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Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music

Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg

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#2745 of 3,809 books · #989 in Biography & Memoir

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2002).

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.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
ISBN-13
9781439127445
Topics
Carter FamilyAmerican folk and country music historyMusical legacy and influence

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