The Original Carter Family - 1 August 1927.***
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Published 2014-03-19
408 - 410 State St., Bristol, TN --
A.P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter [vcl/autoharp], Maybelle Carter [vcl/gt]. Producer: Ralph Peer.
Track No.1 Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
[2:56] 2...Little Log Cabin By The Sea
[5:48] 3...The Poor Orphan Child
[9:16] 4...The Storms Are On The Ocean
TRACK No.1...BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW
Issued on Victor 21074 A [take 2]
A.P. [vcl], Sara [autoharp/vcl] & Maybelle [gt/vcl]
[1800's Trad. Folk Song Belden - From Compilation "Ballads and Songs"
Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society as "Under The Willow Tree"
Recorded 1923 (Whitter)
1924 (Thompson)
1924 (Reneau)
1926 (Harrell)
1926 (Burnett & Rutherford)
Adapted by A.P. Carter ]
[2:56] TRACK No.2...LITTLE LOG CABIN BY THE SEA
Issued on Victor 21074 B [take 2]
A.P. [vcl], Sara [autoharp/vcl leader], Maybelle [gt]
([1900 - Written by W.C. Hafley as " The Bible in the Cabin By The Sea" Copyrighted by Publisher A.J. Showalter in 1903...Adapted A.P.Carter ]
[5:48] TRACK No.3...THE POOR ORPHAN CHILD
issued on Victor 20877 A [take 2]
A.P. [vcl duet), Sara [autoharp/vcl leader] & Maybelle [gt]
[1898 Gospel Song "Saviour Lead Them Orphans" Written by H.W. Elliott & Emmett Dean
Adapted by A.P.Carter ]
[9:16] TRACK No.4..THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
Issued on Victor 20937 B [take 2]
Also Recorded 9 May 1935
A.P. ([vcl], Sara [autoharp/vcl leader/duet] & Maybelle [gt/vcl]
[Circa 1800's From an old Scottish Ballad with many Variants
"True Lover's Farewell"
"The Lass of Roch Royal"
"Fare You Well,My Own True Love"
"Ten Thousand Miles"
Although AP Carter Claimed Authorship of the Song The Verses can be traced to a Centuries-Old Ballad Collected by FRANCIS JAMES CHILD.....Hobart Smith of Saltville,Virginia Recorded a very Similar Song called "STORMY ROSE THE OCEAN"...Saltville is Approx. 50 Miles from the Carter Family's Home at Mace's Springs,Virginia
1st Collected Version in the US was 1906 (Belden)...Adapted by A.P.Carter]
Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)
Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia
The day before this Recording Session AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips
Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970
All Comments (21)
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Imagine listening to them on radio back in the hills, hollers, and mountains, and flat lands, nearly 100 years ago.......A different time.......America was heading into the electronic age.....yes sir it was! This was as cutting edge as I-Phones and apps are today
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I feel sad all these people are no more! I feel like crying listening to their voices... they died before I was even born. Rest in peace legends.
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This was my Father's Mothers music in southern Missouri back in the 20's and 30's ,,,,,,,,,, it's in my blood heart and soul!
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Beautiful music. When they say music heals all. This is the music. The Great Carter family
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My mother was a huge fan. She had two of their records that we played on the record player on Saturdays. Mom was partially deaf, but she knew so many words to so many songs. Mom had a hard life of illnesses that cought up with her in December. She went into hospice care on December 18. The circle network was on my sister's the where mom was in hospice. And a young performer came on, talking about The Carter Family and there contribution to country music. He talked about his version of Bury Under The Weeping Willow Tree. They played a clip of it and I immediately hated some one messing with my favorite group.....but that night on the way home I have it another shot. The last day I spent with mother, I talked to her about this young musician, and how his remake will make The Carter Family live on. Playing his version brings tears and a smile to my face. His name is Rusten Kelly. I'd love to think momma would have loved his version.
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This is my mom and dad's music. My dad was 18, and my mom was 17 in 1927. They have also passed on. I miss them ever since they left me.
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🌷I have had this cell on over 3 hrs&unable to turn it off! 🕯I LOVE Mother Maybelle and The Carters and Johnny Cash.Mother Maybelle smiles a lot when she plays the autoharp or guitar.She is so beautiful🌸🎶💜But if don't turn off I won't get anything done but I keep coming across songs I have not seen or heard before and Love all of them and the singers.They are so pleasant and soothing and GREAT!💖🎶🎼💙❤🙏😇.
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Such priceless Music I always listen to the Original Carter FAMILY..such soul soothing melodies
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Such beautiful, timeless music...historic American folk,country music..
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This music and singing always hurts my soul. I grew up with it. I love to sing and play. It's hard for me to get through the songs when I sing and play. I don't want to be seen crying over these songs.I memorized these songs years ago. I sing them to myself while doing my job. I have a big red bag I call it "my song bag." It's so full of songs like this I weep over, I can't hardly stuff anymore of these songs into the bag anymore. And I shall always sing and pla.
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Love Carter family of fantastic musical talent. Great music with meaningful lyrics and the rhythmic sound of Guitar is a soothing listening experience.
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Just finished reading "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone", a history of the Carter Family. An amazing look into a period of history, a way of life, and the story of what they accomplished. I never actually heard any of their recordings, so started looking - so glad I found this.
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Having discovered the wonderful Carter Family now makes me wonder why I listened to so much rubbish music all my life. Thanx Youtube .
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This is WHAT IS MISSING IN AMERICA!
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"Bristol sessions" changed the world of music.J.Rodgers was there too."Until an angel softly whispered He has proven untrue to You" From WHO A.P."borrow"that line?Beautifull!!
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i used to listen to The CARTER FAMILY WITH MY DADDY
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Hallelujah today in the name of Jesus !!
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Thanks for posting! Country's not my usual thing, but this was lovely.
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Beautiful music!
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John 3:16 ✝️💖
