Lesley Riddle Carter Family. African-American musician and Burnsville native Lesley Esley Riddle helped to shape the sound of legendary country artists The Carter Family. Legend has it that Sara Carter eventually presented Riddle with a brand new wooden leg as a sort of thank you.
In 1942 he and his wife moved north to Rochester N. This meeting was the beginning of a musical interaction that would impact The Carter Familys music as Riddle traveled with Carter to collect songs throughout the region and. African American musician Lesley Riddle.
In particular primary source materials interview tapes with Riddle and Carter family members held at the University of.
It was Ralph Peer the scout for Okeh Records present at Carsons session who would be the first to record the Carter Family four years later. Lesley Riddles contribution to the Carter Familys music is enormous. Legend has it that Sara Carter eventually presented Riddle with a brand new wooden leg as a sort of thank you. Most people who love traditional country music have heard of Maybelle Carter and the Carter Family known as The First Family of Country Music Not so many know that much of what AP.
