The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower

[@alan4sure]

After playing my guitar for Mom in the senior's home, when leaving I stopped to play some Wildwood flower for an elderly lady with dementia in her wheelchair who doesn't speak anymore. To my surprise, she hummed the tune exactly and her face lit right up. Music does amazing things.

[@reedryals4116]

alan4sure thank you for doing that.

[@franklock6066]

That's really cool how's everything going

[@TheNick279]

God bless you.

[@userjos]

that's amazing thank you. That's the magic of music and all that it represents

[@johnburke8667]

My mother’s favorite song by far. 85 years old on the 6th of October. And my mum will sing this song like an angel on her birthday!

[@twlvhrs]

My Uncle Ray Edenton right behind her, A team session rhythm guitar player for 40 years

[@StephenBingham-kp2ld]

Who, the one playing the bass?

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@StephenBingham-kp2ld No, the guy playing rhythm guitar. The only one of the three guys in back of the Carters who is playing guitar.

[@haplessasshole9615]

I just checked out your uncle on Wikipedia. Wow, he really had some career! The only possible answer to the question, "Who did Edenton play with?" is "Everyone. Name a star. Yep, played with 'em." And it's amazing how long he lived, especially given he contracted TB at a time when it was notoriously tough to cure. Was he a storyteller?

[@marlenaAKAmarz]

So kewl

[@JohnHWelch63]

@@twlvhrs As a studio player he must have laid tracks for a lot of different artists albums. Did he ever do session work at the studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?

[@Scottiefan60]

Both my parents grew up in Dungannon, Va - deepest Appalachia. My mom told me many times that the Carters would perform in places like school auditoriums during the Depression. If you didn't have the price of admission, people would bring home-canned goods, fried chicken, you name it. The Carter Family never turned anyone away. These were desperately poor times in Southwest Virginia in the 30's and 40's, so hearing the Carters play was like hearing angels sing on earth to the poor farm folk in the audience. Although my parents were very young then, they never forgot Mother Maybelle and all the rest bringing great music to their doorstep.

[@Bruce-tb8nl]

I've been misspelling her beautiful name. It's not Maybell but rather Maybelle. Oh she's a joy.

[@deewrig54]

What artist would do this today?

[@patrickdaly5068]

That is awesome.

[@mitoys3628]

I am older than dirt , so I grew up with my mom and her 4 sister humming and singing the Carter songs. They were at the time , bigger than any rock star , and are still remembered as the start of real american music. I still go to Mother's grave and play tunes on my mandolin.

[@bethhendricks5567]

Bless you

[@valeriegordon3000]

Sitting here in nostalgic tears. I am 61 years old and when I was little mom had the album with this song on it. We lived in a tiny little house in Saskatchewan and some nights mom and dad would have friends over to play guitar and sing. I grew up listening to the Carter Family and listening to it just brings back mom and her guitar. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Valerie great story !

[@ИеронимВагнер-и5и]

why did you fuck up America?why does liberal shit teach you how to live?

[@tommiller5263]

@@ИеронимВагнер-и5и sick

[@bigrobbyd.6805]

@@ИеронимВагнер-и5и Um, Saskatchewan is in Canada. Learn geography.

[@finddeniro]

I am 62. .Simple time Smiles. .Yeah . .old Ohio

[@shannonhukins1700]

I found this song by accident after 40 years of trying because my daddy Played it on the harmonica when I was a little girl. I was so happy to find it! Music speaks to the heart. Thank you for sharing.

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Shannon, how are you doing today?

[@connie7249]

In 2012 , at my mothers funeral, my daughter got up with her guitar and dedicated this song to my mom as it was her favorite song. My daughter did an amazing job singing and playing. My mother would have been so proud 😌

[@klimber10001]

That's sweet. ♥️🌷

[@sidDkid87]

would have been an honor to be there ... did anyone record it???

[@robertpryor7129]

I'm proud of your daughter too. I don't even know your family, but they have to be good people.

[@markzimmer5477]

GOD BLESS YOUR DAUGHTER. I am sure your Mom heard it from above. I tear up when i read this story , I think of My Mom gone since 2002 and Imiss her every day. vwj570

[@carlbeeler6018]

all who pass must be honoured. they have given us so much. @@markzimmer5477

[@ricktaylor3748]

This was my Mothers favorite song. Lord how I miss her. She died July 20th 1997 in my arms.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

+Rick Taylor God rest her soul sir.

