Storms are on the Ocean  
It was Maybelle Carter that began  
to showcase her distinct guitar  
sound by playing both the lead and  
the rhythm in the group. This  
technique became known as the  
“Carter Scratch,” and it became  
one of the most copied styles of  
guitar playing since that time.  
In the winter of 1938-39, the group  
travelled to Texas where they held  
a twice-daily program on the border  
radio station XERA (later XERF) in  
Villa Acuna (now known as Ciudad  
Acuna, Mexico).  
Promo picture of the Carter Sisters.  
Made Public. Left to right: June Carter,  
their mother, Maybelle Carter (playing  
the guitar), Anita Carter, and Helen  
Carter.  
The Storms are on the Ocean was  
frequently played. At the start it was  
played only as a man’s solo, but in  
the 1939-40 season when the  
children of A.P. and Sara (Janette  
and Joe Carter) and those of  
Maybelle (Helen, June, and Anita  
Carter) joined, there were several  
different versions made, some with  
both the man and woman voices.  
By 1936 A.P. and Sara’s  
marriage had dissolved, and  
Sara married A.P.’s cousin,  
Coy Bayes. Sara and Coy  
moved to California, and  
group officially disbanded in  
1944.  
However, Maybelle  
continued to perform with  
her daughters (Anita, June,  
and Helen) and rebranded  
themselves as “The Carter  
Sisters.”  
In 1943, Maybelle and her  
daughters played the show  
with various performers to  
include Hugh Jack (Doc)  
Addington, Jr., and Carl  
McConnell (known as the  
“The original Virginia Boys”),  
and briefly with Chet Atkins  
playing his electric guitar in  
1949-50.  
Johnny Cash and June Carter.  
It was June Carter who  
married Johnny Cash.  
Continued …  

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