Maybelle’s death and, 393–94
Maybelle’s relationship with, 76
Maybelle’s reunion album and performances with, 354–55, 375, 380–84, 387
as mother, 146–47, 148, 164–65, 170–71, 179, 257, 325, 386–87, 396–97
musical abilities of, 35, 40–41, 62–63
performing for live audience disliked by, 145
personality and demeanor of, 38, 59–62, 76, 103, 179, 246, 376–77
photographs of, xiv, 36, 37, 48–49, 50, 107, 126, 127, 145, 162, 201, 374, 375, 398
physical appearance of, 5, 48, 60, 179, 376
retirement of, 246–47, 250
Rich Valley musical traditions and, 41–45
smoking of, 61, 380, 386
as songwriter, 133, 178, 214–15, 241, 242, 325, 378
unable to read music, 122
voice of, 5, 35, 62, 99, 100, 109, 380
work ethic of, 59–60
see also Original Carter Family
Carter, Sylvia (A.P.’s sister), 25, 102, 145, 161, 172, 193, 197, 248
Carter, Theda (A.P.’s sister-in-law), 57, 102, 191, 248, 263, 323, 324, 326, 382, 387
Carter, Vangie (A.P.’s sister-in-law), 61, 116
Carter, Virgie (A.P.’s sister), 12, 25, 26, 34, 66, 97, 98, 119, 120, 249
Carter, William (A.P.’s cousin), 20
Carter Family (original), see Original Carter Family
Carter Family (1970s), 369–73, 389
Carter Family Scrap Book, 327
Carter Family Songbook, 126
Carter Fold, 395
A.P. Carter Grocery, 315, 320–21, 322, 328, 329, 332
Carter scratch, 71, 109–10, 343–44
Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, 7, 250–313, 324, 341
A.P.’s performances with, 273–74
Atkins’s performances with, 259, 266, 268–74, 278–80, 283–84, 286
Carter Family standards played by, 253, 271, 272, 302
Cash and, 6, 347, 348, 353–54, 363, 365
decline of interest in, 312–13, 335–36
disbanding of, 336
earnings of, 284, 290–91, 301
Eck as manager of, 268–69, 271, 273, 283–84, 301
Eck’s ambitions and, 250–51
at Grand Ole Opry, 281, 282, 283–89, 291, 301–2, 312, 346
harmonies of, 272, 279, 302–3
June’s comic routines and, 254, 270, 279–80, 287, 302
Knoxville radio broadcasts of, 273–74
Maybelle’s tendency to stay in background of, 253, 288
Nashville radio broadcasts of, 281, 285–89, 305–6
photographs of, 258, 259, 282, 283, 335
playing short-handed or with fill-ins, 276, 288, 299–300, 301
recordings of, 289, 348, 353
Richmond radio broadcasts of, 251–53, 254, 260–63
road shows of, 254–57, 268–73, 290–91, 301–2, 306–11
sisters’ solo careers and, 274–76, 289–90, 311–12
Springfield radio broadcasts of, 277–80
television appearances of, 294
on tour with Presley, 306–11
Williams and, 291–98
Caruso, Enrico, 92, 93
Cash, Carrie, 350
Cash, Jack, 345
Cash, John R. “Johnny,” 4, 6, 109, 235, 306, 311, 336, 338, 345–55, 363, 371, 380, 388, 390–91, 393, 396
background of, 345–46
drug habit of, 346, 349, 350, 352, 358–61, 388
June courted by and wed to, 346–52, 361
Maybelle’s retirement and, 389, 391
self-destructive days of, 358–61
television shows of, 364–66
Cash, June Carter, see Carter, June
Cash, Vivian Liberto, 345–46, 347, 349, 360, 361
Chandler, Harry, 203
Cherry, Hugh, 341
“Chewing Gum,” 44–45, 109
Childre, Lou, 216, 300
“Chime Bells,” 236
“Chinese Breakdown,” 233
Chuck Wagon Gang, 323–24
church-house music, 71–73, 133–38
African-American sacred songs and, 133–37
Holiness revivals and, 71–72, 110, 133, 136, 186, 242
Pentecostalism and, 133–36
shape-note singing and, 32
Civil War, 20, 21, 41–43, 72, 130, 285
party affiliation and, 238–39
Clark, Johnny, 322
Clement, Jack, 340
