Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower (Live 1961)

This humble, self taught mountain woman invented a new way to play guitar.

Her looks and her expression are of Appalachia. It's hard to explain unless you live here. As she sings she is also singing with her expression and her eyes, a look of pure Appalachia. My grandmothers and aunts & uncles all had this look as well as musical talent, which was one of the few pleasures they had in this life and would often sing songs about the life to come once we leave this earth.

As a guitarist I’m often asked who some of my favorite guitarists are. I always have Mother Maybelle at the top of my list. More often than not most folks say “I have no idea who that is.” I simply reply with “Have you ever heard of country music?” They all obviously respond with yes of course or something similar. I then finish by saying, “Well she invented it.”

Hats off to Momma Maybelle Carter! Her famous "Carter Scratch" is what helped me learn how to play guitar.

Mother Maybelle is one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

She has this crazy drag in her voice that pretends it's coming in late it's mesmerizing. It intices you to pay attention to her voice.

As a child, my dream was to sing Wildwood Flower in a duet with momma Maybelle! 😊❤

Let’s be thankful that recordings like this were made … AND securely kept for posterity. That’s not always the case, right?

She was a gift of God to humanity

The Carter Family was my dad's favorite group of all time. I grew up listening to The Carter Family on my mom's and dad's old RCA Victor Victrola. My dad played guitar, banjo, and harmonica and was self-taught on all of them. His guitar playing was patterned after Mother Maybelle. When my dad played The Wildwood Flower, if you closed your eyes you would have sworn it was Mother Maybelle playing. His guitar playing sounded just like hers. I absolutely love this recording. It brings back so many memories. The Carter Family is legendary. They were the first commercial country music artists, I do believe.

Brings back wonderful memories of childhood in Eastern Kentucky. Sitting in front of the fireplace on a cold winter night listening to the grand ol opry on a battery powered radio while watching the firelight keeping pace dancing round on the rafters. So long ago... !

This was my mama’s favorite song. There’s absolutely no one that can do it better than Momma Maybelle Carter!

Noone can sing or play this song like Maybelle. Many versions ive heard but none compares.

Many great songs and singers were born of the poor folks in the south. The Carter family was fortunate to be discovered by the world and the world is fortunate to have discovered them.

My beloved late mother spoke so highly of her grandparents and relatives that had come out west from KY & TN. Mom played guitar and sang to help us kids get to sleep. Our favorite was a song about a feud in which the husband of a lady named Mirandie, ran out of ammo so he substituted her biscuits instead. That didn't work and the poor guy lame ted "Oh, durn yer biscuits, Mirandie! I knew they'd get me by and by!"

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What a talent this family had!! Love Mother Maybelle 💕💕💕

Mother Maybelle was the best! ❤

Mother Maybelle was a huge influence on guitarist to come.

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