British guitarist reacts to the ORIGIN of country, Mother Maybelle Carter

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Tonight I'm going way back to have a look at some very early country playing with Mother Maybelle Carter!
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@Nezmund 4 жыл бұрын

When my mother was about ten years-old growing up in West Virginia, The Carter Family stopped by her home, asking if they could put them up for the night. This was in 1929 or 30. My mom recalled getting to hold the infant June Carter in her arms.

@Warchief01 4 жыл бұрын

That is major cool

@citizenjoevotes 4 жыл бұрын

Nezmund thank you for sharing! The world has changed, not always for the better.

@dollypartonandjunecarter8438 4 жыл бұрын

Nezmund that is SO cool!

@bizdickson6561 4 жыл бұрын

Nezmund cool

@scotia807 4 жыл бұрын

wonderful memory to pass down

@ziblot1235 4 жыл бұрын

I really like this man. I could comment on any of his videos but here goes. He is respectful.He doesnt put down any style of genre. I find it hard to imagine a guy whose tastes are so varied, but he lets eachact stand on its own merits. He seems to be aware of every way that the guitar has been used. A very nice man and a joy to listento.

@joyceb9502 3 жыл бұрын

Yes agree 100 percent - I admire those qualities in him very much He is also very good teacher especially for those who like myself do not play music - I have learned a lot and have come to a great appreciation for those who master their instruments due to his informative explanations

@carmenhardy2629 2 жыл бұрын

@@joyceb9502 same here

@alexcerdan4500 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you completely. He is the best I have seen.

@Nezmund Жыл бұрын

He appreciates musicianship no matter the genre.

@josephsaia5527 Жыл бұрын

She truly was the Mother of Country music. A great video and description

@razorback9926 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle Carter is a stone cold legend among guitarists. Ask any guitarist about her, and they will smile.

@100perdido 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. She showed us how it is done.

@DakotaCelt1 4 жыл бұрын

I would also add Rosetta Tharpe and Charlie Patton.

@packingten 4 жыл бұрын

My band opened for Diamond Rio 1992,Jimmy Olander had Mother Maybelle etched in his Tele pick guard.I was right next to stage,great times!.

@dcmc7383 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Not just her scratching and picking techniques, but she's just a legend in the way she mainstreamed telling stories in the Smokey Mountain tradition, which those of us from the Southeast USA still prize today. It's all about the telling a full and detailed story, which a lot of music today forgets to do. :)

@edthesecond 5 жыл бұрын

And a wonderful story about Sara Carter, who was generally as humble and low key as Maybelle and was the voice of the original Carter Family. When she was elderly and retired, she was in the company of a woman who bragged incessantly about her daughter, who had just been recorded for an opera record. When Sara had heard enough, she said, in her Appalachian drawl, "I've made some records too". The woman asked, in a condescending tone, "Oh, and how many records have you made?". Sara pulled out the list of all the studio recordings and radio transcripts, showed it to the woman, and said, "About six hundred".

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah!

@carterfamilychannel 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing this story!

@carmenhardy2629 2 жыл бұрын

I love hearing stories like this, especially about some of my favorites.

@edejan Жыл бұрын

Great memory! Thanks for sharing!!

@africo9104 5 ай бұрын

Is this called Flatpicking. ..?

@sfdint Ай бұрын

So cool that this modern sophisticated Brit musician recognizes the greatness of this humble mountain woman.

@harmon0173 4 жыл бұрын

Finally!! Some recognition for the "Carter Scratch". This woman was a pioneer here in the states. Thanks my brother from across the pond. Such authenticity.

@davebroad642 Жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle is a pure monster on guitar. And on the autoharp too. She lived the life of a musician, taking her girls out in the road. Getting back on the road after the gigs, driving long miles through the night.

@FantasticBabblings Жыл бұрын

This was on the Flat and Scruggs Show, a country music show syndicated in the 1950 s and 60s. Interesting to note that playing rhythm guitar behind her is the great Earl Scruggs, banjo genius.

@mykkie100 9 ай бұрын

"The Carter Scratch " Fil, you are quick to understand the nature of one's personality. Understanding that allows an open mind which allows and accepts different genres in really any field. You're the best.

@ilostmymind47 5 жыл бұрын

I think that's why people enjoy your channel so much because you completely different genres of music and can appreciate it for what it is and I as well enjoy your channel so much

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gracecheri997 4 жыл бұрын

The Mother of Blue Grass.

@promerops 4 жыл бұрын

Hear! Hear!

