"Mother" Maybelle Carter, born Maybelle Addington (Nickelsville, May 10, 1909 – Hendersonville, October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family act from the late 1920s until the early 1940s and a member of the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle group.
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