Carter Family Fold

Musical performance and concert venue in Virginia

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Carter Family Fold performance building at Maces Springs, Virginia now Hiltons, Virginia. It is adjacent to A.P. Carter's former General Store

The Carter Family Fold is a musical performance and concert venue located near Hiltons, Virginia. It is dedicated to the preservation and performance of old time country and bluegrass music. It is named in honor of the original Carter Family, A.P., Sara, and Maybelle, who were among the earliest recording artists in country music, with their first records on RCA Victor being released in 1927. The Fold was founded by Janette Carter, daughter of A.P. and Sara Carter, in 1979.[1]

Janette Carter directed the center and served as master of ceremonies and performer at the Saturday night shows, often accompanied by her brother Joe, until her death in 2006. Her daughter, Rita Forrester, now fulfills that role.

The Fold presents weekly concerts. To stay true to musical preservation, no electric instruments are allowed (although this rule was often set aside for performances by singer Johnny Cash, a Carter family in-law). Smoking and drinking are prohibited in the venue.

Most of the participating performers at the Fold are not famous outside the communities of bluegrass and old-time country music. However, Johnny Cash performed at the Fold many times, and played his last concert there on July 5, 2003, a few months before his death. Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, was a daughter of Maybelle Carter. The Carter Sisters, Helen, June and Anita, performed at the Carter Fold many times also.

The Fold has a dance floor where Appalachian buckdancing and clogging, local forms of folk dancing, are seen weekly.

The concert venue, the "Fold," is the centerpiece of the Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Inc., a non-profit organization. This includes the 1880s cabin where A. P. Carter was born. The cabin was moved from its original location to a site next to the Fold, refurbished and rededicated before Janette Carter's death in 2006. Singer Marty Stuart, formerly a member of the Johnny Cash band, was instrumental in raising funds for the cabin's relocation and restoration.

The Carter Store, built by A. P. Carter and friends in the late 1940s and where he conducted daily business, is the site of the Carter Family Museum. This building was renovated in September, 2009. After the renovation, part of the large collection of Carter Family memorabilia that it had housed was moved back and redisplayed. A large crowd witnessed the rededication of the museum, which featured the cutting of a ceremonial red ribbon by Rita Forrester (daughter of Janette Carter) and Marty Stuart, who later performed at a special concert with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives.

A yearly Carter Family Memorial Festival is held in August at the Fold. In 2019, the Festival celebrated its 45th anniversary.

Also in 2009, the organization purchased property across the road from the Fold, which includes a three bedroom house that will be converted to office space. The accompanying grounds will be used for additional parking.

The Carter Family Fold and Museum is located in the Poor Valley region of southern Virginia at the foot of Clinch Mountain, in a settlement once known as Maces Spring. Maces Spring was home to A.P. and Sara Carter's family, as well as Ezra and Maybelle Carter and their daughters. Since Maces Spring no longer has a post office, it is considered part of the area of Hiltons.

Capacity at the Fold is 842 seats. Those wishing to attend a Saturday night show will usually find ample seating. However, for gospel and other special shows, it is advisable to request tickets well in advance.

## Controversy

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In 2007, a controversy occurred concerning tapes of Carter Family performances. Dale Jett, son of Janette Carter, gave tapes of live performances of the Carter Family to the University of North Carolina's Southern Folklife Collection. The Carter Fold board called for the immediate return of the tapes, claiming that Jett (who was on the board) transferred the tapes without the board's knowledge. The board maintains that they own the tapes, and Jett had no right to move them. Jett's response was, "My only concern was to preserve them [the tapes] for the ages. And it should be the Fold’s [only concern]. The tapes don't belong to the Carter Fold, they belong to the people that are on them."[2]

Jett's connections to the Carter Fold Board were severed. According to some sources, he was removed. According to other sources he resigned from the board.[3][4] The University of North Carolina has since returned the tapes to the Carter Fold.

## See also

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* List of music museums
* House of Cash

## References

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1. ^ The Carter Family Fold, RLROUSE Directory & Informational Resources, retrieved January 25, 2011
2. ^ McGee, David (April 5, 2008). "Donated Performance Tapes Are At Center Of Disagreement". The Bristol Herald Courier. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
3. ^ "Carter descendant removed from Carter Family Fold's board", Kingsport Times-News, The Kingsport Times, January 15, 2008
4. ^ McGee, David (January 15, 2008). "Carter descendant removed from Carter Family Fold's board". Bristol Herald Courier. Retrieved April 18, 2015.

