Country’s First Family - SCHOOLinSITES

The Carter Family’s impact is far reaching – they saved Appalachian music for posterity, began the country music recording industry, and inspired the careers of legends like Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Everything’s Relative. A. P. (Alvin Pleasant) Carter, founding father of the Carter Family, was born in Poor Valley, Virginia, in 1891. ................
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