The Carter Family's recording fixed an old parlor tune in its definitive form — Sara Carter's clear lead voice over Maybelle Carter's revolutionary guitar work. Maybelle's thumb-lead "Carter scratch," learned from African American guitarist Lesley Riddle, became the standard for guitar accompaniment for decades to come.
Johnny Cash's cover for his 1965 album Orange Blossom Special. The Appalachian home song reached a rock-era country giant's audience again, starting a lineage sung alongside his wife June Carter, of the Carter family bloodline.