@MSB-fj7cd 5 жыл бұрын

You can hear the influence that the Scots-Irish ancestors had on early country/folk music and bluegrass as well.

@thealleys 5 жыл бұрын

I agree completely: The tight format and other elements. But it isn't surprising since Scots/Irish descendants covered the Appalachian region.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@gearmeister 5 жыл бұрын

That may be why I play guitar because I don't play golf or bagpipes or wear kilts, because I'm Scott-Irish

@RachelRenee3636 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!

@SuperKaren1953 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@mlwsf 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact. Dude behind her is actually Earl Scruggs playing guitar instead of the banjo which he was famous for. Earl was no slouch on guitar either.

@thelonious-dx9vi 4 жыл бұрын

Yup that's Earl. Very cool, thanks.

@lawrencetaylor4101 4 жыл бұрын

Cool, I saw Earl and Doc Watson in about 1982 at a Bluegrass Concert. That was the best concert I ever attended, everyone was laid back, we were playing hacky-sack and listening to great music in the Colorado Rockies. My last days as a hippy.

@noahyorkmusic 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he looked familiar!!

@macplumber 4 жыл бұрын

Earl's son was a hell of a guitar picker, he passed way before his time. 😔

@dickwhatley2090 4 жыл бұрын

He also taught Josh the dobro

@susangibney3805 4 жыл бұрын

Not only that ... she was raising children , getting them off to school , cooking dinner, washing the clothes ... what a woman.

@phillipecook3227 4 жыл бұрын

YES - easy to forget!

@georgeorwell4534 4 жыл бұрын

All with that modest nobility. She was truly great, an inspiration.

@brandaanderson1673 4 жыл бұрын

Brought home the bacon and cooked it up in a pan! She had the most beautiful light blue eyes and from all I've read was the sweetest, most patient person ever.

@pamflowers8364 4 жыл бұрын

And millions of women still do that same thing everyday, though they may not be on a stage.

@paigetheelephant5581 4 жыл бұрын

She also was responsible for all of her daughter's musical talents, except for june who learned to play guitar from Chet Atkins who was one of the greatest guitar players in the World and worked for the.Carter family for 8 years.

@mairianncullen8753 11 ай бұрын

Kudos to Fil for giving credit to African American, Lesley Riddle, who influenced Maybelle Carter's guitar style and who was co-collector of songs with AP Carter.

@spacecatboy2962 5 жыл бұрын

Its so great to see a british rock and roller show interest in old time country music. Most people think that long haired rock and roll guys are just into snorting cocaine, trashing hotel rooms and biting the heads off chickens, so its great to see that you also love musical history as well.

@kathyflorcruz552 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't he great? I love this guy.

@VisionaryCompanion 5 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason is that it is not about mere "rock and roll" anymore anyway. Young musicians worthy of the name are interested in music, and are not fixated on one puerile and primitive point on the musical continuum.

@roman14032 5 жыл бұрын

you know, a chicken head is a pretty tasty morsel

@SpaceCattttt 5 жыл бұрын

Snorting cocaine, trashing hotel rooms and biting the heads off chickens is also part of musical history by now...

@ronvonryan 5 жыл бұрын

Country music had a huge influence on early British writers like me, I was the 'ghost writer' for the 'Dave Clark Five' back in the Sixties and wrote some of their big hits like 'Bits and pieces', 'Because', 'Anyway you want it', and 'Thinking of you baby', and I 'cut my musical teeth' on 'Hank Williams' and Jimmie Rodgers' (The Singing Brakeman) back in the 1950s, so Country music was very important in Britain.

@keyplayer123 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I thought Mother Maybelle's singing was unexciting. Now when I see these old films, I realize that she was always in command of exactly what she was doing, and so humble. We can all take a lesson from her.

@annamariepolniaczek3807 4 жыл бұрын

I see on my screen 16 dislikes. It doesn't anger me. It makes me sad to know that there are people so unaware of how much every genre of music contributed to one another. I can't imagine giving a dislike to any music. Each has so much to offer. One can look at a dozen roses and in the space of a dozen seconds experience a dozen different emotions. And that's what all music does to me.

4 жыл бұрын

yes, it's denotes a form of modern cultural poverty, a greater poverty than the folks around clinch mountain ever had to endure.

@roscolawson5541 3 жыл бұрын

perhaps some of the dislikes are because he has a few facts wrong, also maybelle played melody on the base notes long before she met the bluesman,

@peterbooth793 2 жыл бұрын

Guitar playing aside, when them Carter women harmonized it sounded like a band of angels 😇 making a joyful sound.

