Maybelle Carter would have been 110 today.

No direct mandolin content but worth remembering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE80Ed59uCY

I would have guessed higher! "Wildwood Flower!" :mandosmiley:

Born May 9, 1909.

So really, her birthday was yesterday, so she is older than I thought. :)

Maybelle also played mandolin and banjo.
Her influence on country music was enormous.
Note her rock-steady sense of time.
It has been said by people in the know that her daughter Helen inherited all of her mother's ability. She is also gone now.
I sometimes wish that women of the Addington blood-line [Maybelle's maiden name] had lived a bit longer.

Carter style is named for her innovative playing. Never saw her play before. Different from what I would have thought.

She also fingerpicked in what later was called "Travis style," played slide guitar, and used a flat pick from time to time.

I just checked CarterFold schedule last nite to see who was going to be there sat evening, thinking of driving over.

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