Mother Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower Videos

DocHoliday2123 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Classy ladies,I miss that brand of woman,now its all fannys hanging out and pierced tongues...

rexhickey Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Doc,I agree completely. When the fannies get wrinkled and the tongue rings come out, the talent seems to disappear too. If God lets me live another 30 or 40 years, I guarantee we will not see today's "stars" still as recognizable as these gals. But I bet you that these girls will still be respected.

gwvoigt Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - god bless this family

hrtoflove Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - such remarkable and impeccable ladies!!!....they are the original and cannot be replicated. Beautiful talent!!!

lukessummer Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - There aren't to many "classy Ladies" on your favourites page 'DocHoliday212' LoL!!!!

joyr36 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I love her guitar playing style. Not many people can play like that.

Skizzors55 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - i like her guitar its just like mine but mine is red and black and my grandpa use to play the guitar like she does.

musicianforjesus Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Its so sad that all 4 of them are gone now. But thanks God we still have the videos on here.

realcountryking Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - a brilliant song. check my channel theres lots of great songs like this on it

freezazoid Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - her voice isn't so great but hit the harmonies in key and suddenly you can't tell. I can't sing on key but like my voice, so I'm very jealous of people who can and have to make fun whenever I get the chance.

moproducer Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - To settle this: The young lady on the left is Robbie Harden. I remember watching this program on ABC when it first aired, it was sort of a "Johnny Cash history of country music". Robbie Harden was part of a trio with her sister and brother; they had one hit in 1966, "Tippy-Toeing". They appeared on many records as backup singers. Robbie was a replacement 'Carter sister' for years until Jan Howard took over (Johnny and Jan's affair is alluded to in Marshall Grant's book about Johnny).

qpwillie Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Interesting. I didn't realize that was her. For a period of time, in my grade school years, I lived a half mile down the road from the hardens. Back then, Robbie's name was Fern. On local radio and TV, Bobby sang solo, Peggy and Fern sang duets, and the two younger sisters, Arlene and Lynette(sp) sang duets.

Shimiz Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - thank god for lesley riddle

starwarz101 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - i love this song!

NiggieTheMagicalJoo Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - such beautiful guitar, this song is truly amazing.

d1grooviechick Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Pick on angel!!

Travisab1 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - There'll never be another Mother Maybelle or a family like heres. She was a pioneer like Jimmy Rogers and Woodie Guthre...ETC...Love and miss you...RIP forever the folks of my youth,Travis

markybgoode Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - OMG! This is pure gold!! Finger picks and everything. Until i saw this, i didn't realise she's playing open chords in the key of C but capoed up on the 4th or 5th fret, putting the song in the key of Eb or E. Thanx for posting!!

davidbng Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Simply fantastic. Watched Mother Maybelle for the first time. Read all the comments. Thank you for putting this on YT. Bangalore, INDIA

krissass Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I just google searched this, and Mother Maybelle's guitar is worth $575,000 US right now

Antony2191 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - TOO COOL!!!

ApocalypsePlough Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Well, hopefully someone will buy it and give it to a museum, where it belongs, so others can see it. It is a piece of history. Give it to the Smithsonian. This woman's influence on guitar playing is still heard today. God, I'd love to see her guitar.

jocwalk Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - I think it was originally recorded in C but as time went on, Maybelle changed the key a few times I guess based on changes in her voice or when singing with her daughters. I saw a video in which she had the capo on the 6th fret. The funny thing is that most people will never realize that Maybelle basically invented lead guitar. No one at that time was known for playing melody lines on the guitar. Until Maybelle, it had just been used as a rhythm instrument.

ApocalypsePlough Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - You're right. And she never shows up in these "Greatest Guitar Legends" lists in magazines, does she??Because: a) She's a woman, b) She's country, and it's always been hip to hate country, c) She's a woman.The Carter Family, though, will get it's deserved place in history. Hundreds of years from now, they will be remembered in the same way Mozart, Gershwin, Irving Berlin, et al, are remembered. I truly believe that.

jocwalk Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - As sad as it is to say, you're right about Maybelle. The flip side of that is that the Carter Family gets too much credit for the music as much of their music was just traditional mountain music that A.P. Carter just re-arranged (if that), maybe changed the title, and recorded. Much of what was "written by A.P. Carter" was nothing of the sort. Still, they brought the music down from the hills and American music was never the same.