Country Legends We Love: “Mother” Maybelle Carter

“As far as guitar playing [in country music] goes, there’s Maybelle [Carter], then there’s everybody else.” The ancestral history of country music’s rolling melodic stringed instrumentation originates with one person and one style: Mother Maybelle Carter’s iconic “Carter Scratch” technique. Whether favoring the autoharp, banjo, or guitar as your favorite timeless country music instrument, if… Read more »

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