Features Song Lyrics for The Carter Family's Country Roots album.

The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the . folk revival of the 1960s. View full artist profile. Play all. Buell Kazee.

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, transported to North America; following his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley

This is a comprehensive discography of Carter Family, often cited as "the most influential group in country music history": (For recordings by the second generation of The Carter Family see The Carter Sisters. The Carter Family's career predated any sort of best-selling chart of country music records. Billboard did not have a country best sellers chart until 1944. Below is a select list of their 78 rpm releases. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight".

The Carter Family are one of the most famous names in pre-war folk and Country music. They have been active in some form or another for more than 70 years. This article focuses on the original Carter Family group that was together from c. 1927~1940. The original Carter Family was . Carter, his wife Sara Carter, and her sister Maybelle Carter. wrote, collected, arranged the songs and played guitar, Sara played Guitar, and Maybelle played either the Autoharp or the Guitar.

The Carter Family song "Wayworn Traveller" was covered by a young Bob Dylan, who wrote his own words to the melody and named it "Paths of Victory"; this recording is featured on Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3. After writing that song, he wrote new words to the melody and changed the time signature to 3/4, thus creating one of his most famous songs, "The Times They Are a-Changin'". In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). This is a very good book for people who want a deep understanding of Carter family music and history. The songs all have complete tab and tuning of the guitar used, plus there is a wealth of information on techniques used on the songs. 7 people found this helpful.

On 129 songs collected on five CDs, this second volume in the series gives a complete overview of the first family of country music's later years. Legendary songs like "Can the Circle Be Unbroken," "Keep on the Sunny Side," "No Depression," "Single Girl, Married Girl," and "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" are all represented, and the sound quality is slightly more even than on the first JSP box, The Carter Family: 1927-1934