## External links

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* Official Carter Family Fold Website
* PBS special on the Carter Family
* Friends of the Carter Family Fold

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Carter Family

* A. P. Carter
* Sara Carter
* Maybelle Carter
* Helen Carter
* Anita Carter
* June Carter Cash
* Ezra Carter
* Janette Carter
* Joe Carter
* John Carter Cash
* Laura Cash

Compilation albums|

* Anchored in Love (1993)
* My Clinch Mountain Home (1993)
* When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland (1995)
* Worried Man Blues (1995)
* Sunshine in the Shadows (1997)
* Give Me the Roses While I Live (1997)
* Gold Watch and Chain (1998)
* Last Sessions (1998)
* Longing for Old Virginia (1998)

Songs|

* "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)"
* "Engine One-Forty-Three"
* "Keep on the Sunny Side"
* "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"
* "I'm Working on a Building"
* "No Depression in Heaven"
* "Single Girl, Married Girl"
* "Wabash Cannonball"
* "When I'm Gone"
* "Wildwood Flower"
* "Worried Man Blues"

Related albums|

* A Living Legend (1965)
* The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (2004)
* Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash (2007)

Related places|

* A. P. and Sara Carter House
* A. P. Carter Homeplace
* A. P. Carter Store
* Maybelle and Ezra Carter House
* Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
* Hendersonville Memory Gardens

Related musical acts|

* Carlene Carter
* Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters
* Johnny Cash
* Rosanne Cash
* Rosie Nix Adams
* Chet Atkins
* Robbie Harden
* Carter Family III
* Dale Jett

Biopics|

* Walk the Line
* Ring of Fire

Related|

* Discography
* Carter Family Fold
* Carter Family picking
* The Johnny Cash Show
* House of Cash
* Sunny Side of Life (1985 documentary)

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Music venues of Virginia

Outdoor venues|

* Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion
* Blue Ridge Music Center
* Brown's Island
* Jiffy Lube Live
* Meadow Event Park
* Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
* Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Theaters and clubs|

* Altria Theater
* The Birchmere
* Byrd Theatre
* Capital One Hall
* Carter Family Fold
* The Coffee Pot
* Harrison Opera House
* Jammin' Java
* JV's Restaurant
* Little Grill Collective
* National Theater
* The NorVa
* Palace Theatre
* State Theatre

Arenas|

* Atlantic Union Bank Center
* Berglund Center
* Cassell Coliseum
* Chartway Arena
* EagleBank Arena
* Echols Hall
* Hampton Coliseum
* Hampton Convocation Center
* John Paul Jones Arena
* Kaplan Arena
* Norfolk Scope
* Salem Civic Center
* Siegel Center
* Vines Center

Festival sites|

* FloydFest
* Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
* Something in the Water

Historical venues|

* Richmond Coliseum
* Trax

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Johnny Cash

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* Singles
* Sun Records
* Songs
* Awards

Studio albums|

| 1950s|

* Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
* The Fabulous Johnny Cash
* Hymns by Johnny Cash
* Songs of Our Soil

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1960s|

* Ride This Train
* Now, There Was a Song!
* Hymns from the Heart
* The Sound of Johnny Cash
* Blood, Sweat and Tears
* The Christmas Spirit
* I Walk the Line
* Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
* Orange Blossom Special
* Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West
* Everybody Loves a Nut
* Happiness Is You
* Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter
* From Sea to Shining Sea
* The Holy Land

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1970s|

* Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
* Man in Black
* A Thing Called Love
* America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
* The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
* Any Old Wind That Blows
* Johnny Cash and His Woman
* Ragged Old Flag
* The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
* The Johnny Cash Children's Album
* Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
* John R. Cash
* Look at Them Beans
* One Piece at a Time
* The Last Gunfighter Ballad
* The Rambler
* I Would Like to See You Again
* Gone Girl
* Silver
* A Believer Sings the Truth
* Johnny Cash Sings with B.C. Goodpasture Christian School

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1980s|

* Rockabilly Blues
* Classic Christmas
* The Baron
* The Adventures of Johnny Cash
* Johnny 99
* Highwayman
* Rainbow
* Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming
* Heroes
* Believe in Him
* Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
* Classic Cash
* Water from the Wells of Home

