Today's country sucks with people like Beyonce, Nas, jelly Roll and a whole bunch of others. So, I'm posting classic/traditional country music!!

The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. 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 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars,

Tonight's double shot of great country music!

"The Great Rock Island Route", popularized as "Wabash Cannonball" and also known by various other titles, is a 19th-century American folk song that describes the scenic beauty and predicaments of a fictional train. The Carter Family made one of the first recordings of the song in 1929



"Wildwood Flower" (or "The Wildwood Flower" is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family.






Bonus tracks.

"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" is a traditional ballad folk song. the Carter Family (1927)



"Engine One-Forty-Three" (Roud 255) is a folk ballad in the tradition of Anglo-American train wreck songs. It is based on the true story of the wreck of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's Fast Flying Virginian (FFV) near Hinton, West Virginia in 1890. The Carters' release on the Victor label sold more than 88,000 copies



"I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" is the title of a country/folk song by A. P. Carter. A. P. Carter was a collector of old songs and lyrics.



Keep on the Sunny Side, also known as Keep on the Sunny Side of Life, is a popular American song originally written in 1899 by Ada Blenkhorn (1858–1927) with music by J. Howard Entwisle (1866–1903). The song was popularized in a 1928 recording by the Carter Family.



the carter family - my clinch mountain home



The Carter Family - When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland (1929)