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 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html