Clements, Vasser, 368
Clifton, Bill, 321–26, 343
A.P. sought out by, 321–22
on A.P.’s final days, 330, 331, 333
on A.P.’s generosity, 322–23
playing at A.P.’s bandstand, 325–26
Clifton, Sara Lee, 330
Clinch Mountain, 13
Cline, Patsy, 109, 335
“Coal Miner’s Blues,” 344
Cohen, John, 340–43
Colliers, 287
Columbia, 85–86, 87, 90–91, 332, 353, 354, 370
Columbo, 390
“Columbus, Georgia,” or “Columbus Stockade,” 289
Como, Perry, 110
Consolidated Drug Trade Products, 246
Consolidated Royal Chemical Corporation, 197, 216, 217, 226, 230, 246
copyrights, 93, 107, 113, 123, 157, 171, 175–76, 378
Country Gentleman (Atkins), 270
Country Music Hall of Fame, 365, 380
country-music industry, 286–87, 340
“Country Roads,” 369
Country’s First Family, 389
cowboy songs, 233, 237, 241, 354
“Cowboy’s Wild Song to His Herd,” 235
Crawford, Henry “Coonie,” 213
Crocker, Al, 299
Crudup, Arthur “Big Boy,” 306
Curtis, James P., 15
“Cyclone of Rye Cove, The,” 101
Dalhart, Vernon, 75, 92, 108, 122, 185
dancing and dance music, 45–46, 69–70
“Dark-Haired True Lover,” 178, 233
Davis, Blind Willie, 137
Davis, Don, 284, 298, 299, 302, 304, 305, 310, 312, 336
Davis, Gussie, 130, 232
Davis, Jay, 336
Davis, Lorrie, 363, 369, 370
Deacon, Wise, 89
Dean, James, 312, 345
Decca, 181, 186
Denison, Daddy, 125
Depression, Great, 1, 2, 5, 9, 142, 145, 194, 196, 210, 265
Carter Family music and, 7–8, 157, 235
Carter Family’s earnings and, 171, 189, 241
record industry and, 87, 138–39, 156, 171–72
Derting, Bud, 111, 119, 120, 124, 146
Dingus, Leonidas Reuben, 14
“Dixie Darling,” 233
“Dizzy Strings,” 279
“Don Juan,” 279
“Don’t Forget This Song,” 123
Dougherty, Bob, 37, 38
Dougherty, Elizabeth Kilgore, 38, 67, 164, 379
Dougherty, Nathan, 37, 38
Dougherty, Sara, see Carter, Sara Dougherty
Dougherty, Sevier, 38, 39, 164
Dougherty, Stephen, 37, 38
Dougherty, Thursa Mae, see Hartsock, Thursa Mae Dougherty
“Down on My Knees,” 289
“Down the Trail of Broken Hearts,” 290
Dunford, Eck, 94
Duvall, Robert, 312
Dylan, Bob, 4, 109, 339–40, 364, 365
Easterling, A. B., 210
Easterling, Albert, 44
Easterling, Mary Bell, 69
Eastman Kodak, 55, 146
“East Virginia Blues,” 340
Edenton, Ray, 268, 274, 354
Edison (company), 85–86, 87
Edison, Thomas, 85, 88
electricity, 56, 195–96, 265
“Engine 143,” 7, 35, 123, 233, 255
“English” songs, 24–25
Escott, Colin, 292
Essie and Kay (Prairie Sweethearts), 216
Evans, John, 127
event songs, 91–92, 101, 186
“Farewell, Nellie,” 178
“Farther On,” 355
“Fate of Dewey Lee, The,” 186
Federal Radio Commission, 203, 207, 209
Ferera, Frank (Palakiko Ferreira), 108, 185
Fergus, John, 92
fiddle contests, 88–90
“Fifty Miles of Elbow Room,” 242
“First A.P. Carter Memorial Day Festival and Crafts Show,” 375
Flatt, Lester, 338, 366
Flatt & Scruggs, 109, 338–39, 366
Flippo, Chet, 392–93
“Floyd Collins Trapped in a Cave,” 91–92
Foley, Mrs. Red, 352
Foley, Red, 287
folk music revival, 337–45, 348, 353, 368
Fontana, D. J., 309
Ford, Henry, 88
Ford, Whitey, 306, 312
Forrester, Rita, 225
“Forsaken Love,” 108
Fowler, Wally, 324
“Freight Train Blues,” 263, 287
“Funny When You Feel That Way,” 181, 233
Gardner, Clyde, 60, 124, 143, 196, 320, 326, 329–30
Gardner, Willie, 188–89
Gary, Pauline, 136–37
“Gathering Flowers on the Hillside,” 178
General Phonograph Corporation, 86
Gibson, Don, 335
“Goin’ to Sugar Hill,” 271
