Janette Carter | |
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 Carter in 2005 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 2, 1923 Maces Spring, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 2006 (aged 82) Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Gospel, country |
| Instrument(s) | Autoharp, vocals |
| Years active | 1939–1940, 1952–1956 |
Janette Carter (July 2, 1923 – January 22, 2006),[1] daughter of musicians A.P. and Sara Carter, was an American musician involved in the preservation of Appalachian music.
Carter was born on July 2, 1923, in Maces Spring, Virginia.[2] She and her brother Joe performed with their parents on a series of recordings for the Acme label.[3] Janette and Joe later recorded material together consisting of works they had written and songs previously recorded by members of the Carter family.[4]
In 1976, Carter and community members built an 880-seat amphitheater, the Carter Family Fold, beside the A. P. Carter Store which her father had operated after the Carter Family had disbanded as a musical group. The Carter Family Fold attracts more than 50,000 visitors a year.[5] Carter performed there weekly, until shortly before she died.[6]
Carter had three children with her first husband, James Jett: Donald William, Rita Janette, and James Delaney (Dale).[7] She died on January 22, 2006, in Kingsport, Tennessee, after battling Parkinson's disease and other illnesses.[8] She was buried next to her mother, Sara Carter Bayes, and her brother, Joe, at the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery in Maces Spring.
Carter is a recipient of a 2005 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts,[9] in recognition for her lifelong advocacy for the performance and preservation of Appalachian music.[10]
- ^ "Carter, Janette". LC Name Authority File. Library of Congress. July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ McCloud, Barry (1995). Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers (First ed.). New York: Berkley Publishing Group. pp. 141–142. ISBN 9780399518904. OCLC 30735303.
- ^ Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong. University of Illinois Press. 2000. ISBN 9780252068812.
- ^ "Folk Review". Folk review. 1976.
- ^ "Janette Carter: Country musician, advocate". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Notebook". Time. Vol. 167, no. 6. February 6, 2006. p. 19.
- ^ "James Jett". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. January 26, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ "Janette Carter, 82, Carter Family musician". The New York Times (Late ed.). January 24, 2006. p. B8.
- ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2005". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Janette Carter (1923–2006)". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2022.