Mother Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower

[rebelrandle]

Every time I hear this it reminds me of my Dad, he used to play this all the time until he got stiff fingers and I have seen him cry because he couldn't play R I P Dad

[Squarerig]

I wonder often what has happened to music.Is there no real music any more or is it all generated in some arcane computer chip?It certainly sounds like it.

[Kennymi1962]

97MrBlues, be for real it's only worth anywhere from $2500 - $4500.

[Kennymi1962]

I have a 1946 Gibson. Mother Maybell and Chet Atkins were my inspiration to learn guitar. Now if only I can tear up an electic like Angus Young! I have a 1957 or 58 Stratocaster with an tube amp by Fender.

[97MrBlues]

@Kennymi1962 Sir did you ever consider selling that Gibson???

[Kennymi1962]

@97MrBlues NOPE!!!

[97MrBlues]

@Kennymi1962 sorry lol i would give you like a milion dollars but ok

[RATM44]

The First Lady of American Popular Music, for eternity !

[honeydooda]

I LOVED Mother Maybelle! I remember when she and the girls came to Nashville for the first time and appeared on the Opry. I immediately loved the clownish June, who was a young girl of about 18 then. The first song I ever wanted to learn to play on guitar was WILDWOOD FLOWER...and I did. I have an old LP record of the original Carter Family with Maybelle, Sara, and AP....almost wore it out playing it on an old record player.

[squeakystool]

What a classy looking lady with those big blue eyes.

[Deckeon74]

never get tired of watching her pick and play rhythm at the same time, she is a killer guitar player.

[LES6723]

@Deckeon74 Man you got that right!

[bettycrokis34]

My precous grandma Used to listen to the Carter Family and named my mother Maybelle. When she died we found a picture of The Carter Family in her belongings. Has always been in my bblood and still is.

[TheRushfanatic]

@bettycrokis34 My grandma was also a Carter Family fan. I think of my sweet granny everytime I hear them.

[MrPinenut57]

Amazing, these ladies made such wonderful music using their talent alone. To bad the new wave country can't do the same

[MrFalconford]

thankyou mother maybell

[scales1020]

outstanding! great post, thanks!

[musicleeful]

i was so lucky in 1971 along with my wife i enjoyed not only meeting mother but being invited to lunch and then chatting for an hour in her hotel room then topped off with a cherished autograph.that was one day in a million.

tony lee australia[country and bluegrass fanatic]

[McLen194042]

Wow...I love Johnny Cash, but he was no saint like some of you seem to think. He isn't up there half naked, but he did cheat on his wife...a lot.

[moodybluesgurl]

@McLen194042 he cheated on Vivien but never on June.

[McLen194042]

@moodybluesgurl Yes, I'm aware of that. Still doesn't reprieve him from previous behavior. He's brilliant, and I love him...but he's not as wholesome as all that. People accuse modern artists like Eminem of violent lyrics, but Johnny sang songs like Kate and Cocaine Blues...beautiful, violent masterpieces in my opinion. Double standard, though, just because of a generation gap.

[benmok2]

Let's thank our lucky stars to have such grace and effortless performance archived for generations to see. We are not likely to behold such beautifully simple music again.

[TheSFCRetired]

Will we ever have artists with integrity such as these folks had? I miss Johnny, June, Mother Maybelle, and the Carter sisters. Johnny and June were one of the great love stories, for my money, of the twentieth century.

[AuH2O]

@TheSFCRetired Nope, we won't. Not unless we bring Christianity back as the number one factor for holding our society together. Until then all we'll have is worthless, godless skanks like Britney Spears showing their rancid snatches onstage for anybody who'll pay. That's where the Devil will get ya.

[yarmouk334]

That's my kind of woman.

[Fruscianteistheman]

VIRGINIA WOOT 

[mckennar]

cordon bleu love it

[fstrc02]

Jimmie Rodgers and the Cater family are the rock solid foundation of country music.

[SK70Ply340]

Mother Maybelle's picking style is like playing an autoharp

[queballed]

@SK70Ply340 Mother Maybelle's picking style was called "The Carter scratch."

[danielson2k9]

meh, too old to appeal to me

[dougallsdiscs]

It almsot makes me cry with enjoyment,thank you.

[WildeTanteAnna]

A great woman.

