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Jimmy Carter's family tree extends deep into the Peach State
Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age , was well known as the 39th president, a former peanut farmer and the unofficial face of Habitat for Humanity.
But who made up his family beyond Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady and his wife of nearly eight decades? Carter’s family tree includes politicians, businessmen and more.
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Carter spent much of his life in his home state, Georgia, where he was born in Plains on Oct. 1, Interestingly, he was the first president to be born in a hospital and the first former president to reach years old.
He spent several years in the Navy. In , he entered politics. As governor of Georgia, Carter ran as a Washington reformer. He was elected president in bygd a nation weary of the long-running Watergate scandal. He left the vit House in
In an interview with CNN in , Carter said: “We have a big family now. We have 22 grandchi
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Carter Family
Traditional American folk music group
This article is about the folk music group. For the second-generation band, see The Carter Sisters. For Beyoncé and Jay Z, see The Carters. For other people with the surname, see Carter (surname).
The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between and Their music had a profound influence on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the s.
They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the first groups to record commercially produced country music. Their first recordings were made in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Victor Talking Machine Company under producer Ralph Peer on August 1, This was the day before country singer Jimmie Rodgers made his initial recordings for Victor under Peer.
The success of the Carter Family's recordings of songs such as "Wabash Cannonball", "Can the Circle Be Unbroken", "Wildwood F
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The Carter Family: A History of the First Family of Country Music
Country music would sound way different, if it existed at all, without the original Carter Family trio. Numerous books, academic articles and documentary films explain how powerhouse vocalist Sara, her song-collecting husband A.P. and multi-instrumentalist cousin Maybelle pioneered not just country music but also folk, bluegrass and other genres that sound at home in the mountains of Virginia.
Inspiration and interpretation continued beyond that first generation of folk artists-turned-commercial radio and recording stars, however: Children of Carters began their careers in their parents' bands before embarking on their own creative paths and, though marriage, branching the family tree further into various popular interpretations of roots music.
The following list mostly follows how June Carter's marriage to Johnny Cash weaved future Americana and throwback country tastemakers into the family circle as spo