like his grandfather, Dale is a "collector" of songs. His dedication to the preservation of traditional music, and his admiration of other songwriters are evident in his regular performances at The Carter Fold and other musical engagements. His choices are eclectic; his performances and recordings encompass a unique combination of traditional songs blended with a mix of others that extend the boundaries of conventional country. Whether playing an original tune, or that of others, his music will ring true to the soul. Dale resides in Hiltons, VA. He and his wife, Teresa, have two children and three grandchildren. He emcees and performs on the weekly shows at The Carter Fold along with his wife,and long time friend,Oscar Harris. Other friends often help out too. Dale has performed at festivals, concerts, colleges, workshops, private gatherings, etc. around the country. Dale takes pride in preserving the rich heritage of the Carter Family that he was raised in. Visit Dale's official site at www.dalejett.com

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A.P. Carter. The patriarch of America's first family of country music, A.P. Carter led the Carter Family from 1926 to the group's breakup in 1943. A collector of hundreds of folksongs from Britain as well as the Appalachian Mountains, Carter adapted those songs into his own originals and wrote many country classics, including "Wabash Cannonball," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Foggy Mountain Top," "Worried Man Blues," "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," and "Wildwood Flower." Born in the Clinch Mountains of Virginia in 1891, Carter played fiddle from an early age, learned songs from his parents, and sang with two uncles and a sister in a gospel quartet. At the age of 20, Carter met Sara Dougherty while selling fruit trees and writing songs in his spare time. They married several years later and began playing around the region. Maybelle Carter, Carter's sister-in-law, joined the group as well just before their audition for Victor Records in 1927. The recordings went well and Victor released three records that quickly became hits. Signed to a long contract, the Carter Family became a popular act by the end of the '20s, though the Depression hurt their fortunes, as fewer Americans bought records. Though Carter and Sara separated in 1932, the Carter Family continued recording during the '30s, for ARC and Decca, as well as Victor. Carter and Sara finally divorced in 1939 and Sara officially retired from the group four years later. While Maybelle toured with her three daughters, Carter ran a country store in Virginia until 1952, when he re-formed the Carter Family with Sara and several of their grown children. They recorded over the course of the next four years, but disbanded in 1956. Carter died in 1960.

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