[@mightyturkeyneck1349]

+Rick Taylor Yeah, my mom died in my arms in 2005, and I`ve never recovered. I am, however, so grateful that I had the opportunity to see her off. The last thing she saw in the world was the eyes of a person who loved her. I take some solace in this. Anyway, I`m so sorry for your loss. I still dream about my mom almost every night, and its been almost 11 years.

[@ricktaylor3748]

+Paul Snider I often dream about my Mother, too. In my dreams she is always smiling and happy. I think it's her way of letting me know she is in Heaven, and no longer in pain, as I said, you will never know pain, until your Mother dies. Be grateful you had her as long as you did.

[@dickjohnson2572]

+Rick Taylor im so sorry she had to die in your arms dude.

[@ricktaylor3748]

+Dick Johnson I would not have had it any other way. I loved her beyond love. Thanks bud.

[@mpospisil101]

Carter Family = a golden period of country music.

[@ih1955]

There's magic in this music. The essence of American country music. Thanks for uploading.

[@finallythere100]

Before everything went rock and electric.

[@lesliethomas5845]

agree re magic

[@jamesmccauley2400]

Those 3 part harmonies around one mic - sublime

[@annettanations7356]

These are beautiful songs played by the very best. I love/loved Mother Maybell.

[@Mandrake591]

In other words, REAL singing! : )

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@Mandrake591 Yeah none of that fake lip-synched autotune crap!

[@rudiosman3934]

low fifth is so clear .. a mic

[@JonJenkins1982]

Hell, how about that guitar playing at 1:07. I played the guitar for 15 years and could never play anything that clean

[@cecilegosselin9971]

Gives me shivers every time, that's what I call real music.

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Cecile, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@realdonaldtrump: As opposed to Milli Vanilli and others like them! They're Fake Music!

[@olusabaolukayode9191]

I wander who are giving this great musicians thumb down. They are great, wonderful and amazing. God bless them.

[@8scrivo2]

I don’t know much about these (the carter family) but I ain’t even lying when I say that woman is one of the best guitarists I’ve ever seen, she’s picking a melody and strumming chord at the same time!!! While singing 🤯 skill

[@jareddawson7239]

For a little perspective, that's June Carter Cash Johnny Cash's wife playing the autoharp

[@8scrivo2]

@@jareddawson7239 yeah I know June but I didn’t really know Mother Maybelle and the others that well, I know abit more now, I only got onto the carters cus I’m a Johnny Cash fan and now I love these too.

[@annak.9470]

Mother Maybelle perfected this method of strumming which was eventually called the “Carter scratch.” Her style influenced generation after generation of guitarists from all genres of music, and I’m sure she’ll continue to impact music for the rest of time!

[@8scrivo2]

@@annak.9470 she was truly fantastic 👌🏼

[@cm6534]

It's not that hard to do once you get the feel of it but she was definitely a pioneer and had it down perfectly

[@edwarddeitch8886]

Heartbreakingly beautiful. Especially since we don't get real mountain music like that anymore. They were the best.

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I know what you mean! Miss this music!

[@chollysquid764]

An old boy from Tennessee taught me how to pick this when we were deployed over seas..i had never heard it, but he told me i'd never forget it...man, was he right..changed my life..I don't let a day go by without listening to this song...It is that important ..

[@kristadrinkard7962]

i can play the first part

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

​@@kristadrinkard7962 Do you know it all now? I just started learning it yesterday. I had a lot of trouble because of muting strings, but when I put the capo down 4 frets, the muting went away because my hand didn't need to stretch to span the frets.

[@allenelswick6961]

In Eastern Kentucky you always learned two great songs no matter what and those song's were Johnny B. Good and the great Wildwood Flower. I play Wildwood Flower three different ways on guitar.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Your experience is what makes me never give up on people.

[@Verbal-Kint]

Mama Carter.. the matriarch of country music.. just humbling to see her in action absolutely amazing..

[@farleyfox1840]

The famous "Carter scratch". This woman basically invented country music. Thousands of guitar players owe their careers to her.

[@markfarago8846]

You should look up the name Lesley Riddle than...

[@seantherevelator4896]

If she didn't do someone else would have but yeah you're right

[@tothelighthouse9843]

Don't watch the video. Just listen. Close your eyes & imagine it's the early 1940s & you're with family in a ragged little wood house miles from town, after supper & the house is getting chilly & outside the windows it's dark as only a country night can be... Now imagine this bright beautiful song comes on the radio. Fills the kitchen, warms the livingroom, makes you want to invite the neighbours over or grab your little sister & dance. The power of music doesn't fade.

