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Carlene Carter Fan Club: Music

The Carter Family, "Wildwood Flower" Cassette

("Wildwood Flower")
House of Cash Records, and Mercury Records 1987

1. Wildwood Flower
2. Dixie Darlin'
3. Banks Of The Ohio
4. Worried Man Blues
5. Storms Are On The Ocean
6. Savior Of My Natural Life
7. Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
8. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
9. Seven Bridges Road
10. Church In The Wildwood

Produced by the legendary songwriter and producer Jack Clement, and as it says on the cover of the cassette, it features June, Helen, Anita, and Carlene (Playing Their Own Instruments).

The "Wildwood Flower" cassette was released on House Of Cash Records, and sold through the House Of Cash store, and also at concerts, as The Carter Family performed as part of The Johnny Cash Show (see ad below). It was later remixed and released on Mercury Records cassette (and LP in Germany), with the following credits:

MUSICIANS
The Carter Family: June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Carlene Carter
GUITARS: June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Carlene Carter, Jack Clement, Mark Howard, David Carter Jones
FIDDLE: Mark O’Connor
MANDOLA: Mark O’Connor
BASS: Roy Huskey Jr.
BASS ON "SAVIOUR OF MY NATURAL LIFE": James Eller
DRUMS & PERCUSSION: Kenny Malone
DRUMS ON "SAVIOUR OF MY NATURAL LIFE": Bobby Irwin
PIANO: Charles Cochran, Joey Miskulin
DULCIMER ON DIXIE DARLIN’": Jim Varney
ACCORDION: Joey Miskulin
AUTOHARP: Gove Scrivenor
FIVE STRING BANJO: Walter T. Forbes Jr.
FOUR STRING BANJO: Joey Miskulin
MANDOLIN: Marty Stuart, Mark Howard
DOBRO: Jack Clement
BACKGROUND SINGERS: Johnny Cash, Rosie Carter, Jack Clement, Jody Maphis, Mark Howard, Joey Miskulin, Walter T. Forbes Jr., Tom Skinker

While vocals are shared on most songs, Carlene sings lead vocal by herself on "Dixie Darlin'," which she later also recorded on her next solo album, the "I Fell In Love" CD in 1990.

8x10" photo (clockwise from top left): Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, Carlene Carter.