AMG Review of Songs of the Famous Carter Family

Jim Smith
All Music Guide

On this album, Flatt & Scruggs cool their famous "overdrive" to turn in a collection of relaxed, almost dreamy adaptations of Carter tunes. Maybelle herself plays autoharp on the sessions, although it would have been nice if she had sung too, especially since the cover prominently displays her name and picture. This is a pleasant record, though, highlighted by the duo's original recording of "You Are My Flower," a song which they played throughout their career.