[@peterthurman9384]

No computers here. Just beautiful country western music.

[@dkbsoulman]

Several years ago, I drove over to Hiltons, Virginia to a small Methodist church to pay my respects to AP Carter who is buried there. These people began what is now country music. Respect ❤.

[@deborahdougherty3208]

Our family lives down there!

[@marilyncarter4181]

This is my very favorite song. My wife played the guitar and sang many nights to the same. My condolences to you poor people who gave this "thumbs down". it would be so much better if you would not indicate your musical ineptitude. It hurts the feelings of many of us.

[@Vesnicie]

It may hurt your feelings, but it is ultimately their loss.

[@ofbyforpeople1384]

Youtub should remove the "thumbs down" button. Any song no matter how great will always have detractors. People who like the song don't need to be annoyed needlessly.

[@Brace67]

Lots of singers have sung this classic number but this rendition is by far the definitive one. The Carter family singing their signature song, Wildwood Flower.

[@normanhill1052]

I like the Jim Stafford version. 😊

[@deborahfisher]

Watching Maybelle Carter pick that baseline on the guitar is priceless. What a pioneer! Just brilliant.

[@derekfovargue6676]

I sure do miss the 70s, 80,s and 90s. The music🎺 today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Deborah, how are you doing today?

[@imyugioh]

​@@derekfovargue6676gotta actually look for good music.

[@thomtlc2]

By any measure this is in the top five of all country music songs. Don't you agree?

[@d.owczarzak6888]

YES.

[@nancysiler7060]

I just love this song...my Daddy and almost all of his siblings played it...it was certainly my favorite. I'd always ask Daddy to play it for me...now it brings me to tears because it just makes me miss Daddy so very much! Hope you're playing for the angels Daddy..along with Uncle Doug and Aunt Mavis...I still love and miss you so much! Other people often point out that you weren't perfect..you were an alcoholic! But you know what...you were my Daddy and I loved you anyway. I still do! RIP Daddy, till we meet again. 🙏 ❤

[@christaleman2279]

Hi nancy was this your Favorite song??

[@kamillag.9428]

Vielen Dank für diese schöne, fremde Musik in meinen Ohren. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Kamilla, how are you doing today?

[@kamillag.9428]

@@aidenelwell6308 I start over every day, like a stand-up man. So today was a good day. Greetings from Dresden. Unfortunately we learned Russian for 6 years in the east of Germany completely for free. I am sad that my english is deficient so the translator has to try. Greetings from Dresden.

[@easygoing2479]

I have such a deep feeling of melancholy listening to and watching these old films and recordings from the fifties - and earlier. To me, recordings of old country, and blues from the deep south, are gold. Sounds of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys and others before, and also Mississippi John Hurt and others of the old Blues recordings, are as true and organic as can be. The entertainment world today is nothing but a monster destroying this country.

[@modtodd82]

Amen!!

[@berachtdorian6191]

It's enough to reduce me to tears.

[@edejan]

I listen to every version of this song on KZbin that I can find and, still, coming back to Mother Maybelle and girls....this is the most vibrant, most intense, most beautifully and clearly picked performance...obviously the standard that no one else has been able to surpass. The Angels of American Country Music live forever!

[@judgedbytime]

I like the one Maybelle recorded on her 19th birthday.

[@herreramejia6262]

I was BLESSED to have such GREAT music enrich my life! Grandma use to sing the Carters to me while growing up, and it was the BEST thing ever! I sure Miss her very much! RIP GRANDMA WANDA 3/1923-4/2016 Love Your Grandson Robert!

[@therealbender58]

The original Carter Family were all long dead by the time I came into this world, but there's something oddly nostalgic about their music. It's like I've been transported back to the 1920s despite having never even lived through that period.

[@buddyholly3527]

Mother Maybelle had to be the best female guitar player back in her days no doubt. Hell, she was better than a lot of men in those days. RIP Mother Maybelle, Helen, Junebug, and Anita.

[@buddyholly3527]

Ted Kay... They are all dead. The last one was June and she died back in 2003.