@edthesecond 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I wish my mother, who was born in 1908 and raised in Eastern Kentucky, was around to see this. When Ralph Peer recorded the Carter Family back in 1927, he said that he was amazed by not only how good they were, but also by the fact that they didn't know how good they were. She came from a time and place where humility and love of family were considered to be virtues that came straight from God. She's been called the Queen Mother of Country Music. That Gibson L-5 was her pride and joy. She played that guitar for fifty years, until she retired. I believe that it's now in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Also, I loved the 'fiddle' comment.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! 😂

@appalachianqueen8369 4 жыл бұрын

ed f Most people don’t know that Leslie Riddle was an Appalachian African American.

@paulfavour7790 3 жыл бұрын

What great comment! Thanks Ed

@Buzzdog1971 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle Carter is the person that gave Chet Atkins his first start. The Grand Old Opery wanted to have her and her daughters to come and be a regular but they did not want her to bring Chet along with her. She refused until WSM the owners of the Opery relented. The rest is history. Chet Atkins went on to dominate as an artist, producer, and engineer.

@sandeedobberstine5591 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that story!

@Buzzdog1971 3 жыл бұрын

@@sandeedobberstine5591 The story was documented in Ken Burns video documentary covering the history of country music. I hope the universe is kind to you and everyone you love. Have the greatest day you can everyday you wake up.

@sandeedobberstine5591 3 жыл бұрын

@@Buzzdog1971 Thank you kindly!

@ITILII 2 жыл бұрын

The Carter family are absolute LEGENDS....and Chet Atkins was a great a guitarist as ANY you can name !

@Buzzdog1971 2 жыл бұрын

@@ITILII Chet Atkins was also one of the greatest recording engineers / producers ever as well.

@jcastra 5 жыл бұрын

Americana at its finest. She was such a great talent, she truly served the song. ❤️

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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@100perdido 4 жыл бұрын

After all her contributions she ended up working in a hospital as a nurse's assistant until J.R. Cash got her out of there and back into the music scene. Starting at @.43 that's Earl Scruggs playing guitar behind her.

@kimgutschmidt8970 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this video.The Carter Family’s music is something I grew up listening to and Wildwood Flower was my grandmother’s favorite song. It’s amazing how this one family from rural Appalachian Virginia was able to influence so many musicians in not only country music, but bluegrass and rock as well.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@paulfavour7790 3 жыл бұрын

Well Said. It really is something. One family and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

@sandeedobberstine5591 3 жыл бұрын

Well said! I love Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family. Couldn’t believe my eyes when this popped up on my screen today. Made my day!

@gerardgiudice8303 5 жыл бұрын

THE CARTER FAMILY IS ARE VERSION OF A ROYAL FAMILY .SO TALENTED ,THEY Did So much for COUNTRY MUSIC .

@lazykid2470 5 жыл бұрын

They are our country ROYAL FAMILY the Carter Family.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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@MarvinStroud3 3 жыл бұрын

In the late 1930s I heart this guitar style on am radio. I had never heard of the Carter Family. I am now 85 years old and still love this music. Thanks for the tribute to Maybelle.

@philipthon3349 4 жыл бұрын

That was known as her "scratch". That's what she called her technique.

@misskate60 4 жыл бұрын

Possible her technique was also due to her playing the auto harp and banjo

@Peregrin27 4 жыл бұрын

Helen Carter (Maybelle's oldest daughter) told the story, that the term "carter scratch" was actually made up by people of the folk revival in the 60s. It was not coined by Maybelle herself.

@Peregrin27 4 жыл бұрын

@ I think it's different from the clawhammer. Don't you play the melody with your indexfinger in the clawhammer style?

@carmenhardy2629 3 жыл бұрын

@@misskate60 I'm guessing she learned them first. Do you happen to know?

@harpgal9950 4 жыл бұрын

Good analysis. I'm part of the local autoharp family (although I rarely play country.) Mother Maybelle was one of the first to hold an autoharp upright against the body when playing - it was usually played lap style. She fueled a renewed interest in this instrument. Members of the Carter Family travel to our area every year to teach workshops on autoharp, guitar and share the great catalog of music produced by the various members. They also inspired some really talented luthiers locally, now considered world class builders in the autoharp world.

@clintmurray9815 4 жыл бұрын

I think I read somewhere that she held autoharp the way she did to make room for everyone at the one mike.

@harpgal9950 4 жыл бұрын

@@clintmurray9815 - That's a great reason! Thanks for sharing.

