The Carter Family - Country by the Carter Family

Primary Artist
The Carter Family
Album Title
Country by the Carter Family
Release Date
May 27, 1997 
Time
 
Review by William Ruhlmann
This compilation combines recordings from 1940 by the original Carter Family -- A.p. Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle -- with recordings made by an extended family of Carter-related performers including: the group the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle (consisting of Maybelle and her daughters, Anita, Helen, and June Carter), who were sometimes billed as The Carter Family; Johnny Cash (whose second wife was June Carter); and Rosanne Cash (Cash's daughter by his first wife). Read More