[@carterc9171]

Aside from the bluesmen and maybe a couple hillbilly virtuosos, she probably was the best in America at the time

[@LJ-fm4ez]

Check out sister Rosetta Tharpe...she is amazing

[@Voxguitarsrock]

And mother Maybelle used to say " but I'm not really a guitar player". Lol

[@NickleJ]

​@@Voxguitarsrock That's the same thing I say. And I try to keep it that way. I just can't begin to grasp what people even mean by "good guitar player" or how you go about ranking them. My guess is that Maybelle saw her self as a folk musician, playing the old music in her own unique and authentic way, at a time when guitars were becoming cheaper than and more available banjos, and in doing so defined the next 100 years of country music.

[@willburr]

I love how when they lean in to sing harmony, they are all exactly the same distance from the microphone. Family harmony, all with equal power, knowing exactly where to go. Can't get any closer than that...

[@kaylajohnson7083]

My grandpa couldn't read music. But he could play any sting interment by ear. I remember every time he tried to think of a new song who would play wildwood flower over an over while he thought. What great memories his brought back.

[@christaleman2279]

Hey Kayla how are you )

[@jiminamid]

The first family of country music. One of the earliest recorded songs ever. Thank you for the knowledge mr. Ken Burns

[@bite-sizedshorts9635]

If Burns said that, he's wrong. There were music recording made over 30 years before this one.

[@bernardARGEL]

Chef d'œuvre, grande famille country, belles voix, brillantes musiciennes, tout cela avec simplicité

[@hosseinbeyzavi6581]

I remember my Mom was in comma for 2 days in the hospital. My sister told the nurse I play the guitar. She ran home and brought her guitar. I play one of my mothers favorite songs. All a sudden she opened her eyes and started to look and listen.

[@Karl-cf1hy]

A song I wished to learn to play on guitar, my dad would sit at our eat at bar sippin' his rye and pickin' this song, always blew me away, I miss him immensely.❤

[@ivan65t]

My mom grew up on the carter family music. She used to always talk about them. Grew up in the same part of the country also. Being a rock musician myself, it took me many tears to appreciate this music. This is great music! I only wish I could play guitar that well.

[@elindahunter6015]

Daddy used to play this in the evenings when I was little. I could only remember one line of the lyrics that my dad always sang and the beautiful guitar music he picked. For the longest time I never knew where to find it and now I listen to the Carter family frequently, especially when I think of my dad and how he used to play it for mom. I'm sure he thought of her as a wildwood flower. So beautiful and the Carter family plays superbly in our great American country tradition.

[@christopheranderson601]

Amazing and unforgettable memories... How are you doing Elinda?

[@peppertrout]

I remember music like this from when I was kid in our farming community. Local musicians played at Christmas and other holidays at our country hall. Great memories from the 1970s.

[@deborahsnell8453]

So great classic old country music!! I loved the Carter Family!!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Deborah, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@FraserWilliams-vv2eo]

The first time I heard this song played by Hand Thompson 1955 IAM 87 now and still love the song and tune Great music for sure

[@hunterlinkous1114]

My grandfather just passed away and this was his favorite song ever, this song will forever be special in my heart❤️

[@scottlemley2666]

Do you realize just how good this is?, pure, genuine talent. Thank God they made the trip to Bristol.

[@michellegilliam2892]

Amen to that.

[@ronclifford3336]

Yea two legends were started that day in Bristol- them and Jimmy Rogers. They started calling it "The Birthplace of Country Music". Still do.

[@darrellhelton9528]

The Carter Family will ever be known for The Wildwood Flower one if the great songs of country music. Mother Maybelles guitar playing is in a class by itself.

[@airtow6766]

Listening to my father play this when I was a child, back in the 50's lit a fire in me that stayed with me long after he passed. Thanks Dad!

[@willywilz]

One of the first songs I learned to play when I was gifted my first guitar way back in 1955 .. yep .. I’m that bloody old and it still makes my foot tap and my tears flow all these years later. Love love love that old time pure gold country music ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

The first and greatest family of Country Music.

[@dennisgalloway9894]

These beautiful ladies were awesome!

[@acapellapatrick]

+Dennis Galloway Mother Maybelle looks prettier here than she did in her pics from the 20's with Sara and AP

[@HotVoodooWitch]

+Dennis Galloway And apparently don't make the feminazi cut for female role models.

[@59Davpier]

You are so right!