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1990s|

* Highwayman 2
* Boom Chicka Boom
* The Mystery of Life
* Country Christmas
* American Recordings
* The Road Goes on Forever
* American II: Unchained

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2000–2020s|

* American III: Solitary Man
* American IV: The Man Comes Around
* My Mother's Hymn Book
* American V: A Hundred Highways
* American VI: Ain't No Grave
* Out Among the Stars
* Songwriter

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Live albums|

* At Folsom Prison
* At San Quentin
* The Johnny Cash Show
* På Österåker
* Strawberry Cake
* The Survivors
* Koncert v Praze (In Prague – Live)
* VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
* At Madison Square Garden
* A Concert Behind Prison Walls
* Live from Austin, TX

Soundtracks|

* I Walk the Line
* Little Fauss and Big Halsy
* The Gospel Road
* Return to the Promised Land

Compilations|

* Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
* Greatest!
* Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
* Now Here's Johnny Cash
* All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
* Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
* Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
* Heart of Cash
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
* Sunday Morning Coming Down
* International Superstar
* Five Feet High and Rising
* Destination Victoria Station
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
* The Unissued Johnny Cash
* Johnny & June
* Tall Man
* Encore
* Biggest Hits
* The Man in Black 1954–1958
* The Man in Black 1959–1962
* Come Along and Ride This Train
* The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)
* Wanted Man
* The Man in Black 1963–1969
* The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
* 16 Biggest Hits
* Love, God, Murder
* The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
* 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Cash
* Unearthed
* The Legend
* The Legend of Johnny Cash
* Patriot
* 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
* The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
* The Complete Columbia Album Collection
* Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Songs|

* "25 Minutes to Go"
* "Any Old Wind That Blows"
* "Austin Prison"
* "A Wonderful Time Up There"
* "The Ballad of Boot Hill"
* "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"
* "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
* "Big River"
* "Blistered"
* "A Boy Named Sue"
* "Busted"
* "Cat's in the Cradle"
* "Cocaine Blues"
* "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
* "Daddy Sang Bass"
* "Dark as a Dungeon"
* "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
* "Engine 143"
* "Everybody Loves a Nut"
* "Flesh and Blood"
* "The Folk Singer"
* "Folsom Prison Blues"
* "Forty Shades of Green"
* "Get Rhythm"
* "Give My Love to Rose"
* "Goodnight, Irene"
* "Green, Green Grass of Home"
* "Guess Things Happen That Way"
* "Hey, Porter"
* "Home of the Blues"
* "Hurt"
* "I Couldn't Keep from Crying"
* "I Love You Because"
* "I Still Miss Someone"
* "I Walk the Line"
* "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
* "If I Had a Hammer"
* "If I Were a Carpenter"
* "In My Life"
* "In the Jailhouse Now"
* "It Ain't Me Babe"
* "Jackson"
* "Kate"
* "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
* "The Man Comes Around"
* "Man in Black"
* "The Matador"
* "Oh Lonesome Me"
* "One Piece at a Time"
* "Oney"
* "Orange Blossom Special"
* "The One on the Right Is on the Left"
* "Personal Jesus"
* "Ragged Old Flag"
* "Remember the Alamo"
* "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
* "Ring of Fire"
* "Rock Island Line"
* "Seasons of My Heart"
* "So Doggone Lonesome"
* "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
* "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
* "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
* "A Thing Called Love"
* "Understand Your Man"
* "What Is Truth"
* "What'd I Say"
* "Without Love"
* "You Are My Sunshine"

Film|

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

Television|

The Johnny Cash Show

Biographies|

* Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words
* Cash: The Autobiography
* Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music
* My Father and the Man in Black
* Walk the Line
* Ring of Fire (musical)
* Ring of Fire (2013 film)
* My Darling Vivian

Tribute albums|

* The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
* Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
* Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
* All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Johnny Cash Remixed
* We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
* Forever Words

Associated acts|

* The Highwaymen
* The Tennessee Three
* Bob Wootton
* Carl Perkins
* W. S. Holland
* Marshall Grant
* Luther Perkins
* Million Dollar Quartet
* The Great Eighties Eight

Family|

* June Carter Cash
* John Carter Cash
* Rosanne Cash
* Cindy Cash
* Carlene Carter
* Tommy Cash
* Carter Family

Historical sites|

* Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
* Dyess, Arkansas
* Johnny Cash Museum
* House of Cash
* Carter Family Fold

Legacy|

Statue of Johnny Cash

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