Born in 1909, on the 10th of May, Maybelle Carter is among American music’s most important and beloved figures. She is commonly referred to in country music circles as “Mother Maybelle” because of a lifetime of music-making that is ever-cherished and anchored in love. She created the "Carter Scratch" style of playing the guitar. On her 19th birthday, Maybelle, her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, recorded what is probably the Carter Family's most famous song, "Wildwood Flower". She

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This month in her Maybelle Carter-Style Guitar course, Cathy Fink looks at the cowboy song “Buddies in the Saddle.” This is one of the rare songs that Maybelle Carter is credited with writing, and the lead that she plays on "The Carter Family" is unusual for her because so much of it is in the high notes, on the upper strings instead of on the bass strings, and she has a rhythm guitar player playing behind her. In this lesson, Cathy shows you what Maybelle played on the recording as well as how