[@nonenone3257]

I'm a die hard Feminist and I worship Mother Maybelle. I live in Arkansas and grew up with this music. I even learned how to play an autoharp as a kid because of these women (my grandmother played one also.) My mother loved Anita. Her high wail in the background of Long Black Veil gives me chills. This has nothing to do with politics or feminism. It's about loving music and knowing a little history.

[@hometownstan1001]

Men most of them

[@billyh9286]

Music doesn't get much better than this. Maybelle Carter - what a talent!

[@juancatfish1]

Watching Ken Burns documentary Country Music. This is a great song.

[@mophippsguenther3899]

Same here! What a fascinating documentary!!

[@capnjackdaniels3663]

On PBS? That's what brought me here last night too!

[@Blaze-yk1zw]

juan catfish Great documentary!

[@RobertJohnson-cc5cp]

What about Sara dedicating the song to Coy Bays and him hearing it? No phones in every house, no internet or email. Just a "border buster" radio station that carried from Mexico to California. Amazing!!!!!

[@Blaze-yk1zw]

Robert Johnson Quite the love story! My husband and I are learning so many things we never knew watching this documentary!

[@wesleyhill4922]

Who wouldn't like this rendition of "Wildwood Flower"? It brings back so many memories of the past!

[@lorrirush9011]

Pure talent and true love of the music! Proud to call this music part of my American mountain roots!

[@JohnVinylGen]

Thank you. Thank you for keeping this precious recording online for the world to love and enjoy.

[@teresastorch-bh2tu]

Never met the KY and TN kinfolks but my mom did. She kept their memories alive by way of this beautiful music.

[@evanmcroberts5427]

As innocent and original as music can give. The simplicity and ultimate fame of the cater family (sisters) brings tears to my eyes.

[@larshansson9442]

I think this is one of the very best country songs ever written, and this certain performance singing the song fantastic. Long live the Carter family!

[@myradioon]

She didnt write it. Written by a YANKEE from Manchester NH with lyrics by an educated Poet. Popular during Civil War on both sides.

[@larshansson9442]

@@myradioon I know.

[@henryseidel5469]

What a beautiful music. Not fashionable but made for eternity.

[@ajcbng8289]

Anybody who plays guitar should know this song. It was majesty in my young life. I didn't understand the majesty until I purposefully sought it out as an adult. ❤️❤️

[@RockyllRocky]

When I was wanting to get into music and learning how to play my grandfather told me he would pay for my guitar lessons and even buy me a guitar if I promised to learn one song first and it was this song. Ever time he came over or when I'd go over he'd ask me to play it and the smile on his face every time even the times I messed it up. He recently passed and I'm gonna miss him.

[@psmithphil]

I just started to learn this song on guitar. It got my curiosity, so I looked up some history on this song. I always thought the Carters were just some backward hillbillies as I never was one to listen to their music. That is my loss. I didn't realize what a genius and legend Maybelle was. I am humbled, but now I know.

[@Incessuserro]

This was played at my grandmother's funeral in 2002. A righteous and God fearing woman she was. May she and the Carter family be welcomed on the other side.

[@dougmeade5393]

That first verse can only come from a mountain person. Just amazing. An entirely different world

[@myradioon]

She didnt write it. The song was written by a YANKEE from Manchester NH far from the south. Lyrics by an educated poet. Written in 1860s and popular on both sides during Civil War.

[@benrutherford4487]

Appalachian mountains ​@@myradioon

[@mdinunzio7610]

This makes me think if my father, he didn't sing but I remember him playing this tune on his guitar when I was growing up ❤

[@docriordan7787]

Same story here, it was the only song he could play.

[@mdinunzio7610]

@@docriordan7787 I don't know why but that makes me happy to have such a random thing in common with someone else on this planet 😊

[@docriordan7787]

@@mdinunzio7610 agreed it is different in this day and age. I was going to write the same comment until I saw yours so just added to it.

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Michelle, how are you doing today?

[@williamgunter6801]

Such wonderful harmonies from Mom and Daughters Carter. Johnny Cash was deeply blessed to be surrounded by all of them.

[@williamgunter6801]

I agree!😊

[@Brace67]

This classic song and the performance shown here is the definitive version of that great tune. Amazing singing and the wonderful guitar playing is just superb. Always enjoy listening to Wildwood Flower.

[@annettanations7356]

Absolutely. One of my very favorite songs. Mother Maybelle and Earl Scruggs are my favorite guitar players. They are great. Thank goodness 😅

[@HellzNord]

No words can describe how totally awesome this is.

