June Carter Cash plays the autoharp in honor of Mother Maybelle 🕊️ | June Carter Cash

Remembering June Carter Cash, born Valerie June Carter on June 23, 1929, in Maces Spring, Virginia -- she died on May 15, 2003. Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was professionally known as June Carter and occasionally would still be credited as such after her marriage (as well as on songwriting credits predating it). She played the guit

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