One of only two known filmed appearances of the original CARTER FAMILY. Pioneers of Country Music For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (info@historicfilms.com / www.historicfilms.com)
I'm so tired of people saying they look like men.... they were 60 years old and didn't believe in makeup.... let's see what you look like at 60 with no makeup
The Wildwood Flower song is a tribute to the virtue of being a woman. She's the man's helpmate. A man and a woman has roles that compliment each other.
These women were legends that raised legends of blue grass....a daughter June Carter was swooned and married by "the Man in Black"...otherwise known as Johnny Cash...A legend in his own right.....show some respect to them...they damn well earned it.
My own Daddy learned his pluck-strumming from Maybelle - listening to their huge radio they had back then. It was AP who had the obsession and drive. He had the vision. He was always a bit of an outcast, a loner, a bit odd. He had that tremor or palsy. He had a Negro friend. Esley Riddle. Esley had only one leg, but he had an incredible memory for tunes and lyrics. He could hear a song one time and remember it exactly. They went all over those mountains, the hills and hollers of NC and VA, Tenn, and Ky, collecting songs and ballads. Sadly, AP's home life suffered. He seems not to have ben a very good husband or provider -- then that hit stardom and affluence. But AP's personality was still eccentric. His head was in the clouds, so to speak. Sara needed a husband, just an ordinary husband. They both tried, but finally gave up.
I am in tears every time I watch this. These grande dames are a massive part of the foundation of most of everything we listened to in the last 100 years. Before Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family there was nothing.