@jw0stephens 3 жыл бұрын

We made an autoharp for my mom to play for a project she had for her teaching degree in SE Missouri. Earl and others traveled thru the area and our families were all around when the visited. We used white oak for the frame, and didn't get the right strings. Some day now that I know a bit more, I should replace the eye screws with the right hardware and the correct strings and try it again.

@dtaylor939 4 жыл бұрын

PBS is currently featuring an 8-hr documentary about country music by renowned filmmaker Ken Burns. They spend quite a bit on time on The Carter Family.

@EchoesofKindness 4 жыл бұрын

Just wondering what Ken Burns is getting wrong?

@prairiebhoy9199 3 жыл бұрын

@barfnarfny The country community seemed happy. Marty Stuart was a contributor and he takes pains to get the facts right and he worked for Scruggs and Cash and would have some insight from his ex mother in law, June Carter and her sisters

@qdav5 3 жыл бұрын

How could anybody watch Mother Maybelle for 30 seconds and not fall in love? Her talent and creativity is obvious, but there is something else that comes through when she sings and plays that is far, far deeper and more pure.

@LoisFox131 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, June’s Mom! Another icon👍🏼

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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@sand3882 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle and The Carter Family travelled throughout the country performing in high school gyms and local fairs. My dad remembers seeing them in the 50s when he was in high school. At that time, our town may have had 1,000 people if we were lucky. I believe they were very modest about their talents, but people loved them. A young Miss June Carter was often featured. I'm sorry I missed out on some of those great performances, but who knows...I may have hated country/bluegrass/roots music at the time. In my country town in the 70s, it was cooler to like The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, or The Rolling Stones. I'm glad my musical tastes are now wider and I can see the connections between the old and new. I'm not a musician, but I love your kind and thoughtful remarks about each artist. Keep on keeping on...

@TheHoffy59 5 жыл бұрын

Goodness gracious, what an old soul. You are reacting to Mother Maybelle Carter and you just referenced Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Amazing.

@rickypilcher3618 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle is a national treasure and we still love her.

@pamflowers8364 4 жыл бұрын

She and her family were directly responsible for getting Johnny Cash on the right track and saving him from drugs and alcohol. We have the Carter Family to thank for having him as long as we did. They gave us so much.

@ellentravers7889 Жыл бұрын

Love Mother Maybelle. Thank you, Fil. You help me understand better why I like what I like.

@sandrahutchinson2695 2 жыл бұрын

I love that sweet smile. He seems to be a genuinely lovely person!

@SusanBame 4 жыл бұрын

I went to college in West Virginia after visiting my brother for years in the summertime and attending the Folk Festival in Glenville. What I learned was that "country" music, the real folk music, came from the people who settled there in the hills and hollers, and it came from their own history -- which largely was British, Irish, Scottish. So itʻs only natural for a British musician to take a look at how British music evolved in America over a few hundred years. Attending the Folk Festival I developed a passion for bluegrass music, cornbread and bean soup, quilting, old-timey crafts like pottery and basketmaking. And then when I had my own kids I took them one year to the Folk Festival and it made a lasting impression on all of them -- especially when I won the spelling bee!! Ha. Beat out the attorney who came from Maryland just to win the spelling bee. One of my kids picked up the banjo and another fell in love with the hammered dulcimer, all because we went to the Folk Festival.

@cwfan2 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle was a great influence on the music industry. Her daughter, June Carter Cash, carried on her legacy quite well.

@danielgroth3070 3 жыл бұрын

What a Talent 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏 Happy to find your youtube Chanel. You have always a smile, when you listening at the artists. You make me happy 😊😊😊😊😍😍👍

@careycline8852 5 жыл бұрын

Sarah, AP and Mother Maybelle are the true pioneers of American music....thanks for exposing her work. She was also ahead of her time as a strong woman performing...

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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@charlescrockett6208 4 жыл бұрын

The bass player , Jake"JUNE BUG" Tullock, was my family's neighbor his entire life. He was with Flatt and Scruggs. Many famous people visited his Mom's house. Don Gibson was the best man @ his sister's wedding, I was 5 but remember it well.

@phillipward8776 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, you could calibrate a metronome with her playing.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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@guitarheel62ify 4 жыл бұрын

You are correct.

@ulexite-tv 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, around here we call that "the little Carter family engine," because the Carter Family -- especially the original trio of Maybelle, Sara, and A.P. -- is known for machine-like precision in tempo, like a railroad locomotive running on a straightaway..

@mkivy 4 жыл бұрын

I studied this back in college! Wow what a gr8 experience I was given with these musicians! Ergo country music begins!

