About A. P. Carter
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (December 15, 1891 – November 7, 1960) was an American musician and a founding member of the Carter Family, one of the most popular acts in the history of country music. A.P. suffered from a tremor in his right hand, which his mother ascribed to a lightning strike when she was pregnant. Despite this, he successfully learned to play the fiddle and guitar during his childhood. Since A.P. worked as a traveling salesman, Carter was known for traveling. Carter and Mollie Arvelle Bays in Maces Spring, Virginia, an area that became Hiltons, Virginia, located in Poor Valley. A.P., Sara Dougherty, and Maybelle Carter started the Carter Family with Maybelle's husba.
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