“Gold Watch and Chain,” 168, 271
Good Neighbor Get-Together, The, 7, 216–17, 222, 230, 232–36
Gore, Albert, Jr., 289
Gore, Albert, Sr., 288, 289
Graham, Billy, 391
Graham, Ruth, 391
Grand Ole Opry, 75, 242, 260, 265, 306–7, 312, 340, 366
Atkins proviso and, 283–84, 286
audience at, 285
Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle at, 281, 282, 283–89, 291, 301–2, 312, 346
Cash fired by, 359
change of taste at, 335–36
Maybelle’s solo appearances at, 352, 355
Ryman Auditorium as home of, 284–85
Grand Ole Opry, 7, 235, 260, 281, 286
“Grave on the Green Hillside, The,” 119, 123
Grayson, G. B., 337
“Great Speckled Bird,” 122
Greiner, Gladys, 375–77, 378, 380–81, 385, 394
Groves, Abraham, 18, 159
Groves, Amanda, 12, 18, 20, 73, 119–20, 249
Guild, Brother Bill, 230, 233, 242
Guthrie, Arlo, 365
Guthrie, Woody, 4, 132, 137–38, 177
Haley, Bill, 306
Hall, Dixie Deen, 65, 195, 253, 349–50, 352, 354, 357–58
Hall, Tom T., 7, 235, 354
Hanna, Jeff, 369
“Happiest Days of All,” 383
Harman, Buddy, 354, 370
Harrell, Kelly, 92
Harris, Ap, 40, 70, 122
Harris, Charles K., 130–31
Harris, Emmylou, 4, 109, 168
Harris, Poss, 318
Hartsock, Beecher, 189
Hartsock, Paul, 165
Hartsock, Thursa Mae Dougherty, 37, 39, 40, 47, 48, 62–63, 164
Hartsock, William Joseph “Buff,” 47, 48, 62–63
Haucke, Frank, 209
Havana Treaty, 213
Hawaiian-style playing, 108, 110, 185
Hawkins, Nanny, 118
Haynes, Henry, 268
Hayrides, 7
Hays, William Shakespeare, 131
“Hello Stranger,” 181
Hensley, Chester, 118, 159, 188–89
Hensley, Lois Carter, 7, 26, 103, 116, 125, 130, 179, 227, 228
Hensley, Myrtle, 61, 116, 147, 331
Hensley, Ruth, 196
“He Went Slipping Around,” 289
hillbilly records, 83, 84, 87–95
birth of genre, 90
Historic Reunion, 355, 380
Holiness revivals and music, 71–72, 110, 133, 136, 186, 242
Hollif, Saul, 346–47
“Home by the Sea,” 168
Homer and Jethro, 266, 268, 275–76
Hootenanny, 340, 341
Al Hopkins and the Hill Billies, 90
“Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,” 141–42
Howard, Harlan, 353
Hurst, Jack, 367
Hurt, Mississippi John, 132
Huskey, Junior, 354
“I Ain’t Goin’ to Work Tomorrow,” 108
“I Can’t Help It If I’m Still in Love with You,” 294
“I Found You Among the Roses,” 242
“I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight,” 287
“I’ll Twine ’Mid the Ringlets,” 43–44
“I Loved You Better Than You Knew,” 168
“I’m Movin’ On,” 290
“I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes,” 122, 177, 184–85, 217–18, 222, 368, 384–85
“I’m Working on a Building,” 137
“I Never Will Marry,” 168
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 212, 213
“In the Pines,” 269
I Remember Daddy (Gladys Carter), 168
Irving, Maud, 43
“I Swear I’ll Never Wear a Pair of Shoes,” 279
“It’ll Aggravate Your Soul,” 174
“I Told Them What You’re Fighting For,” 354
“It’s My Lazy Day,” 287
“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels,” 122
Ives, Burl, 119
“Jealous-Hearted Me,” 271
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 127, 128, 132, 177, 339
Jenkins, Andrew “Blind Andy,” 91–92
Jennings, Waylon, 6–7, 235, 359
Jett, Dale, 317, 329, 386–87
Jett, Don, 383
Jett, Janette Carter, see Carter, Janette
Jett, Jimmy, 238, 240, 257, 317
family background of, 238–40
Jett, Rita, 317, 329, 386–87
jig music, 24
“Jimmy Brown, the Paper Boy,” 131
“John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man,” 4, 109
