Mark Zwonitzer, in his book on the Carter Family, describes the Carters' first recording session, in Bristol, Tennessee. Apparently Ralph Peer remarked to A.P., at the end of the session, "You didn't do very much," to which A.P. apparently responded, "No, I just bass in every once't in a while." Sara and Maybelle returned for a second session, the next day, without A.P.