British guitarist reacts to the ORIGIN of country, Mother Maybelle Carter 

That is major cool

Nezmund thank you for sharing! The world has changed, not always for the better.

Nezmund that is SO cool!

Nezmund cool

wonderful memory to pass down

Yes agree 100 percent - I admire those qualities in him very much He is also very good teacher especially for those who like myself do not play music - I have learned a lot and have come to a great appreciation for those who master their instruments due to his informative explanations

@@joyceb9502 same here

I agree with you completely. He is the best I have seen.

He appreciates musicianship no matter the genre.

She truly was the Mother of Country music. A great video and description

Yep. She showed us how it is done.

I would also add Rosetta Tharpe and Charlie Patton.

My band opened for Diamond Rio 1992,Jimmy Olander had Mother Maybelle etched in his Tele pick guard.I was right next to stage,great times!.

Yes. Not just her scratching and picking techniques, but she's just a legend in the way she mainstreamed telling stories in the Smokey Mountain tradition, which those of us from the Southeast USA still prize today. It's all about the telling a full and detailed story, which a lot of music today forgets to do. :)

Haha yeah!

thank you for sharing this story!

I love hearing stories like this, especially about some of my favorites.

Great memory! Thanks for sharing!!

Is this called Flatpicking. ..?

Yup that's Earl. Very cool, thanks.

Cool, I saw Earl and Doc Watson in about 1982 at a Bluegrass Concert. That was the best concert I ever attended, everyone was laid back, we were playing hacky-sack and listening to great music in the Colorado Rockies. My last days as a hippy.

I thought he looked familiar!!

Earl's son was a hell of a guitar picker, he passed way before his time. 😔

He also taught Josh the dobro

I agree completely: The tight format and other elements. But it isn't surprising since Scots/Irish descendants covered the Appalachian region.

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That may be why I play guitar because I don't play golf or bagpipes or wear kilts, because I'm Scott-Irish

Oh yes!

Absolutely.

Thanks!

The Mother of Blue Grass.

Hear! Hear!

Isn't he great? I love this guy.

Part of the reason is that it is not about mere "rock and roll" anymore anyway. Young musicians worthy of the name are interested in music, and are not fixated on one puerile and primitive point on the musical continuum.

you know, a chicken head is a pretty tasty morsel

Snorting cocaine, trashing hotel rooms and biting the heads off chickens is also part of musical history by now...

Country music had a huge influence on early British writers like me, I was the 'ghost writer' for the 'Dave Clark Five' back in the Sixties and wrote some of their big hits like 'Bits and pieces', 'Because', 'Anyway you want it', and 'Thinking of you baby', and I 'cut my musical teeth' on 'Hank Williams' and Jimmie Rodgers' (The Singing Brakeman) back in the 1950s, so Country music was very important in Britain.

YES - easy to forget!

All with that modest nobility. She was truly great, an inspiration.

Brought home the bacon and cooked it up in a pan! She had the most beautiful light blue eyes and from all I've read was the sweetest, most patient person ever.

And millions of women still do that same thing everyday, though they may not be on a stage.

She also was responsible for all of her daughter's musical talents, except for june who learned to play guitar from Chet Atkins who was one of the greatest guitar players in the World and worked for the.Carter family for 8 years.

yes, it's denotes a form of modern cultural poverty, a greater poverty than the folks around clinch mountain ever had to endure.

perhaps some of the dislikes are because he has a few facts wrong, also maybelle played melody on the base notes long before she met the bluesman,

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Cool! 😂

ed f Most people don’t know that Leslie Riddle was an Appalachian African American.

What great comment! Thanks Ed

Thank you for that story!

@@sandeedobberstine5591 The story was documented in Ken Burns video documentary covering the history of country music. I hope the universe is kind to you and everyone you love. Have the greatest day you can everyday you wake up.

@@Buzzdog1971 Thank you kindly!

The Carter family are absolute LEGENDS....and Chet Atkins was a great a guitarist as ANY you can name !

@@ITILII Chet Atkins was also one of the greatest recording engineers / producers ever as well.

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They are our country ROYAL FAMILY the Carter Family.

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Thanks!

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Well Said. It really is something. One family and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Well said! I love Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family. Couldn’t believe my eyes when this popped up on my screen today. Made my day!

I think I read somewhere that she held autoharp the way she did to make room for everyone at the one mike.

@@clintmurray9815 - That's a great reason! Thanks for sharing.

We made an autoharp for my mom to play for a project she had for her teaching degree in SE Missouri. Earl and others traveled thru the area and our families were all around when the visited. We used white oak for the frame, and didn't get the right strings. Some day now that I know a bit more, I should replace the eye screws with the right hardware and the correct strings and try it again.

Just wondering what Ken Burns is getting wrong?

@barfnarfny The country community seemed happy. Marty Stuart was a contributor and he takes pains to get the facts right and he worked for Scruggs and Cash and would have some insight from his ex mother in law, June Carter and her sisters

Possible her technique was also due to her playing the auto harp and banjo

Helen Carter (Maybelle's oldest daughter) told the story, that the term "carter scratch" was actually made up by people of the folk revival in the 60s. It was not coined by Maybelle herself.

@ I think it's different from the clawhammer. Don't you play the melody with your indexfinger in the clawhammer style?