“John Henry,” 128, 348
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, 361, 364
Johnny Cash Show, The, 364–66
Jones, Danny, 369
Jones, David, 369, 373
Jones, Frank, 354
Jones, Glenn (father), 276–77, 280–81
Jones, Glenn Daniel (son), 288
Jones, Helen, see Carter, Helen
Jones, Kenny, 363–64, 388
Jones, Kevin, 369, 383
Jones, Ralph, 361
Jones, Rev. Samuel Porter, 284–85
Jordanaires, 288
Kahn, Ed, 77, 78, 184, 209, 226, 233, 251, 337–38
Kate Smith Evening Hour, The, 294
Kay, Frankie, 299
“Keep on the Firing Line,” 242
“Keep on the Sunny Side,” 7, 108, 117, 177, 216, 230, 333, 368, 397
“Keep Them Cold, Icy Fingers Off of Me,” 279
Kephart, Horace, 13–14
Kershaw, Doug, 365
KFKB, 203–7, 209
Kilgore, Arnett, 45
Kilgore, Merle, 349
Kilgore, Steve, 69–70
King, Pee Wee, 251
Kingsport, Tenn., 54–56, 123
black musicians in, 127–28
Kingston Trio, 332, 337
Kipling, Rudyard, 397
“Kneeling Drunkard’s Prayer, The,” 272–73
Knight, Peggy, 390, 391, 392
Korman, Jo, 356–57
Kristofferson, Kris, 364
Ku Klux Klan, 136, 359–60
KWTO, 277–80
Lambert, Curly, 321
Langston, Tony, 84
Larkey, Garn, 191
Larkey, Haven, 125
Latin Quarter (New York), 276
Law, Don, 354
Lee, Peggy, 294
“Let’s Be Lovers Again,” 354
“Letter from Home,” 354
“Let the Church Roll On,” 137
Leverett, Dot, 364
Leverett, Les, 364
Lewis, Furry, 132
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 306, 311
Liberty Records, 367
Life, 242, 245
Little, Des, 356, 362, 391
Little, Mickey, 356, 362, 391
“Little Black Train,” 186
“Little Buckaroo,” 215, 226
“Little Darlin’ Pal of Mine,” 107, 108, 177, 185, 271, 328, 340
“Little Log Hut in the Lane,” 131
“Little Moses,” 118, 123, 271
Live at San Quentin, 364
Living Legend, 354, 370
Living with Memories (Janette Carter), 59, 78, 103, 165
Llewellyn, “Uncle John,” 89
Loesser, Frank, 275, 289
Lomax, Alan, 137, 138
“Lonesome for You,” 133
“Lonesome Homesick Blues,” 241–42
“Lonesome Pine Special,” 383
Lonesome Pine Specials, 130
“Lonesome Road Blues,” 138
“Lonesome Valley,” 232
Long, Huey, 202
Look Homeward Angel (Wolfe), 102
“Lookin’ for Henry Lee,” 287
Louisiana Hayride, 260
Louvin Brothers, 306, 308
“Love, Old Crazy Love,” 301
“Lover’s Lane,” 178
Lynn, Loretta, 109, 285
Lyons, John Henry, 128
Maces Springs School, 63, 65
Macon, Dave, 286
Mann, Manfred, 109
“March Winds Goin’ to Blow My Blues All Away,” 175
Marsheck, Peggy, 371, 388
Martha White Flour Company, 281, 286
Martin, Ed, 127, 128
Martin, Grady, 354
Martin, Jimmy, 367
McConnell, Carl, 252, 254, 255
McConnell, Daphne, 68
McConnell, Ford, 189–90, 194
McConnell, Jack, 189–90
McEuen, Bill, 366–69
McEuen, John, 184–85, 366–69, 370, 393
McGhee, Brownie, 127–28
McGhee, George “Duff,” 127
McGhee, Sticks, 127
McKellar, Kenneth, 265
McLister, Cecil, 58, 75, 77, 93, 104, 105, 124
McMurray family (Poor Valley, Va.), 159
Meade, Doc, 59, 123, 190, 320
Medical Question Box, 206
“Meet Me by the Moonlight, Alone,” 108, 122
Mexican-style playing, 187, 339
Midday Merry-Go-Round, 265, 266, 272
Middlebrook, J. R., 213
“Mid the Green Fields of Virginia,” 131
Millard, Flo, 214, 321, 323, 387
Millard, Gladys Carter, see Carter, Gladys Ettaleen
Millard, Milan, 179, 214, 227, 240, 241, 317, 319, 322, 323, 329, 386
Mitchell, Joni, 364, 368
“Mommie’s Real Peculiar,” 289
Monroe, Bill, 306, 307, 367
Monument Records, 363
Moore, Bonnie Lou, 273