@RosaKay55 11 ай бұрын

It’s great that you bring some of the pioneers of music to the attention of today’s generation. Mother Maybelle paved the way for other country players. Johnny Cash had the utmost respect for his mother-in-law and included her in his shows. Thanks Fil!

@dollypartonandjunecarter8438 4 жыл бұрын

Maybelle learned how to play the blues style guitar from Lesley Riddle, but she invented the Carter Scratch.

@peggymarsheck4926 3 жыл бұрын

This is correct. She was playing and recording Carter Scratch style before A.P. met Leslie Riddle. She learned to play guitar from her older brother, Dewey, and from watching her banjo-playing mother, Margaret Addington.

@edejan Жыл бұрын

As a lover of all types of music, from all kinds of rock to Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti, I absolutely adore the Carter family and I am thrilled to see this tribute to Mother Maybelle by one of my favorite music critics! Bravo!

@ElvinaDumoulin Жыл бұрын

I love that song so much...and Maybelle playing the guitar!

@lucillereilly 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching YOU watching Maybelle. I’ve been reading a lot about her lately and have really gotten hooked. Best to you, and thanks for making this little “documentary.”

@MadameiMercyJeanX__ 4 жыл бұрын

*Oh.. "This Lady" :) Has A Clearly Melodic Voice And I Have To Admit Again It's My First Time That I Know About Her , So Thanks Fil & Hello Again !!!! X3

@bekind6763 5 жыл бұрын

Fil, I love your enthusiasm, what a joy it is to see you analytics, you break it down in such a way that makes it easy to understand. Your my light at the end of the night. Sleep well, my bright & shining star, until tomorrow! Good Night!!!Thank you!

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@vivian4949 4 жыл бұрын

For me this is real old tyme country guitar and country music, love it, great to see it Here.

@Greywolf3 5 жыл бұрын

Fil, I so appreciate the information you provide on artists you present and love you smiling as you watch them showing how much you appreciate their talents!

@jmill3147 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who has been strictly punk rock and hard rock for most of my teens and adult life, I recall growing up with this style of music in western Virginia. My grandfather played in traveling bands all around the state in his younger days and he'd still play the old Carter Family songs even up into his 70's. The Carters still hold a special place in my heart and memories.

@JACKPAVAL 4 жыл бұрын

Mother Maybelle Carter was a master Autoharp player , and i also think she incorporated that picking style into her guitar playing., making her somewhat different than the other guitar players at the time . Hank Snow was a great player also . He actually taught some of the country stars how to play guitar!

@johnmount5917 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Paval Yes, Hank Snow plaed grate muzic on hiz guitar. It had a certin speshul sound. Then there’z good ole Roy Clark an Acuff. I kood name severul more, an U probli noe them too.

@franceslambert8070 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmount5917 Are you really putting down country folks by misspelling words? I can see that you are a complete arse and racist. SHAME ON YOU!

@johnmount5917 3 жыл бұрын

@@franceslambert8070 I spel that wae on purpus. I spel how we tauk, not thu British Shakespearean English we wer taut with aul thoze silent letters. Thank God we hav better Redeing Bibels now too. I certinli do NOT make fun ov good ole tiemi muezic

@packingten 4 жыл бұрын

I was 9 yrs old dad gave me an old Stella guitar,I learned Wildwood flower first,Mother Maybelle will always be my guitar hero. RIP Momma!.

@ThomasScoopo Жыл бұрын

Love hearing her sing The Wildwood Flower!

@davesmith7993 5 жыл бұрын

Maybelle's picking became well known as the "Carter Scratch", she was often invited to play at folk music festivals because the young folks wanted to hear that technique and would ask for it by name. You mentioned "fiddle and not violin" in your comments. While talking to a concert violinist, she actually explained to me the difference between a violin and a fiddle. A fiddle has a flatter bridge for drawing the bow across multiple strings easier, a violinist uses a more angled bridge because single stings are used more often. When she asked if I knew the difference I thought it was a trick question, but it makes sense.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I've been told there is no difference, just a fiddle is a collective term for a stringed instrument! Cool extra info 👍

@renenadeau8543 5 жыл бұрын

Dave Smith ..A violin has strings, a fiddle has strangs. Hillbilly humor.

@filianablanxart8305 5 жыл бұрын

To a degree, it's a matter of personal preference, but there are differences in the setup , primarily the flatter bridge as noted .

@kensherwin4544 2 жыл бұрын

I've been told that the difference is that you can spill beer on a fiddle.

@johnashley327 4 жыл бұрын

Just watched the Country music documentary.

