2007 Festival Performers

John Carter Cash John Carter Cash

Laura Cash Laura Cash

Dale Jett Dale Jett

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October 11, 2008
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See photos from the 2007 Carter Family special event.

Our 2007 Festival featured descendants of the original Carter Family as we celebrated the roots heritage of
"The First Family of Country Music".

Including:

Grammy winner John Carter Cash and Laura Cash, son and daughter-in-law of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash;
and
Dale Jett, grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter.

Proceeds benefit school music programs in the area.

Turner Tabernacle

 We proudly support Keeping the Beat, an organization that raises money for school music programs...

Keeping the Beat


News

01-03-08 "Oregon Art Beat" (on Oregon Public Broadcasting) aired a video segment about the Carter Family show at the 2007 American Roots Music Festival (Watch)

10-10-07 KRKT radio interviews John Carter Cash & Laura Cash about Carter Family show and Keeping the Beat (Listen)

09-26-07 Keeping the Beat to launch with premier of "Roots & Branches: A Multimedia Celebration of the Carter Family Tree" at the American Roots Music Festival on October 13th.

09-14-07 Nashville session player Larry Perkins joins the Carter Family Celebration evening program. More info

08-15-07 Performer line-up announced for 2007 American Roots Music Festival. (PDF)

06-15-07 Oregon Art Beat, a weekly series on Oregon Public Broadcasting, will be doing a segment on the 2007 American Roots Music Festival!

05-18-07 Dale Jett, grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter, to join The Carter Family Celebration at the 2007 American Roots Music Festival.

03-01-07 The American Roots Music Festival confirms headline act John Carter Cash and Laura Cash.

01-18-07 The American Roots Music Festival gives $6,000 to support local school music programs, making a total of $14,500 raised over the past 3 years.