Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music

Charles Hirshberg,Mark Zwonitzer,Mark Zwonitzer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
February 23 2004
EAN: 9780743243827
ISBN: 074324382X
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Synopsis: The first major biography of the Carter Family, the musical pioneers who almost single-handedly created the sounds and traditions that grew into modern folk, country, and bluegrass music.

Meticulously researched and lovingly written, it is a look at a world and a culture that, rather than passing, has continued to exist in the music that is the legacy of the Carters--songs that have shaped and influenced generations of artists who have followed them.

Brilliant in insight and execution, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? is also an in-depth study of A.P., Sara, and Maybelle Carter, and their bittersweet story of love and fulfillment, sadness and loss. The result is more than just a biography of a family; it is also a journey into another time, almost another world, and theirs is a story that resonates today and lives on in the timeless music they created.