@brandaanderson1673 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVED that Ken Burns series. The only criticism being that quite a few greats were missing (Don Gibson for one..unless I missed him, not much about Johnny Rodriguez, who was MAJOR in TX)and a bit too much emphasis on folk performers like Dylan, who I love but could have been saved for a folk version imo) All in all, though it was a beautiful.

4 жыл бұрын

great job pegasus, for for being one of the avenues in keeping roots music and americana alive and bringing it to your YT channel and fans. in this modern world, there needs to be a return to these very grounded musical styles. you probably know that these styles are rooted in ireland and scotland in the british isles. cheers, man.

@flautalee3090 2 жыл бұрын

If you notice over on the L edge of the screen in the beginning of this video, you’ll see Earl Scruggs playing guitar. Great clip! Thank you for featuring Mother Maybelle.

@WhiteTiger333 5 жыл бұрын

Talk about memory lane! When I got my first guitar at age 12, I set about teaching myself to play Mother Maybelle style. She was my guitar hero. :) Wildwood Flower was the first one I mastered to my satisfaction. She was something else on the autoharp, too, but I never had one of those.

@SongbirdsforHIM 4 жыл бұрын

For the ORIGIN of country, you may want to check out The Stoneman Family. Earnest "Pop" Stoneman was contributory in introducing the likes of, The Carter Family, Jimmy Rogers, and others into the world of Country Music. These were the legendary “Bristol Sessions” with Ralph Peer. This was to be the undisputed time in Country Music’s history, held in Bristol Tennessee in 1927, where and when the genre was born. This would mark a milestone in “Ernest “Pop” Stonemans” life forever.

@Treasureson78RPM 2 жыл бұрын

Historical performance from Mother Maybelle Carter with the old Gibson L-5 guitar. Groundbreaking stuff for sure.

@tomlivesay8407 3 жыл бұрын

Look up the Wikipedia listing for “Carter Family Fold.” I’ve been there several times, and saw Johnny Cash there on multiple occasions, including his next to last concert. His last concert was there also, but I missed that one. I did see Johnny and June’s last performance together there. It is a place that needs to be recognized.

@gregmoorhead7203 4 жыл бұрын

I so appreciate the detail of your videos...you really impress me. Before this video, I had NO IDEA that Leslie ever existed. SO AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!!

@The_trinity-yj8po 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man I really enjoyed the breakdown of mother Maybelle Carter and it’s crazy cause I was just watching the biography on her and her family literally yesterday what an innovator original there was no other like her or the Carter family and general lotta talent came out of that family!!Thank you for doing a video on this I really enjoyed it

@rathert 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's important to note that Maybelle made her first recordings with Sara and A.P. when she was just 18 years old. She had already revolutionized country/folk guitar playing as a teenager!

@joyeriojas1502 11 ай бұрын

THANK you for doing this analysis on early country music.I have loved rock music forever and when I feel like a change up it's this genre .Can't wait for the next one 🤘🎸

@TheAcworthdude 5 жыл бұрын

Chet loved and respected Her so much.I seem to remember a interview where He talked about them making thumb picks out of plastic toothbrushes was back when .Thank You for talking about all these wonderful People .One People start to explore Their lifes and music You will find even more great musicians an people :)

@TheAcworthdude 5 жыл бұрын

Lester Flatt and Earl scruggs playing with Her !

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@markmcknight9601 5 жыл бұрын

Yo, Fil: Good to see Mother Maybelle! The band I was in in the 90"s was an eclectic bluegrass garage band, so her influence touches a chord. Thanks for the flashback!

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@kathyflorcruz552 5 жыл бұрын

Aren't you wonderful to show this great lady! Just love your videos, appreciation & knowledge of music.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tedijune6759 2 жыл бұрын

Wings of Pegasus; I like how happy this obviously makes you. I watched a documentary on here recently. Her technique was called “the Carter Scratch.” XO

@susanrussell3001 5 жыл бұрын

Mother maybelle Carter great video it just took me back to my childhood,my mom and dad played that style big country fans of Johnny cash and June Carter great memories.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@joed7691 4 жыл бұрын

I am amazed you discovered this and love it so much. Mother Maybelle was the mother of country music and I love her Carter Scratch as well as her autoharp playing.

@robertbrouillette6767 Жыл бұрын

In 1977, I and a good friend of mine got to see Helen, Anita, and June Carter do the Wild Woodflower with just an acoustical guitar. By this time, Mother Maybell was no longer making the concert circuit.

@nancyl3843 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I love the Carter Family and particularly Mother Maybelle.