[ChristianYounts]

Is her clamp in the fourth fret?

[biggfingger5]

@ChristianYounts yes

[1952bette]

Yes, pure Class and people of real substance! Love this beautiful song by such beautiful and talented women.

[JOHNNYFREEDOMdaREBEL]

36 TONE-DEAFS

[twt2e]

This kind of country music is non existent in the mainstream today. Listen to that beautiful southern accent.

[BenDuvallIrwin]

Maybelle can shred!

[TwelfthImam]

That was in the day when country music players were actually from the country and had real accents.

[LLMorse1]

Should have looked in Maine.

Thanks Nashville.

[fendermark100]

mother maybell sure could play a guitar nice video thank you

[LES6723]

@fendermark100 She had her stlye , and i haven't seen anyone who could pick like she did or as good as she did .

[JohnC5700]

@LES6723 You're so right. I seen her many times when I was young and marveled at how effortless she made it look. No one then (or since) comes close.

[TheUncleDougger]

@fendermark100 Not to mention her autoharp!

[kofblz]

I never realized how shy she was. June seemed to love the stage.

[vruno2x4]

Viva el partido republicano

[jchgo972]

Beyond the BS of the posts about the "southern belles" she was an amazing singer and guitar player - simply timeless. I could care less about your memories of the south in your day or your opinion about women dressing like "whores". This is one of the best songs regardless of the genre.

[whatanightmare1]

@jchgo972 It's a pity that you have never learned to ignore posts that "bother" you so much! What a small, sad person you must be. Do they let you get online at the mental hospital very often? Your time must be limited, so you should focus on the video and less on the comments if you are so ultra-sensitive. Bless your heart!

[bluegrasslover80]

mother mabelle was one of a kind never to be replaced love her music she was a great singer and musician she did 3 concerts iin los angeles in 1963 just her and her guitar auto harp and banjo you can listen to this concert by going to bing type in mabelle carters 1963 los angeles concert you can listen to all three concerts and i think you will agree she was a great musican

[717021]

This is crap. Backstreet boys rule!

[franik3]

It seems like it is almost a law - kind'a like Murphy's Law -

You know the one that says, "If anything can go wrong, it will."

It seems like there is also a law in Blogs that says,

"Somewhere on the first page or two, some ignoramus will expose

his bare rear-end to everybody else on the blog by making some stupid, disrespectful remark."

It is sad their mama never taught them or they were just too stupid to learn.

I pity those that have that affliction -

GOD Help Them.

[717021]

@franik3 I totally agree with you and I wish I were there to give you a big hug and have a, "Moment" together.

[717021]

@franik3 I see you make this same comment verbatum on other videos. Nice copy and paste. Why did your parents name you after a sausage?

[ladylemonae]

stop juding todays music taste its not all bad not every one is "sex tape addicts" or "tone deaf" Geez

[grnhair2001]

those dresses look like many bridesmaid dresses of the 60's--ack! but the music is timeless.

[70goldtop]

I'd like to hand Eddie Van Halen or any so called badass metal guitarist an acoustic and say "play this".They'd stand there with their thumbs up their ass.People don't realize how difficult it is to play what she's playing,let alone sing at the same time.

[whatanightmare1]

@70goldtop I know, right?! If the Lord lets me live long enough, I'm going to try to learn this one day....I can do parts, and then I mess up. Mother Maybelle was an amazing woman. My taste in music is very eclectic, everything from R&B to opera, but Maybelle and the girls kicked ass. Anita's voice was purely angelic.

[jdhatl]

Maybelle taught the world to play guitar. Everything goes back to her.

[Mindlabytinth]

You know someone's extraordinary when that person is introduced by Johnny Cash... And Johnny Cash speaks about him/her with the maximum respect possible.

Mrs. Carter, you are way out of the ordinary limits of class

[Raiwons]

Beautiful interpretation!

Martin

[badnewsBH]

This is the first song my guitar teacher is taking me through. I watch Maybelle play this, and I have to admire how smooth she is, how precise. What talent these folks had.

[uninoculated]

love love love

[JeremyK3094]

34 people are bastards.

[bobfari]

How old is Mother Maybelle? cause she sure can play good!!!

[marisadaniela6]

listening to this song makes me so happy and sad at the same time because the music is amazing and i love it so much, and yet i know i will never ever be as cool as mama maybelle!!!