@@misskate60 I'm guessing she learned them first. Do you happen to know?

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Jack Paval Yes, Hank Snow plaed grate muzic on hiz guitar. It had a certin speshul sound. Then there’z good ole Roy Clark an Acuff. I kood name severul more, an U probli noe them too.

@@johnmount5917 Are you really putting down country folks by misspelling words? I can see that you are a complete arse and racist. SHAME ON YOU!

@@franceslambert8070 I spel that wae on purpus. I spel how we tauk, not thu British Shakespearean English we wer taut with aul thoze silent letters. Thank God we hav better Redeing Bibels now too. I certinli do NOT make fun ov good ole tiemi muezic

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You are correct.

Yes, around here we call that "the little Carter family engine," because the Carter Family -- especially the original trio of Maybelle, Sara, and A.P. -- is known for machine-like precision in tempo, like a railroad locomotive running on a straightaway..

Interesting! I've been told there is no difference, just a fiddle is a collective term for a stringed instrument! Cool extra info 👍

Dave Smith ..A violin has strings, a fiddle has strangs. Hillbilly humor.

To a degree, it's a matter of personal preference, but there are differences in the setup , primarily the flatter bridge as noted .

I've been told that the difference is that you can spill beer on a fiddle.

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Lester Flatt and Earl scruggs playing with Her !

Thanks!

I LOVED that Ken Burns series. The only criticism being that quite a few greats were missing (Don Gibson for one..unless I missed him, not much about Johnny Rodriguez, who was MAJOR in TX)and a bit too much emphasis on folk performers like Dylan, who I love but could have been saved for a folk version imo) All in all, though it was a beautiful.

Cool!

Yep!

June is the one who became famous, but Anita was the one with the voice.

@@bruiser, that is correct. June was the actress and comedienne of the family (and a very talented and trained one)...Anita had a beautiful voice.

Thanks Fil again your wide open mind and talent, great knowledge of music and applying plus

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@brad zybola Right on brother!! This is a great topic which could go on forever!! I played in country & rock bands and I enjoyed combining the two!!

Hank Snow was a better than average flat picker. Hear the acoustic lead guitar on his recordings? Well, that's Hank picking away.

HELLO, EVERYONE,! Thank you so much for the HEART{like} Fil. That we share love and respect for the incomparable talent and creative ability of MayBelle Addington Carter shows how truly skilled and amazing she was. You're in Great Britain, I'm in New York City, and Mother MayBelle received comments from as far away as Australia. Definitely was she world known and world class. What seems all the more remarkable was she began receiving notice as far back as the 1920's when feminism was practically unknown. What that says about her abilities as an artist who deeply connected with folks all across the USA is important. To respond to question asked in the comments, I offer words here based on my personal research at the American Folklife Center in Washington, DC, at the Library of Congress and my conversations with other members of Folk Alliance International and the Folk Music Society of New York and with several country and folk music experts here in NYC. There are other extensive Carter Family historical holdings on my future research schedule not used here. Regarding Mother MayBelle's "Carter Scratch" style, it's standard 5 string banjo Old Time Trailing(claw & hammer) used by most banjoists. Each banjo player has a personal style reflecting training, skill, taste, jamming partners, and musical will. Eventually each banjo player develops a personal style evolving from the influences I mentioned. My research reading from memory provided a quote like, "MayBelle learned the 5 string banjo as a kid and then got a guitar. Once she had the guitar she pretty much mastered it completely and just kept going." RU-vid has a rare video of Mother MayBelle's instrumental 5 string version of "Sugar Hill", a song passed down from the vocal rendition of Dad Crockett also showing on RU-vid. They're both great, and I encourage your viewings. I did listen to the inside recorded interview with Mother MayBelle where in another section Leslie Riddle is mentioned. They met according to my sources after her first, childhood banjo learning. I expect as fellow banjo players they shared picking skills. Without a currently contributing witness or other well provensced sourxe, it's hard to tell how much they, MayBelle and Leslie, taught each other. In that day and age and even now women and African Heritage instrumental musicians face difficult challenges. We are truly blessed both Maybelle Carter and Leslie Riddle are even known to us today. Thank you Fil for your musical wisdom and insights. SHALOM, SHALEIM, PEACE, LOVE. Always for good music, Doctor Elyas Isaacs

HELLO, EVERYONE! Wildwood Flower is a traditional classic beloved by the Country Music Community and shows Mother MayBelle at her best I provide two other A.P. Carter authored sekectiins featuring Mother MayBelle demonstrating outstanding samples of "Carter Scratch",.. First is one from the Mexican radio years being I AM YOUR FLOWER. The second is one of my favourites with IN THE LAND WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD. Enjoy the true artistry and creative genius of Mother MayBelle Carter. SHALOM, SHALEIM, PEACE, LOVE. Always, Doctor Elyas Fraenkel Isaacs

This is correct. She was playing and recording Carter Scratch style before A.P. met Leslie Riddle. She learned to play guitar from her older brother, Dewey, and from watching her banjo-playing mother, Margaret Addington.

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My favorite is "Keep On The Sunny Side". She recorded it more than once, but the performance I love the most is with her daughters for a tv show.

Yeah!

Jazz Cat yes it is

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