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Thread #116137 Message #2494218
Posted By: Richie
14-Nov-08 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Hey Q,
The original Carter Family concluded their recording career in 1941. The Border Radio recordings usually don't include all the original members. Maybelle's children were also included as with Beautiful Brown Eyes.
The 1952-1956 Acme sessions wasn't the Original Carter Family.
Let's leave those sessions out for now, OK?
Do you have Beldens' "Beautiful Isle O'er the Sea"? He collected it and first published it.
The song was done first by Ernest Stoneman at the 1928 Bristol Sessions and should be considered a folk song. Probably the Carters learned their version from the Stonemans.