[08071997bgp]

i learned how to pick guitar like her from the videos:)if you love mother maybelle then comment:)

[DieGwinners]

LOVE THIS ...

[70smoky]

now thats what i call real music,fantastic

[LMHS63]

Hey GAGA, this is what class is !

[kalell1]

My grandfather would sit and play this song on his guitar for hours. Every time I hear the song now I almost cry.

[rxv995]

One word sums them all up.....Class. People of real substance, in a world gone the opposite way. They didn't need to show skin, kiss other women, or have a sex tape to get the world's attention. Watch and learn people.

[Iestyn02]

@rxv995 Haha, i get where you're saying, those where different times, where people had proper family values, it seems to me that as time progresses people become more ignorant and miserable, I don't know it's just my opinion

[MerseySky]

@rxv995: Yes. These are people from my part of the world. They worked hard and had no affectations. Thank you for your tribute.

[quenuca]

@rxv995

True. They could do all that in private.

[whatanightmare1]

@rxv995 You are so right about that. I grew up in the 60's-70's in the south, and I hate to say it, but I see very few Southern Belles other than my mom, daughter and me. Back in the 70's, there were still a lot of us. Meaning women that do not dress like whores and appreciate the simple things in life, and have manners, care for others, etc. My next door neighbor was sick and I took them a meal (as I was taught to do) and they looked at me like I had 3 eyes!

[tessabianca]

@whatanightmare1 Look up "The Real Ladies Rebellion" on Facebook. There are some of us that still practice the art of graciousness out there. Rebel against the nonsense! Join the group and tell your friends. We'll start a movement!

[whatanightmare1]

@tessabianca Thank you! I will do that :~)

[skinnyc1soccer]

@rxv995 Very well put. You can NOT beat CLASS!

[coyclown]

@rxv995 That is so very very true! I myself have rapidly grown exhausted of people mistaking shock value for REAL talent. Such a pity, this is the way America used to be but not anymore. We have long since lost all form of Class and Refinement.

[ecurbdnyl]

@rxv995 You clearly don't know much about the Carter's. There was epic drama just as there always is.

[ImpalaSSGirl]

@rxv995 All my respect to you...I could not have said it better.

[stu2611]

@rxv995 Great comment, such a beautiful sadness about Mother Maybelle, I don't think many appreciate the musical legacy of the Carter family.

Buy The Bristol Sessions on Amazon it's piece of history.

[foxvienna1]

@rxv995 Amen and Amen! Thank you for your comments.

[jleegivens]

@rxv995 Amen.

[meplayin]

I feel sad when I read some of the negative comments on such a great lady. Mother Maybelle Carter (1909-1978) changed the music world by her own style of playing the guitar, many have followed in her foot steps who became great guitarist them selves. The Carter Family recorded more then 400 songs in their short time together as a threesome. Mother Maybelle still recorded long after that. Her music still lives on!

[HillbillyProduction1]

@meplayin well said, Mother Maybelle did change the world of country music, it makes me madder than a wet hornet when i read some of the negative comments about her too

[MrDjPeps]

I think that Reese Witherspoon can sing it better. :D

[goldencountry]

@MrDjPeps

LOL nice joke about Reese Witherspoon

[NewMusicFan91]

@MrDjPeps I agree! Don't know why people are getting all up in your face negative voting your comment!

[waynebrasler]

They never had a show business side to them . From the beginning they presented themselves as, and were received as, serious artists. On stage they were quite solemn, always seemed shy and ill at ease. But the music spoke for itself. They were highly honored and world-acclaimed. And they deserved it.

[Lulubell1295]

love her. my idol

[KYKIN89]

THIS is picking a guitar! Not banging the same two or three chords over and over like most country artists do today! Too many use a guitar as a prop.

[godswound1]

this song is fucking wicked.

[jimphi100]

I remember in early to mid 50's a brother-sister duo introduced as part of the Carter Family that looked to be in their early to mid twenties that were part of a country group that included some Opry members and played in an auditorium in Fitzgerald,Ga. Does anybody know who they could have been? I am pretty sure they weren't A.P.'s children.

[CutiiElenoraa936]

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[driepintenbier]

great people great music

[tigersbay71]

outstanding

[viriatoist]

Why is it that so many female singers nowadays feel that they have to compromise their dignity to become successful? Mother Maybelle Carter was a peerless artist of uncompromising character. My generation seems to have few ladies or Christians.

