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Carter Family Fold, PNW-Style
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Carter Family Fold, PNW-Style
Hi!
It’s disturbing to think that a fundamental piece of American music might have gotten buried by a bad record company decision. But that almost happened.
The song
Can The Circle Be Unbroken was a number that A.P. Carter had re-crafted from an old time melody, one of many songs that he collected and re-arranged. The Carter Family first recorded the song in Camden, New Jersey in 1934 for RCA Victor, but, unimpressed, the company execs chose not to release it.
Maybe because he knew a good song when he heard one, A.P. was undeterred. In 1935, the Carters re-recorded it and good thing they did. It became their biggest hit of that year and, of course, a beloved classic song in American popular music. Naturally, we here at The Winding Stream have a particular love for this Carter staple. So much so that this weekend, we did something really cool with it. We filmed what we did and are editing the footage now. You’ll get to see it soon and we hope when you see it you’ll share it. Stay tuned!
Meanwhile, here are our friends - The Be Good Tanyas - singing their version of the song for us.
We’re at 32% of our Kickstarter goal and the excitement’s mounting around here. To keep up our momentum, though, we’ve got to get to the halfway point by Friday! Help us reach the $25,000 mark!
If everyone who received this email could pledge $6.50 we could make the Friday goal!
Please click here if you can help!
The Winding Stream Kickstarter
To help spread the word about the film and our Kickstarter effort and to celebrate how far we’ve come thus far, we’re having a party this Friday night, June 8 at ADX from 7 – 10 PM.
ADX is at 417 SE 11th Avenue in Portland. We’ll have beer (courtesy of Widmer Brothers) and snacks, plus music by Counterfeit Cash from 7 – 8:30. After that, it’s a pickin’ party! So bring your instruments and voices and let’s make some music!
Y’all come, as they say.
We’ll also do the debut screening of the Can The Circle Be Unbroken video I mentioned. You’ll want to see it!
We’re calling the event “Carter Family Fold: PNW-Style.” If you’re in the area, we hope you’ll stop by. The suggested donation is $10 but any contribution is appreciated!
Thanks for your ongoing interest. Hope to see you at ADX!
Best,
Beth Harrington and
The Winding Stream Team
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