(1882 - Originally From "The Great Rock Island Route"...Credited to J.A Roff...Re - Written in 1905 as "Wabash Cannon Ball" perhaps by William Kindt...Recorded by Hugh Cross in 1905...Cohen suspects the ReWrite Preceded Kindt's 1904 Publication and Common Tune is not the same as Either Roff's or Kindt's...Adapted by AP Carter)
The Theme Song of "Grand Ole Opry" Star ROY ACUFF
Recorded 24 November 1929 Atlanta, GA – Sara Carter [vcl solo/autoharp], Maybelle Carter [gt]
Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)
Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia
The day before the 1st Recording Session (August 1 1927) AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips
Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970
