Jimmy Martin - Freeborn man

[TheGhost5600]

Is that Mac MaGahe on fiddle?

[rocknut75]

Martin was and IS widely known as the King of Bluegrass....Monroe- the Father of it. Jimmy was the original outlaw, he sang with abandon. Monroe may have invented the style, but Jimmy owned it....and made it seem like he was having fun!

[brazilgrass]

Jimmy was just too rockin' for his time. My biggest hero.

Happy birthday, master!

[astolennova]

Bad ass.

[gloorbit]

Did Elvis get his leg moves from that fiddler?

[md65000]

Jimmy Martin was a great and important bluegrass musician but to call him the "King of Bluegrass" was about as silly as calling Paul Whiteman the "King of Jazz".

[hussnfussel7]

The biggest trouble in bluegrass but worth every note of it. rip in peace you rebel

[rockyrmt]

kind of sounds like the George Jones from his earlier days. What i mean here is he can really sing ...the Jones of Blue Grass you might say.

[freetickeys]

Bill Monroe may have improperly called himself the "Father Of Bluegrass". However, Jimmy Martin really was the "King of Bluegrass". No doubt about it!

[dapsapsrp]

Real musicians playing real instruments, well-dressed and exhibiting goo manners. Times, they have a changed and not for the better.

[aheadlessguy]

haha here look... :12

[TheHammerheart]

Awesome... I like Jimmy's style actually more than most of the other BG acts back then - he added a little rowdy piss-n-vinegar to his approach that was just too cool. Interesting to note that before the Kentucky Headhunters were covering Bill Monroe, the Outlaws were covering Jimmy Martin!

[Dirtyshamable]

Elvis on the violin w/ that shake

[revskull]

Melungeon.

[jamimartin84]

Hello to all of you jimmy martin fans yes he is a great magision but when it came down having a heart I guess he wasn't born with one unfortunally. If he did it was ice cold.. And unfortunally like father like son because his son (my father) lil' jimmy, timmy whatever you may call him sure hasn't been my father and I actually beg him too and have been extremely forgiving.. But hopefully one day the good lord will put this pain in my heart to rest

[1pupblacky]

@jamimartin84 what are you trying to say--that jimmy was a magician in addition to being a bluegrass legend? are you also trying to say that you are jimmy's grandson--but you are not sure if your dad's name was jimmy or timmy? or did you not get left any money in the will? write back and use the hillbilly/english guide. i am not quite sure what you are saying

[TheWEEDY111]

JIMMY IS "BLUEGRASS"

[bsdml]

People need to take notice of what a truly GREAT singer this man was. Among other great things...

[phallystorm]

Somehow I had lived another Life in the South. My home is in NEW YORK, but my Heart, and Soul is in Tennessee, or Texas, or Georgia, or maybe even Alabama . Be proud your a rebel cause the Souths gonna do it again CDB 1975

[blueridger28]

@phallystorm Damn right Here in the Blueridge Mountains of North Carolina.

[46r11]

They should nail the fiddle players shoes to the floor

[Robin18us]

That fiddle players dancing distracts from the lead singer...LOL

[shrineme]

A great sounding show...Now this is the real stuff!

[redemption36]

Thank GOD for Jimmy Martin!!! Keep roamin brother

[cdvicious]

heeehaaa

[stlunatic781]

did he write this song? i know Hank Jr, and the Outlaws both did it... but I never could find who was the original..

[RSpears596]

@stlunatic781

This song was originally recorded by the 60's band Paul Revere and the Raiders. It was written by Kieth Allison and Mark Lyndsey of that group.

[stlunatic781]

@RSpears596

oh ok, thanks.. I appreciate that.

[rorygg1]

@RSpears596 mark lindsay(not lyndsey). their version is awesome as well. hard not to do a great version of a classic, origially on the alias pink puzz lp

[mrjonesxiansheng]

Obama should have these guys play in the whitehouse.