[countryflash]

Excuse me mr. StylistRhymist, but how do you do? Cut that crap. You seems to be a little brainwashed. Everyone -ignore that shit. It´s hard, I could not, but let all the comments be a celebration to this wonderful piece of music history.

[retoryx]

@StylistRhymist you dumb racist fucknut, yall cum up here to Toronto, u Know Canada, and i`ll show you something, come on up now u hear? u fuckin inbred redneck hillbilly retard

[coonhntr9932]

@retoryx lmao your funny as hell, im from virginia and i live in anchorage, so i can fuck your world up both ways yankee style or southern style. your choice fuckin hoser

[dougallsdiscs]

I managed to get their CD,superb,highly recommended.

[BluegrassBoys6]

Love this song, sometimes it sounds like she is off, but is just way song is.

[chalino19]

i love it!

[laslos3]

@Rickylareau13 the creator was prolly a hillbilly with a name that will never be known... They collected traditional songs from apalachia.

[jcwren]

I never realized that the song 'Wildwood Weed' by Jim Stafford was based on this. I happened to be listing to some Twangbangers (Bill Kirchen) and he references Mother Maybelle Carter in the song 'Hot Rod Lincoln' (awesome guitar work). I searched her, found this video, and discovered Wildwood Weed opens with the same riffs.

[reincarnatedman]

@jcwren I too knew Jim Stafford's song first, I still listen to it when I get the chance (not so often since my vinyl is being stored just now). I first heard this song on the Will the Circle Be Unbroken triple album (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).

So began a life-long love of country music.

Sittin' there on that sack o' seeds!

[shamrock4500]

what is that style of guitar playing call, it;s fantastic

[mikerickson01]

@shamrock4500 That style of strumming is called the "Carter Scratch" or the "Country Strum".

This is a video of the woman who invented it. Before Maybelle, the guitar was a rhythm instrument. Mother Maybelle invented the lead guitar. Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Santana, Jerry, they all travel a musical path that was blazed by Mother Maybelle.

[HillbillyProduction1]

@shamrock4500 the style of pickin Mother Maybelle is usin is called the Carter scratch, i can do it but not as good as her

[shamrock4500]

I remeber watching that show, awesome talent there

[50choices]

The Carters' are historic "country" music royalty. Very nice.

[xanadon]

Rickylareua13, learn your music history

[BEARARMZ]

i know who's narrating

[4uclarinetlessons]

Was that June Carter in the middle

[overandout58]

@4uclarinetlessons

yup....

[MrTheguitarman22]

32 people must be death or dont know what real music is

[MrAG55]

What happened to the real musicians?

[LittleCountryDJ2003]

I remember when my Aunt Virgie would visit us and they'd play loud music. The record that they'd play was The Original Carter Family. I would pick with my index finger and thumb, that was when I was 7 or 8. It wasn't until I was 25 when I read that Momma Maybelle used her thumb and index finger too, what a coincidence. She will always be my Idol of Original Country Music. I met Helen, June and Anita Carter and also Johnny Cash. 1974 time frame. Best Wishes LittleCountryDJ

[flemish14353]

Splendid voices,,i garee they are the queens of country music...love it

[pebbles606]

Always wanted to learn to play this song on the autoharp !!!

[jeddyhi]

I cry at 1:51 everytime......awesome

[wbrehaut]

You're right about playing and singing, but those lyrics are somewhat mangled--especially the first verse which makes no sense at all.

[oscarrookie]

dam she sure can play! I cant do that on my guitar!

[TheJaredwise]

June is in the middle!!

[gcnavyseal]

this was started less than 20 miles from me. and it is still going strong.

[guitargold77]

no matter what u view someone somewhere to be a oddball hits them dislike icons, I suppose Id rather think those people just are really nearsighted

[sebradfield]

It's truly amazing to see the woman who invented flat picking in action. Thanks for a great memory.

[ComodinZero]

This version is a lot similar to the one Reese sung in Walk The Line. I wonder if this was her inspiration.

[bobu46]

I heard better ones - pity !

[hjshmuel]

The description note says June wasn't there!? and I'm looking right at her between her sisters. beyond that, thank you for a flood of good memories.

