The Carter Family Profile
Members:
Maybelle Carter (guitar, vocal)
Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp, vocal)
Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Carter (fiddle, vocal)
Associated Acts:
Carter Family & Cathy
Sara & Maybelle Carter
Other Members:
Janette Carter
Joe Carter
Anita Carter
Helen Carter
June Carter Cash
Carlene Carter
Lorrie Davis Bennett
Rosie Nix Adams
David Lawrence Jones
Genres:
Folk
Country
Gospel
Appalachian Folk
Formed: In 1926 in Clinch Mountain, Virginia, U.S.A.
Did You Know:The group disbanded in 1943
The Carter Family was the first group to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.