@jims41 4 жыл бұрын

If you have time on your hands I recommend viewing Ken Burns’ series on on country music (PBS). Even more detail on Maybelle and the entire Carter family.

@marilynperez4956 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to watch Maybelle play guitar as if it was part of her. Also fascinating to watch her on autoharp playing Black Mountain Rag & as far afield as the Greek song Never on Sunday. This woman was so amazing like no other since.

@tommykawasaki9676 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job Fil, love it ! I’m a heavy rocker, but grew up hearing old country, on the Bakelite radio, with the big dial in the center, on top of the fridge, in Grandpa & Grandma’s kitchen.

@aweekback1 5 жыл бұрын

You are something else Fil!!!!!! You are keeping all of us excited................it really is an exclusive club that anyone can join..............

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gearmeister 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Phil, so much for going back to the beginnings of country guitar! There's been countless recordings of this song. As you mentioned, in the 1920's the guitar was thought of mainly as a rhythm instrument. The Carter family actually helped break the mold & stereotypes of early guitar playing. The earliest stages of country actually started with the dulcimer, fiddle, banjo and ukulele! (& many variations of these instruments). Thanks also for mentioning her influences that forged her style! Most country players learned this tune early on, such as Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, and Glen Campbell!

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@gearmeister 5 жыл бұрын

@brad zybola Right on brother!! This is a great topic which could go on forever!! I played in country & rock bands and I enjoyed combining the two!!

@bruiser 5 жыл бұрын

Hank Snow was a better than average flat picker. Hear the acoustic lead guitar on his recordings? Well, that's Hank picking away.

@docelyasf.isaacs1036 4 жыл бұрын

HELLO, I've played and sung music including folk and country for about 65 years. No, my name isn't Elizabeth Cotton. Yes, I chose guitar at age thirteen. I've been an accomplished acoustic & Electric guitsrist for 52 years. I started with classical piano at age two & a half with my Grandmother. Today along with being a working musician and vocalist, I'm also an active member of Pete Seeger's New York City Friends Of Clearwater. From all of this and much more I'm a Senior Research Scholar at the United States Library of Congress American Folklife Center specializing in Mother MayBelle, the Carter Sisters, and the Carter Family with a separate specialty in American Songs of the Sea from Richard Maitland of the Snug Harbor Retired Seamans' Cottage. Mother MayBelle learned her string instruments in her childhood beginning with the 5 string banjo using Old Time Frailing. From this she perfected an intensity on mdlody interspersed with the strummed song chords which evolved from Frailing into Mother Maybelle's. "Carter Scratch". Later in life as peer traveling musicians, Mother MayBelle Carter and Leslie Riddle jammed and swapped information and lead lines. Thank you for featuring this cameo view into the life and work of one of America's most influential and beloved musical artists. SHALOM, SHALEIM, PEACE, LOVE. Always, Doctor Elyas Isaacs

@docelyasf.isaacs1036 4 жыл бұрын

HELLO, EVERYONE,! Thank you so much for the HEART{like} Fil. That we share love and respect for the incomparable talent and creative ability of MayBelle Addington Carter shows how truly skilled and amazing she was. You're in Great Britain, I'm in New York City, and Mother MayBelle received comments from as far away as Australia. Definitely was she world known and world class. What seems all the more remarkable was she began receiving notice as far back as the 1920's when feminism was practically unknown. What that says about her abilities as an artist who deeply connected with folks all across the USA is important. To respond to question asked in the comments, I offer words here based on my personal research at the American Folklife Center in Washington, DC, at the Library of Congress and my conversations with other members of Folk Alliance International and the Folk Music Society of New York and with several country and folk music experts here in NYC. There are other extensive Carter Family historical holdings on my future research schedule not used here. Regarding Mother MayBelle's "Carter Scratch" style, it's standard 5 string banjo Old Time Trailing(claw & hammer) used by most banjoists. Each banjo player has a personal style reflecting training, skill, taste, jamming partners, and musical will. Eventually each banjo player develops a personal style evolving from the influences I mentioned. My research reading from memory provided a quote like, "MayBelle learned the 5 string banjo as a kid and then got a guitar. Once she had the guitar she pretty much mastered it completely and just kept going." KZfaq has a rare video of Mother MayBelle's instrumental 5 string version of "Sugar Hill", a song passed down from the vocal rendition of Dad Crockett also showing on KZfaq. They're both great, and I encourage your viewings. I did listen to the inside recorded interview with Mother MayBelle where in another section Leslie Riddle is mentioned. They met according to my sources after her first, childhood banjo learning. I expect as fellow banjo players they shared picking skills. Without a currently contributing witness or other well provensced sourxe, it's hard to tell how much they, MayBelle and Leslie, taught each other. In that day and age and even now women and African Heritage instrumental musicians face difficult challenges. We are truly blessed both Maybelle Carter and Leslie Riddle are even known to us today. Thank you Fil for your musical wisdom and insights. SHALOM, SHALEIM, PEACE, LOVE. Always for good music, Doctor Elyas Isaacs

