the carter family - i'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

sounds a little like hobo's lullabye by woody :)

[theemilyandlinda]

will be performing this at bluegrass jam in Martinez, CA --just love finding this old stuff out there. thanks for posting

[Leecanuck1]

Greatest Family in American Classics

So glad to see the recent posts ... This legacy should never be lost

Pass it on to your children and grandchildren

I used to play on my grandmothers Autoharp and am now trying to play the dulcimer to these old songs... Wish me luck

[theoriginalbadbob]

Marianne, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes.

[wmoday]

For those who sometimes question the influence of the Original Carter Family, this song is a perfect example of their influence. This melody/tune was used by Roy Acuff for "The Great Speckled Bird", Hank Thompson used it for "The Wild Side of Life", and of course, Kitty Wells used it for her most famous tune, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels". The Carter Family remains by far, the most influential group in Country Music. Great to hear these tunes here.

[VA24541]

@wmoday All of this is true, but Vernon Dalhart recorded "the Prisoner's Song" to the same melody in 1925. The melody has been #1 five times, by 5 different singers, and 5 different sets of lyrics. Truly amazing!

[gelorza08]

so beautiful! this is true music. who else agrees?

[benwitt1]

@gelorza08 

[leblanc17ful]

i love the carter family, every since i was 12 yrs old, we got our first tv, i remember watching dear maybelle carter singing and playing, wow!!!!! fr brooklyn , nfld

[764144344]

This is perhaps one of the most cherished songs of all time, if you love the true 'oldies' as I do.

[mwboscan]

She is singing about a boy she loved who moved to California.When he heard this song on the radio he immediately headed back home and married her.How romantic!!!

[peteriversfanclub]

class

[waynevallevand]

I love Sara

[tnee14]

my grandpa used to play this song for me when i was a little girl on his banjo because i had blue eyes i miss him! the song stuck with me!

[gelorza08]

@tnee14 awwww

[chomazu]

tx bigjaw, one of my favorites on the circle album. hillbillies rock. great post!

[slicedalone2]

man I love this song.

[gospelmusiclover48]

This is the song that inspired me to play the guitar!

[leadbelly39]

me too. I remember sitting on the deck of the pond at my mother's house when I was 16 with a cheap guitar stumbling through the chords trying to mimic the little riffs in this song.

one of their best.

[baasting]

This is a very nice song, and it's nice to hear it! It is weird to think of, when the Carters were at XERA Sara Carter Bays dedicated this song to a friend in California, Coy Bays. Coys family sat and listened, and so Coy drove all the way to Texas that night to find her, and in three weeks Coy and Sara were married!

[mwindle1973]

THis is true I love this story. The sadness in both Sara and AP's life is as important to their story as the music

[wrexhamtravellers]

what alovely song

[lviv1954]

Great Song!!! A real classic ... Thank you from Western Canada.....

[jtls8]

Love the Carter family ole songs! 5*****`s

[Ambientalista26]

Linda canción