Picks and Pans Review: The Unbroken Circle: a Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter

UPDATED 12/03/1979 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/03/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (9-10 p.m. ET)

Popularizer of Will the Circle Be Unbroken and leader of the original Carter Family singers, the late Mother Maybelle was a matriarch of country music. She is remembered fondly here by the incumbent Carter Family, son-in-law Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Larry Gatlin, Ray Charles and others. Kris Kristofferson hosts.