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As an associate from the Carter Family members, Sara Dougherty Carter laid the building blocks for modern nation music. Through the 14 years (1927 to 1941) that she documented with then-husband Alvin Pleasant “A.P.” Delaney Carter and her cousin along with a.P.’s sister-in-law Maybelle, Carter helped to carefully turn the …

Sara & Maybelle Carter are two-thirds from the Carter Family members, the first category of nation music. Sara (given birth to Sara Dougherty) wedded A.P. Carter, and her cousin Maybelle Addington wedded A.P.’s sibling Ezra. A.P., a devoted track collector and article writer, produced a trio alongside Sara and Maybelle, …

Probably the most influential group in country music history, the Carter Family switched the emphasis from hillbilly instrumentals to vocals, made scores of their songs area of the standard country music canon, and made a method of guitar playing, “Carter picking,” the dominant way of decades. Alongside Jimmie Rodgers, the …