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"Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)" is a country/folk song reworked by A. P. Carter from the hymn "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" by Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel. [3] [4] The song's lyrics concern the death, funeral, and mourning of the narrator's mother. The song first gained attention due to the Carter Family.
John McEuen's banjo and electric fiddle displayed alongside a copy of Will the Circle Be Unbroken at the Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix).. The album's title comes from a song by Ada R. Habershon (re-arranged by A. P. Carter) and reflects how the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was trying to tie together two generations of musicians.
Following A. P. Carter's death in 1960, the group previously known as the "Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle" assumed "Carter Family" as their official band name. [15] Maybelle Carter performed with this group, mostly with her three daughters but in various other versions of the group as well, from the late 1930s and early 1940s almost until ...
Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra Carter and had three daughters: June, Helen, and Anita. In March 1943, when the original Carter Family trio stopped recording together after their WBT-AM contract ended, Maybelle Carter formed "The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle" with her three daughters, who had frequently appeared with The ...
That version has often been recorded as "Will the Circle be Unbroken", including the 1972 performance by Mother Maybelle Carter and ensemble on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album of the same title. The original version of the song does not insert "Lord" in lines 2 and 4 of the chorus, [2] though the Carter version does. Also, the third line of ...
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The music group — originally consisting of Alvin P. Carter, his wife, Sara Carter, and their sister-in-law, Maybelle Carter — recorded versions of traditional songs including “Can the Circle ...
After the death of A.P. Carter in 1960, Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters began using the name "the Carter Family" for their act during the 1960s and 1970s. Maybelle and Sara briefly reunited, recorded a reunion album (An Historic Reunion), and toured in the 1960s during the height of folk music's popularity. [8]