[hittheground]

@hjshmuel it's anita in between her sisters

[hjshmuel]

@hittheground Help me out here, are we looking in the same place? From 1:141 through 1:51 there are four women stair-stepped on the stage, with Ma Carter top-right. Anita is between Anita and Helen??? I may be wrong but that sure looks like June, second from left?

[thecarters28]

@hjshmuel Indeed June was not there, you are seeing Helen Carter, Anita Carter and Robbie Hardin who was adopted or something like that. June was pregnant at the time.

[knt3119]

@thecarters28 You are correct that is NOT June.

[hjshmuel]

@thecarters28 Ahh, thank you, put that way even I can understand it :~}

[mahoota]

@hjshmuel june isn't there its helen anita and robbie hadden a family friend i think

[hjshmuel]

@mahoota Ty also for clearing me up.

[tonybabes87]

gotta love the carter scratch. she perfected that style of playing. god bless ya mother may.

[cloudfor]

oh god...this was classic....!!!

[WaspSnG]

With all due respect to the other commenters: I don't see it.

[Willscarp]

Is she the only one playing or is someone else playing in the background?

[NCbanjoman]

@Willscarp She is the only one. It doesnt sound like it, but if you watch her thumb, you'll see that she is strumming with her four fingers and her thumb is playing one note at a time. It sounds like there is another guitar there, I know!

[insaneguitarfreak]

@Willscarp I hear a bass and some little drums, and of course her tricky fingers strumming and her thumb doing the melody, but that`s just me. u.u

[juiceterry67]

@insaneguitarfreak I agree, I can definitly hear some sneaky bass playing in the backround..

[Ryan492]

@juiceterry67 There certainly is bass in the background.

[FaidraAaHL]

I love Johnny<33

[mbot1984]

Who would dislike this??!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaljsr]

no one can play guitar like this

[colotron]

@kaljsr Chet......

[dermagrafa]

I think the # is much higher

[pimpboygaz]

what a beautiful song, this just made me really happy :D

[issurchaim]

that's some pretty fancy guitar pickin, mother.

[cerebhro1]

this was real art!!!

[64LoriLynn]

Does anyone know what type of archtop guitar Maybelle's playing?

[lane6407]

@64LoriLynn If I remember correctly, it was referred to as a Gibson L model. Maybelle's guitar has been called "the most important guitar in the history of country music".

[64LoriLynn]

@lane6407 Thanks for the info!

[Hoopermazing]

@64LoriLynn How could someone not know that Maybelle Carter played a Gibson L5? I'm a black guy from Detroit, and I know it.

[64LoriLynn]

@Hoopermazing ... I'm not that knowledgeable about specific models of guitars. I have a friend who just bought an old 1954 Gibson archtop, and I was simply curious if it was the same guitar.

[Hoopermazing]

@64LoriLynn Well, The L5 is a legen... wait for it... dary guitar. It's also the model of guitar on which Groucho Marx played "Everyone Says I Love You," in the 1932 film, "Horse Feathers."

[franklindavid]

Woooooooooooow! That's some Guita playing.

[tophatbill]

anchored in love i think is one of the greatest songs ever recorded... the carters were the only music some people ever heard.

Someday when i get to heaven i will sing with mother maybelle. that is my plan!



[Bassist10288]

Awww... this is beautiful and oh so classy.

[EmotionalResQ]

Nobody played Wildwood Flower better than Maybelle. She was truly the queen of country music.

[TeamTotalBKs]

@EmotionalResQ  A QUEEN more like a GODESS

[MrBritainrules]

27 people dont know what real music is

[bigpapanoodle]

@MrBritainrules Make that 28. Sad really. Don't these people realise that the likes of the Carter family are the grass-roots of a lot of music we have today?

[Raider120164]

@bigpapanoodle Your dead on. As a matter of fact, what is known as lead guitar now would'nt exist

if not for Maybelle Carter. Until she came along, guitar was mostly a rhythm instrument in country music.

[goldencountry]

@MrBritainrules

You got that right!

[MsDeeMeister]

@MrBritainrules  actually 32

[tigersbay71]

@MrBritainrules make that 32 sad folks they are lol

[UncleLexi]

@MrBritainrules ... 32 people probably wax their taint. The Carter gals are the backbone of country music.