Not that they did not play blue grass but the Carter family's genre was "mountain music" or "country music." and they were well known before the distinctive blue grass sound was developed out of mountain music by Bill Monroe and advanced by others such as Earl Scruggs. Richard E. Dixon Clifton, VA 20124-2115 703-830-8177 fax 703-691-0978 > [Original Message] > From: qvarizona <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 1/4/2006 10:08:39 AM > Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian > > You're probably aware of Johnny Cash. He married June Carter, one of the Carter family daughters. This Carter family was instrumental (ooh, there's an unintended pun) in bringing their version of Scotch-Irish mountain music --otherwise known as Blue Grass-- to the world's attention. > > Joanne > > Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > Anne Pemberton > [log in to unmask] > http://www.erols.com/stevepem > http://www.erols.com/apembert > http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html