Fred Carter, JR. (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fred Carter, Jr. (December 31, 1933 - July 17, 2010 ) was an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer. Carter was reared in the delta country in Winnsboro, the seat of Franklin Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Carter grew up with the heavy musical influences of jazz, country & western, hymns, and blues. Beginning his professional career in the 1950s, his first partner in music was another Franklin Parish native, Allen "Puddler" Harris. He subsequently worked with Dale Hawkins of "Suzie Q" song fame, and then joined Dale's cousin Ronnie Hawkins whose group The Hawks later became The Band. In the early 1960s, Carter settled into the Nashville session scene, where was a fixture for decades. He spent two years with Roy Orbison during his heyday and also toured with Conway Twitty. His career was not confined to Nashville, however. Carter was the principal guitarist for two of Joan Baez's albums in the late 1960s. He then worked on Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, most notably on "The Boxer," where he played four guitars, providing the memorable finger-picking for the song's intro and conclusion.