Thursday, November 04, 2004

 

Carter Family's music comes to life at Stockton

From the Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ)
The songs and tales of the first family of country music - the Carter Family - come to the Stockton Performing Arts Center in Pomona on Thursday.

The Virginia Barter Theatre's production of Keep on the Sunny Side tells the story of the Carters, who wrote and recorded countless hit records and made a style of guitar-playing, "Carter-picking," the dominant technique for decades.

"It's a wonderful story," says Eugene Wolf, who portrays patriarch A.P. Carter and is the show's musical director. "It tells not only the story of their music, but the story of their lives, which ties in so beautifully with the music."

"The Carter family's music is so needed in today's times," Wolf said. "They reached for something that music today doesn't really reach for - something that's very gorgeous and very lasting."

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $40 and $30. Call (609) 652-9000 for tickets.
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