[EchoSaviour]

@mrjonesxiansheng nah obama wouldn't do it he's not that kinda guy

[BreathDoctor]

I just love this guys tunes.

[adamLconley]

GRASS--u can listen to it, smoke it, and mow it...sometimes all in the same day!!

[moorebluegrass]

Awesome !!!! The Moore Brothers, Jacob & Isaac

[canyondogh]

The King . . Lives . . . Sometimes, you can forget how good he really was . . Hael Yezzz . . !

[maddymud]

I had no idea Sam Kinison could play this well ...

[wideside66]

Great road trip song!

[lowlyric]

he cut a deep groove

[lousinup]

His personality just pours through. Brings a smile to my face everytime I play it.

[new2thismay23]

Anyone know what year this was?

[46r11]

It helps to have great backup.

[oldbluegrasskurt]

gota listen to this man at least once a day or it wont lay right !!!!

[guywalker29]

Anybody got any copy of Jimmie Martin from orig. Decca (#28912), "Christmas Choo Choo/I Love To Ride With Santa," c.1953....? I need a recording of this.

[new2thismay23]

Good God.... what a piece of history! Love his voice and playing the "geetar" !!!!!

[rachwms]

who is the lady bass player?

[stanleypicker]

Gloria Belle

[rachwms]

She is great!  Still alive too I see.

[stanleypicker]

Bluegrass Unlimited did an article on her a few months ago.......

[rachwms]

I will find it! Thanks picker!

[JHelmet]

Didn't she play with Bobby Osborne also?

[hankjr33]

the king jimmy martin, gof rest his soul

[neveragainxx]

Jimmy Martin's the best dude ever! His music and his vocal speak to me like none other. His songs are all instant classics...

Too darn bad that a bunch of racist republican redneck idiots make up a good portion of his following. If W or Maverick were in charge, they'd stomp the queers and free thinkers into the ground so that all the narrow minds could prevail.

[EvilKitten10]

yea

[neveragainxx]

Where the heck did country music go wrong??!??! I'd embrace modern country if it sounded more like Raplh Stanley, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, etc.

[thebetterhalf37]

theres no use in embracing a music genre. just pick out the good artists and listen to them. you dont want to bow yourself in wearing a shirt saying "i embrace country music". in any genre theres jewels and crap, and you have to weed them out.

[gareof]

Won't be any songs like that sung or written in obamaland: a nation of obama wimps, politcally correct, lazy ass welfare moms (and dads) , potheads, and queers...won't be ANY ORIGINAL OR CREATIVE songs written or sung in the Union, of Soviet Socialist States of America (USSSA)

[edmunk]

Yup, I'm afraid you're right. The stupid people in this country wont wake up in time to realize their freedom has been sold out to the devil. Get out your guns boys, it's time to fight for freedom again!!!

[ronelvis]

What does this tripe have to do with good bluegrass? Go back to the glenn beck website and don't bother the bluegrass fans.

[ronelvis]

Beg to differ. Some of the best russian symphony and strings were done during the soviet period, as well as written word. Educate yourself, ignorance will never work to your advantage. If you can not deal with folks that aren't the same color as yourself maybe you and your state should secede. Maybe you and glenn beck can go start your own white Utopia. As for me, I will continue to enjoy the bluegrass.

[gareof]

I'm talking about creativity, not the classics... two great authors don't make it - but never mind, you have your "opinion" of history, and then there's the truth.. In your ignorance you'll probably dance along to the tune of obama and his song of the "new world order"... The Battle Hymn of obama lama ding dong

[williebrown01]

Jimmy puts just the right amount of BALLS in his Bluegrass. Everything else is weak liquer.

[CirSam]

Raccoon Willie Army approves 21 times over and counting!!

[pekoe67]

This music video kicked my ass

and then it took my name

[damygeebo]

yes, um... this is Raccoon Willie approved!