[@jameshayes-bohanan8864]

When I was growing up, I sometimes thought we were related to the Carter Family somehow, because my mother talked about them so often and so personally. Knowing that funeral homes now play music during a person's viewing, she put together her own playlist a couple weeks ago. We will be playing it for her next Monday.

[@youtubesucks8995]

Thank you for sharing your story. May she be in heaven with the angels.

[@elijahlusk96]

For some reason tonight, I have been feeling the need to reconnect to my Kentucky roots, I listen to metal, play that type of guitar, but tonight, after many years I want to forget all the anger and strong emotions and just hear something for the soul, the last time I've felt this way was when my dad died two years ago, its nice to know I'm always welcome to come back to this music and feel my heritage.

[@unknownc1337]

As a metal head myself, I feel this. I think the blues roots to rock will always call us back to our Kentucky homes. I wish you luck in your grief and journey. I'm here tonight for similar reasons so it was nice to see your comment

[@CastleMr40]

A gorgeous lady and her three gorgeous daughters.

[@njrebel6320]

Music lost its way. Thank god for this music. Carter scratch is legend.

[@PapagenoMF]

You lost your way with that creepy Confederate flag. The South lost, lol.

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

My Mom played and sang this song to me since forever! I grew up listening to this! Love this song!

[@kwtfradio]

Listened to many versions of "Wildwood Flower" but this one stands far above all others. A true classic of American Country Music. Country music in its true origins no longer exists and hasn't since the passing of these and other great country artists from that era up through the 1960's and early 1970's..

[@dianalashua7249]

Martin Driskell you bet

[@dorothydunkerson397]

@@dianalashua7249 8gn

[@Lucas-uk4gg]

something about this song, so haunting and so beautiful - perhaps heightened by the deep longing stare of mother Maybelle. Peace and love to all, God bless!

[@lesliethomas5845]

Utter perfection. Complex musically yet lovely simplicity. To my mind I visualize Carter family members' DNA to be composed of pure music notes & guitar strings

[@judyduncan2597]

Loved my Carter had a old battery operated radio growing up heard Jimmy Rodgers.Love more.We were dirt poor 17 of us kids.7 now.

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Judy, how are you doing today?

[@JeffreyCoffey-j2y]

This is maybelles spirit playing and her sister as well...only Jesus can help anyone sound this good...true talent and spiritual people who had what it took!! God Bless and hope to hear concerts when i go to Heaven!!

[@rjoiner3739]

This is the brightest song possible.

[@magicaltrevor81]

Only just discovered this amazing group. This is music at its purest and it is so beautiful! Can't stop listening to it!

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

I saw June and Johnny's daughter Rosanne Cash live in the city in the early '80s. I had the opportunity to meet her. Nice person, very genuine.

[@donaldchris888]

Hello Gwyn

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Hello, Donald. Hope you are well. If you enjoy female singer-songwriters, please check out my tunes on KZbin. I just finished recording five more. Thanks!

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Nielsen, how are you doing today?

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Doing fine, Aiden. Hope you are well, too. If you like Roseanne, check out my tunes on KZbin. I delve into folk. Thanks!

[@donaldchris888]

@@gwynenglishnielsen8596 How are you doing today gorgeous??

[@erl2nd]

I just wanted to give a heart felt thank you, My mom and Dad, (Duane) would bring together some friends and neighbors to play a music somewhere in the Eastern hills of TN on special occasions my Mom & Grandma Scott would sing Carter Family Songs like "Black Jack David & WildwoodFlower" and then my Grandma would sing "Let's just Pretend" and even though she didn't know who wrote or for sure how the tune went she patiently taught the song to Andrew Gunner (who was very tall and lanky musician loved by us all). These memories are so precious to my family, especially me and sisters and brother. Thanks

[@bridgetabrnathy7877]

My dad always said “If you can’t pick Wildwood Flower, you got no business with a guitar!” Every Saturday while mom was at work, he would play the guitar and we would “sing” Wildwood Flower was ALWAYS included (and Puff the Magic Dragon 😉) Those were the best days of my life!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Bridget, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@gracevirginia2434]

Just last weekend I got to visit the Carter family fold. What an amazing place. The scenery is beautiful, and the history behind it is so interesting. I would suggest for anyone to go there! I absolutely love old time music, and in my lifetime I will do all I can to introduce it to people, and keep it alive.

[@user-xl8fk9iv2q]

Yeah but I Resurrected their Carreers

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Grace, how are you doing today?

