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How big a deal was Virginia’s Carter Family? You've heard their staples, like “Keep on the Sunny Side” and “Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?”—the “Cups” song from Pitch Perfect. And every folk and country music fan owes a debt to patriarch A.P. Carter, who saved hundreds of regional songs from obscurity—even if the writers weren’t credited. If you’ve ever enjoyed a guitar melody, you can thank “Mother” Maybelle Carter (at

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