Web Sites | Books

The Carter Family Fold
http://www.carterfamilyfold.org
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center hosts old time music performances every Saturday night and an annual folk festival. This site provides information about the center and its programs.

Birthplace of Country Music Alliance
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org
The Original Carter Family made their first recording in Bristol, Tennessee. Read about events in this birthplace of country music.

Web Sites | Books

Carter, Janette. Living with Memories. Hiltons, Virginia: Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Inc., 1983.

Hirshberg, Charles. "The Ballad of A.P. Carter." LIFE Magazine. December 1991.

Leland, John. "High on a Hilltop With Music All Around," New York Times. August 8, 2002.

Wolfe, Charles K., and Ted Olsen, editors. The Bristol Sessions: Writings about the Big Bang of Country Music. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2005.

Zwonitzer, Mark with Charles Hirshberg. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.