Now Carlene is welcoming Beyoncé into the musical tradition of the Carter family. "I am here to let Beyoncé and all those nay sayers know that I admire and love her and all she does," she continued.

Carlene learned to play guitar at the knee of her grandmother, country legend “Mother” Maybelle Carter. “In our family, it was a no-brainer,” she recalls. “It was like: Grandma was going ...