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Fran Leadon and Leigh Anderson of Brooklyn, NY attempt to record every single song that the Carter Family ever cut.

Just like the original recordings, these are lo-fi and low-budget. We are using a H2 ZOOM recorder propped on a chair in our living room. Fran plays a homemade D-18 guitar and sometimes a 1959 Martin 0-18. Leigh plays an early 1950s Epiphone upright bass.

We grew up listening to the Carter Family. The rules for this project are simple: Record the songs in chronological sequence, beginning with the first 1927 Bristol sessions recordings, don't worry too much about flubs, and get everything recorded while the baby is napping.

Sound simple? Keep listening!

(We recommend listening through headphones or stereo speakers. The average laptop speaker doesn't pick up Leigh's bass.)

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8 months ago

It is raining. Leigh just left to go pick up the bass, which has been in the shop. The baby is napping. He has a cold. I have a neck injury that makes doing things like typing and playing guitar really painful. So the Carter Project is on hold. I did manage to play a show last Tuesday with Charles at Jalopy, but it was difficult.

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The Carter Family Project

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