@docelyasf.isaacs1036 4 жыл бұрын

HELLO, EVERYONE! Wildwood Flower is a traditional classic beloved by the Country Music Community and shows Mother MayBelle at her best I provide two other A.P. Carter authored sekectiins featuring Mother MayBelle demonstrating outstanding samples of "Carter Scratch",.. First is one from the Mexican radio years being I AM YOUR FLOWER. The second is one of my favourites with IN THE LAND WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD. Enjoy the true artistry and creative genius of Mother MayBelle Carter. SHALOM, SHALEIM, PEACE, LOVE. Always, Doctor Elyas Fraenkel Isaacs

@pattyneff3928 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent pick (ha!) Im so happy you featured her and the walking bass line and both parts. Such a pleasure watching those hands💖

@DelEast740 3 жыл бұрын

She was my great grandmother's neighbor and cousin growing up in Nickelsville Va... She is from the Addington blood line.

@jazzcat8786 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful voice, strong hands and I love the guitar she’s playing!! Her great granddad was a PM in Britain.. Early country folk music is awesome!!

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@dasteelerfan1 5 жыл бұрын

Jazz Cat yes it is

@barryoconnor721 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a poor Arkansas boy the 1920s and taught me early what he called Carter Style Picking, very popular in his youth. The thumb for bass notes and lower three fingers for the melody. He told me the English Carters learned the style from Mexican merchants on the Santa Fe Trail and incorporated it with their cherished old songs brought from the Old World, others say it was a former black slave whom taught it to Maybelle Carter. I think they were all correct, the Ozark Mountains in the late 19th century were a melting pot of 3 distinct styles of music that blended. When I watch Bill Withers pick "Ain't No Sunshine", that's Carter Style Picking. He admits himself he is no city kid, he's country as watermelon pickles. The oldest songs grandpa knew before that were things like "Turkey In The Straw", "Arkansas Traveler", "Duncan And Brady"... song styles I think a scholar of old British Isle music would recognize immediately.

@philipcobbin3172 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Lesley Riddle reference... track em to ground.... Mother Maybelle was such an American Jewel, Thanks

@Dr.Moni64 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

@peggyconverse7622 5 жыл бұрын

The Carter family is "Royalty" in the Country and Gospell heritage.

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@kenmeacham7025 4 жыл бұрын

ken burns has a new documentary about country music just saw the first episode last night I think you would like it i did and I'm not a country music guy

@siobhanlyons1907 4 жыл бұрын

So glad I came across this channel. I have to admit I'm binge viewing now. I thought I knew many of the artists & songs but I'm learning something astonishing with every post. Happy days. 😊

@wingsofpegasus 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@patearl4036 3 жыл бұрын

True roots and the scratch style of playing is a true legendary style

@GottliebGoltz 4 жыл бұрын

She was ahead of her time, I'm thinking.

@RachelRenee3636 5 жыл бұрын

June's mom! I love her!

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@bruiser 5 жыл бұрын

June is the one who became famous, but Anita was the one with the voice.

@TennesseeMelanie 5 жыл бұрын

@@bruiser, that is correct. June was the actress and comedienne of the family (and a very talented and trained one)...Anita had a beautiful voice.

@mwbright 2 жыл бұрын

I had a smile on my face for her entire performance.

@user-ye1ku7jo9o 3 жыл бұрын

Wildwood Flower was the first song I learned and I still practice it years later. Thanks for the video.

@georgeorwell4534 4 жыл бұрын

I watched Johnny Cash show religiously. There's a clip on KZfaq of a Maybelle and June Carter performance I saw that I'll never forget. What a talented family.

@graybeard2113 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that was sometime prior to 1984..

@georgeorwell4534 4 жыл бұрын

@@graybeard2113 Quite true! Around 71! :)

@jeffg1524 5 жыл бұрын

May the Circle between Country, Folk and Rhythm and Blues that became the foundation of what we call Rock and Roll now and forever never be Broken. 👍🎵🎸💖

@wingsofpegasus 5 жыл бұрын

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