The degree to which Mother Maybelle's guitar playing influenced the next century of country and roots music cannot be overstated. In this... The World Of Maybelle Carter: A Turning The Tables Playlist ...

In early August of 1927, Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter, his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle made the bumpy trip on rutted roads from their home in Maces Springs, Virginia to Bristol, ...

Her brothers gave her a guitar, and before long that was her instrument of choice. Maybelle learned ballads, such as "Wildwood Flower," from her mother, who, she explained, "learned them from her ...