Summary: The music of the Carter Family captured the joys and tragedies of everyday life: loves won and lost, dreams attained and shattered, separations and reunions. Their original sound, first heard 75 years ago in a makeshift recording studio in Bristol, Tennessee, continues to resonate throughout America. Voices: Gillian Welch, musician Bill Clifton, musician and A. P. Carter's friend Rita Forrester, granddaughter of A. P. and Sara Carter Mark Zwonitzer, author Barry Mazor, senior editor, No Depression Magazine Andrew Russell, narration Produced by: Benjamen Walker Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.