[Rabadamtimtimti]

"If the King Jimmy Martin was here, he'd tell 'em all to suck his dick"

- Hank III

The best. The fucking best!

[1Lawman104]

"i say son don't you know nothin..damnit i learned bill munroe how to sang i am the king boy.....now if ye want this hear interview to continue straighten up...."

[1pupblacky]

@1Lawman104 sounds like something jimmy would say--the only man i ever knew to write his own tombstone before he died.

[sartainja]

@1Lawman104 Tell them how the cow ate the cabbage, Jimmy.

[chevy0215]

my dad was in the sunny mtn boys for a little while, he replaced jd crowe on the banjo when jd quit

[banjobgboy]

what is your dad's name?

[allis287]

Al munday?

[varmitrifle]

damnit boy !!!!

[Drg0nzo1]

Now that my friends, is the fiddle playinist man i ever did see.

[EarlMalmsteen]

i seriously would smack that guy if i was jimmy martin. he is a great fiddler tho

[medhuza]

Good Good Good

[pablocoon]

What a legend. Miss you Jimmy.

[wvabeer]

GOOD STUFF!!!!

[greenskeeper3000]

I really do got a gal in Cincinnati! Cool song.

[howdohi]

east tn's{snedville,tn} greatest musican to ever play...the undisputed king of bluegrass

[wvabeer]

Great stuff

[steinsteel]

He looks like a red horn devil.Jimmy is my favorite singer

[sollymonster]

the fiddle player is a we bit too excited

[Rareed63]

My this guy kicks ass love all his stuff

[dgambino30]

Outstanding!

[dlsofsetx]

A n old favorite of mine.Thanks for posting it.

[OSCAR82AA]

Great Hat Jimmy,

[DUCK3O9]

It's Vernon!

[onlysovereigngrace]

I guess ol' Vernon has always shook his hips

[DUCK3O9]

Top song ever!

[fiddleplayer9]

Is that Vernon Derrick playing fiddle?

[stormbouy]

great song...great hats...great special effects(circle stage)....im a bit sus about the guy on bass

[nashtndawg]

Would y'all believe Mark Lindsey that was in Paul Revere & the Raiders co-wrote this song??

[dlsofsetx]

Mark spells his name Lindsay,not Lindsey.

[nashtndawg]

Actually I knew that and noticed I spelled it wrong after I posted that, but there's no way to edit....oh well....shoot me! ;-)

[FiddlePig]

Bluegrass classic? Co-written by Keith Allison & Mark Lindsay... who both were regulars on the old "Where the Action Is" pop music TV show back in the 60s. Hosted by eternal teen-ager Dick Clark.

A true example of "cross-pollination" of musical genres... ain't America great!

[Drg0nzo1]

Yeah good thing that's a rare occurrence. We wouldn't want ramshamble musical genres like rock, blues, bluegrass...oh...wait......

[PamK36]

Was this the first bluegrass cover of the song? Did all the covers come about because of Freddy Weller doing the song?

[paleoman1999]

Dig the hats!

[1kyredneck1]

lord, lord!!!!

[sethwmax]

these lyrics are some of the best i've heard "You may not like the way I talk / You'll like the way I'm gone!" ha ha

thanks

[TomHarkins]

Thanks for posting this video. Do you have the one where Jimmy sings "When the savior reached down his hand for me"? It was on youtube last year but someone took it off. If you have it, post it please. Thanks again

[richintalent]

god i'm getting chills!!

[frankbooth1966]

me too

that is country, man

bluegrass...country...honkyton­k....whatever ya wanta call it

awesome

[evorgsum4]

love this song so much, one of my favorite bluegrass

[chiwawacsi]

wish I could move like that fiddle player LOL

[quicklady]

second only to bill himself

[banjobilly32]

I wonder did he have that snare drum capoed up to B?? Great vintage Jimmy Martin tune. Thanks for posting.