Some of the Carter Family's major hits:

Keep on the Sunnyside

Can the Circle Be Unbroken?

Wildwood Flower

Look for them in vol. 3 of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, out
this spring.

By the way, Mother Maybelle Carter's guitar was purchased by a donor
recently for the Country Music Hall of Fame.  The price was $575,000 if
I recall correctly.

Gregg 
 

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I've never heard of the Carter family, or perhaps I need to know some of
their tunes to recognize them.

May I suggest Bo Jangles Robinson for his contributions to the arts.

Anne
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