Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter | |
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Carter in 1963 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maybelle Addington |
| Born | May 10, 1909 Nickelsville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 1978 (aged 69) Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country folk, gospel, Americana |
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| Years active | 1927–1978 |
| Spouse | Ezra Carter (m. 1926) |
"Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family act from the late 1920s until the early 1940s and a member of the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle group.