Victory Rag - Mother Maybelle Carter

Mother Maybelle beautifully playing the “Victory Rag.” This was taken from a self-titled album where her own name was misspelled as “Mother Mabel Carter.”

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The one and only Mother Maybelle!!! How I love beautiful and talented Sarah, as well!!!!! Thank you for posting this!!!

[@wiscgaloot]

Man, that woman could play a guitar like few else at the time.

[@100perdido]

And since.

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John James has had Victory Rag in his repertoire since the 1960s. He recorded it first under the title Maybelle Rag.

[@Fraskem]

Atkins influence 💕

[@peggymarsheck4926]

She influenced Chet and Merle Travis, too.

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Her daughter Helen played this, too, almost identically. She said it was a song her mother learned from Leslie Riddle.

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She was in the business playing like this way before Chet