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    • Oct 2, 1972
    United Artists releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The project features Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake and Bashful Brother Oswald
    May 25, 1973
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band earns its first gold album from the RIAA, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The two-record set features guests Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, Junior Huskey and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Jan 22, 1975
    Ezra Carter dies after a lengthy illness in Nashville. The manager of The Carter Family, he was married to Maybelle Carter and was the father of Helen Carter, June Carter and Anita Carter
    Oct 23, 1978
    Mother Maybelle Carter dies at her Nashville home. The Carter Family became the first family of country music after a 1927 session. The trio broke up in 1943, but she rallied her daughters and kept performing. The original lineup joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Oct 25, 1978
    Johnny Cash leads mourners in "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" to close the funeral for Maybelle Carter at the First Baptist Church in Madison, Tennessee. Attendees include June Carter Cash, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Earl Scruggs and The Oak Ridge Boys
    Jun 12, 1985
    The Maybelle and Ezra Carter House in Maces Spring, Virginia, is added to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing the home of one of The Carter Family's founding members
    Nov 6, 1997
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band snares its first RIAA-certified platinum album, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," featuring Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Doc Watson
    Jun 2, 1998
    Helen Carter dies in Nashville. A member of The Carter Sisters, she was a regular performer on "The Johnny Cash Show" and wrote a handful of hits, including Margie Bowes' "Poor Old Heartsick Me" and Cash's "Rosanna's Going Wild"
    Oct 23, 1998
    Mother Maybelle Carter's guitar, a Gibson L-5 archtop, goes on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame on the 20th anniversary of her death
    Jul 29, 1999
    Anita Carter dies at home in Nashville. She joined mother Maybelle, plus sisters June and Helen Carter in The Carter Sisters, and scored a trio of hits between 1951 and 1968, two of them in duets with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings
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