Title: American Epic: The Best Of The Carter Family Artist: The Carter Family Label: Third Man Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 813547024282 Genre: Country Release Date: 2017-06-16 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: 180 GRAM VINYL, REMASTERED
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket with soft touch finish The Carter Family, a family vocal group from Appalachian Virginia, were the most impactful discovery of talent scout Ralph Peer and the first vocal group to become country music stars. Apart from the beautiful harmonies that can only come from kin, Mother Maybelle Carter pioneered scratch style guitar picking, a clever synthesis of autoharp, banjo and guitar picking, and for years served as a matriarchal figure in the Grand Ole Opry.
Tracks: 1.1 Lonesome Valley 1.2 The Poor Orphan Child 1.3 Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow 1.4 The Wandering Boy 1.5 Wildwood Flower 1.6 The Foggy Mountain Top 1.7 The Cannonball 1.8 Worried Man Blues 1.9 Engine One-Forty-Three 1.10 Keep on the Sunny Side 1.11 Sweet Fern 1.12 John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man 1.13 Anchored in Love 1.14 I Will Never Marry 1.15 When the World's on Fire