[@DJWRailroad]

Ahhh, Maybelle and the Carter Scratch on that huge Gibson L5. Almost couldn't see Maybelle behind that behemoth. Just tickles me watching "Mom" Carter handle that beast. Plain, straightforward, unadulterated, simple music played very, very well. Just wish we could find a higher quality (remastered?), higher resolution (1080p+) of one of these Carter "Wildwood Flower" performances (Hint: Grand Ole Opry The Carters's Wildwood Flower is certainly worthy of a quality reproduction release!).

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Grew up with this song on a daily routine! My Mom played it on the guitar, loved it, sang it and danced to it! A big part of my childhood memories!

[@davidpreston7819]

Hello Rhonda, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm David from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹

[@christophersmith2470]

If you like any country, Folk or rock music, Thank The Carter family because it wouldn't exist if not for them.

[@37BopCity]

I love Maybelle Carter. Besides being a great singer and songwriter, it is sometimes forgotten what a great guitar player she was. As far as I am concerned, all country/bluegrass/folk flat-pickers/acoustic accompaniment to this day----comes out of Maybelle's style.

[@Ammo08]

She was also a tough minded businesswoman...she was talented and smart.

[@monoceros1222]

This evokes the essence of America...love it!

[@IFGODWILLSIT]

Yup

[@tempemm]

Exactly

[@firsteerr]

When I was a child here in England my father put this on our radiogram ( a large piece of furniture with a turn table and radio) and I became fascinated by the solo and the song ..as I grew up I got a guitar and learned to play it and still love it to this day ..this is a great gateway fir guitar players

[@jeandesmond3567]

Beautiful music and so well done by the Carter family. I can remember this way back when I was a kid, on WWVA Radio. Still beautiful after many decades. ❤❤❤

[@johnlewandowski8624]

Wish more musical families like this would come along! Those Carter Ladies were something else!

[@RackwitzG]

This is real Country Music to me.

[@linwoodmichael170]

I .v have never seen anybody pick, plus play the cords, and pick the notes, and strum the guitar all at the same time,.she was so much better then she even knew she was, we love you, your a blessing in our lives.thank you Ma Bell.Carter.

[@chloepresley2000]

And sing at the same time! What a woman...

[@martinbunny29]

Mother Maybell's unique method is called "The Carter Scratch". There are a couple of tutorials on Utube on how to do it incl a set by Aaron KEIM for the ukulele - just "search" for it.

[@anthonyw.2512]

I'm up to about 50 listenings and i can't stop, i agree with lateraius this is the best live performance ever . just perfect! and its only about a minute long

[@raymondhummel5211]

Yes! True classic country by the Carter Family that started country music in motion! I guess some might classify it as blue grass music. What ever you call it it is fabulous to listen too! I think of them as pioneers of this type of music. I just had to subscribe to this channel, because it has such great songs! ❤

[@theoriginalcarterfamily]

Maybelle was on fire here! as always :) if only Sara Carter did not retire in 1943 she could of experienced so much with her family.

[@donnajeffries7913]

I weep over such deep down songs I feel inside my very soul. I say these songs "sting". They cause me to hurt deep down inside. Ya wanna know? I've been given the grace to be able to sing and play these songs. Sometimes, I can 't get through trying to sing them. Because I break down and bawl. It's a good thing I can sing off my front porch back off the road so nobody notices. nd play these songs. There's times

[@wiltedjourneys]

I know what you mean

[@guitardan46]

This is wonderful. Imagine being there in person to listen to this. LOVE IT - - !!

[@thomasharmon6444]

The Carter Family was the start of what is now country western music. The lady playing the harpsicord is Johnny Cash's wife June Carter Cash.

[@BeatlesFanatic359]

Thomas Harmon I really hate to be this guy, but June Carter Cash is actually playing an autoharp. A harpsichord is more like a small piano.

[@karenburkland9877]

Lurch used to play the harpsichord.

[@freeatlast02]

I was wondering if that was June playing the autoharp. I have watched this video so many times. It's so awesome.

[@SchatziMadchen]

Thomas Harmon I was wondering if that was June and why she didn't sing.

[@gracecheri997]

🌻

[@johnholler3955]

Mother Maybelle was a great musician. I love to watch her. The Carter scratch will endure forever.

[@toddholmes4480]

I love this song. So melancholy, bittersweet. Almost makes me cry.