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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Fame, yes - riches, no (Carter Fold)

From the Gazette (Galax, VA)
Joe Carter walks stiff-legged out the back door of the Carter Fold, then braces himself with a cane to ease down the stairs.

Hey, Joe, a woman calls over, mind if I get a picture with you?

"Not at all."

Joe, good to see you, another greets him, you're getting around a little better.

He is famous for his parents' fame and doesn't mind that a lick. He was born in February 1927, six months before his parents A.P. and Sara Carter, along with his aunt Maybelle, came out of the hills and changed the musical landscape forever.

But Joe, along with his older sister Janette, sweated nearly as much to keep mountain music alive through the lean times of Elvis, the Beatles and even today's sparked-up country - rock 'n' roll in a cowboy hat.

Joe built, by hand, the Carter Fold, a performance stage cut into a hillside, where in warm weather like today's, wood-plank flaps crank open like a tobacco barn and music fills the Clinch Valley.

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The Gazette

# posted by Dave Sichak @ 1:28 PM

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