Maybelle Carter | |
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 Carter in 1963 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maybelle Addington |
| Born | May 10, 1909 Nickelsville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 1978 (aged 69) Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country Folk, Gospel, Americana |
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| Years active | 1927–1978 |
| Spouse | Ezra Carter (m. 1926) |
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"Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch,[1] with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument."[2][3] It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family act from the late 1920s until the early 1940s and a member of the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle group.[4]
- ^ Susan Ware, Stacy Braukman (2005). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 5, Completing the Twentieth Century, p.105. ISBN 0-674-01488-X.
- ^ Holly George-Warren, Laura Levine (2006). Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music, p.4.
- ^ Olson, Ted. "Carter, Maybelle (1909–1978)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Zwonitzer, Mark; Hirshberg, Charles (2004). Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-4382-X.