Tag Archives: Sara & Maybelle Carter

Affectionately and also reverently referred to as “Mother” Maybelle, Maybelle Carter was one-third of country music’s original first family members, the Carters. Given birth to Maybelle Addington in-may of 1909, she was related by relationship to some.P. and Sara Carter — she wedded A.P.’s sibling Ezra. Maybelle Carter was the …

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, …