The Original Carter Family - There's No Hiding Place Down Here (1934).

[ Meade - 1907 ] First Recorded 1927 by The Famous Jubilee Singers Also 1934 by The Carter Family The Probable Source is the Carter's African-American Contacts Leslie Riddle and Pauline Gray...Sara thought it came from an old Hymn Book possibly "I'll Be Home Some Day". Issued on Bluebird 5961 A [1935] Recorded 11 December 1934 -[10.00 - 12.00] - Victor Studio 2,114 North Fifth Street, Camden,NJ - A.P. [vcl], Sara [autoharp/vcl leader], Maybelle [gt/vcl] Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960) Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979) Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978) Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia The day before the 1st Recording Session (August 1 1927) AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970