Disturbing the peace in my neighborhood this morning with some Carter Family songs. Getting wild over here in the am. #carterfamily #cannonballblues #bluegrassguitar #guitar #guitarist #countryguitar #countrymusic #acousticguitar #country #bluegrass #fingerpicking | Trey Hensley

Maybelle Carter born on May 10, 1909, in Nickelsville, Virginia, USA. 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. Maybelle pioneered a guitar technique where she used her thumb to play the melody on the bass strings while her other fingers strummed chords, a method also called the Carter Family picking or thumb brush. Before her, the guitar was primarily a rhythm instrument; Maybelle br