The Original Carter Family - 1 August 1927.***

***1st Recording Session*** Recorded 1 August 1927 - (18.30 - 21.30) - 410 State St., Bristol, TN --A.P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter [vcl/autoharp], Maybelle Carter [vcl/gt]. Producer: Ralph Peer.

TRACK No.1...BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW
A.P. (Vcl),Sara (Vcl/Autoharp) & Maybelle (Vcl/Guitar)

(1800's Trad. Folk Song 1st Recorded 1909 (Belden)
And 1923 (Whitter)
1924 (Thompson)
1924 (Reneau)
1926 (Harrell)
1926 (Burnett & Rutherford)
Adapted by A.P. Carter 1927

(2.56) TRACK No.2...LITTLE LOG CABIN BY THE SEA
A.P. (Vcl Duet),Sara (Vcl Duet/Autoharp) & Maybelle (Guitar)

(Late 1800's... Written by W.C. Hafley as "Bible in the Cabin By The Sea" Copyrighted by Publisher A.J. Showalter in 1903)

Adapted A.P.Carter 1927

(5.48) TRACK No.3...THE POOR ORPHAN CHILD
A.P. (Vcl Duet),Sara (Vcl Duet/Autoharp) & Maybelle (Guitar)

(1898 Gospel Song "Saviour Lead Them Orphans" Written by H.W. Elliot & Emmett Dean)

Adapted by A.P.Carter 1927

(9.16) TRACK No.4..THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
A.P. (Vcl Duet),Sara (Vcl Duet/Autoharp) & Maybelle (Guitar)

(Circa 1800's From an old Scottish Ballad with many Variants
"True Lover's Farewell"
"The Lass of Roch Royal"
"Fare You Well,My Own True Love"
"Ten Thousand Miles"
Although AP Carter Claimed Authorship of the Song The Verses can be traced to a Centuries-Old Ballad Collected by FRANCIS JAMES CHILD.....Hobart Smith of Saltville,Virginia Recorded a very Similar Song called "STORMY ROSE THE OCEAN"...Saltville is Approx. 50 Miles from the Carter Family's Home at Mace's Springs,Virginia
1st Version Recorded in the US was 1906 (Belden)...Adapted by A.P.Carter in 1927)...
Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)

Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia

The day before this Recording Session AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips
Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970

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