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bom to Suttie arid Hattie.. He married Cora Lee Carter. The only factual information we have on Cora is she died in 1990,

John was not an educated man in the sense we think of education. However, he had a warm and loving family and parents who were musically inclined. His father played the guitar, upside down no less, and his mother sang. His father made instruments for his children. John’s first “store bought!’ guitar was purchased for $3.95 by an older sister. He exhibited an ear for music at an early age, his voice developing into a rich baritone. John went to work on the roads early on where he met a member of a chain gang known only to us as Happy. John credits him with showing him many techniques on the guitar.

When Happy was released he even came home with John for a while after which he sim

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