I went to my great uncle Jimmy Martins house growing up and I remember Ol Pete. He had a lot of dogs . He made me cry laughing everytime I saw Jimmy. He was the BEST !!!!!!
Instant smile on my face!! I just wish I got to see Jimmy more !!! I was busy on my own long strange trip with the good ol Grateful Dead.. Still miss and love ya Jimmy and the boys!!!!!!
I moved to Macon Georgia about 4 years ago and still don't hear or know anyone who plays or likes bluegrass. I told somebody at work who looked at me crazy for suggesting we listen to bluegrass, I said "y'all might have twang in your voice, but y'all don't have twang in your soul" FACTS
Best Train 45 ever picked on a five string. But that don't surprise me. That's J.D. Crowe. Everything he ever played was perfect. He will be sadly missed. RIP J.D Crowe
If my husband was still alive (Clarence Horsman) he would love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 this music 🎶 🎵 he loved 😍 ❤ ♥ bluegrass music 🎶 🎵 he loved you guys along with all the bluegrass greats
I was there. During the Sunshine Boys evening show, when he got his time at the mic, Paul Williams revealed that he left the group because he had gotten saved by the Light and Grace of Jesus Christ and he could not live two lifestyles. I was there. I heard it.
So awesome!! It took me traveling through every genre of music only to get back to this and realize and appreciate just how truly great bluegrass is and was and how important the history of this music was. Music wouldn’t be what it is today without bluegrass and guys like Jimmy and the sunny mountain boys. A lot of greatness came from the roots of bluegrass and many many music greats came from it. Anyone that loves music of any kind needs to do themselves a favor and look at and watch the history of bluegrass.
Paul's singing gives me the same kind of chills I get from Ira Louvin. What a priceless moment to have captured, with everyone so clearly enjoying the reunion.
I've also seen a lot of festivals at Frontier Ranch. Awesome place to spend a weekend seeing awesome music. Last time though there was sleet, hail and we got wet and the temperature dropped to 42° 41°. Our ride left us along with my other clothes. I was still in a t shirt under my wet Baja and shorts and sandals. Sunday I wake up and it's 60° and sunshine...
shout out to the girl singers, jimmys daughter, lisa, missed her calling, love her voice. and many girl singers in bluegrass today, can take a lesson or 2 from gloria belle
I was there that night. So many great memories of Frontier Ranch! Jimmy , Paul Williams and J D Crowe . Jimmy was a showman. He loved to pick and sing. With Jimmy what you saw was what you got . As the old timers used to say he was ate up with the high lonesome sound . Darrell Adkins put on a real good festival at Frontier Ranch for quite a few years . Always top notch entertainment . I would have to say that this show by Jimmy, Paul, and JD was the. best I ever saw at Frontier Ranch . So many great entertainers ! Larry Sparks, Boys from Indiana, Bluegrass Cardinals, Johnson Mountain Boys, Osborne Brothers , Red Allen, Jim and Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Vince Combs , Raymond Fairchild and the Crowe Brothers, Mac Wiseman , The Wilson Brothers, Mr. Spoons and The Goins Brothers. Jimmy put on the best show .
This is amazing and I just want to say thank you for posting this. When I stumbled across this tonight, I felt like I won the lottery. Thank you very much.
@@daviddavis3426. I was particularly fond of Don Reno and Red Smiley and Eddie Adcock of the Country Gentleman. I knew two more banjo pickers who were local to me that played as good as Earl Scruggs. They have long since passed, but I remember as a kid when my father was asked to play at barn dances and family gatherings. Dad played a D-28 Martin and sounded like Lester Flatt, he would always pick one of these two Leroy Stanback and Lawrence Wright to play at the gatherings. That had been nearly 60 years ago and the time has passed like a blink of an eye. Very fond memories. Miss those days when things were clear and simple. I also have this album on original vinyl from 1965.
if there ever was an award 4 braging on yourself he would win it hands down, they were good but its a shame paul can't remember the words 2 all the songs...
In 1970, when I was 8 years old, family moved to a place about ten miles from Frontier Ranch. My parents knew the couple who promoted bluegrass shows there. We went all the time. Had picnic style meals with many of the entertainers. We parked backstage. First time my Dad met Jimmy Martin the first thing Jimmy said to him was "Do you have any booze in your car? Honest truth, I was there and heard him ask.
I'm 41 and recently found out my biological father(who I barely knew) drove Jimmy's bus in the early 80's. Always thought he was full of shit that he knew Jimmy Martin but guess I was wrong
Quite sad today I play bluegrass you go to events and you see hardly anybody at the Bluegrass Festival more how the young kids are into that new age crap music is a powerful medium you could even call it a type of ice cuz it manipulates and moves you where they wanted to move that's why the new music today so terrible it drips you away from traditions in your Society in your culture and that fact and it's Old-time music just look at the crowds how they're dressed how they act and you look at the crowds today and how they act a great difference in the way people are today
Bluegrass musicians starve. Jimmy Martin died a millionaire. He was never without a booking. I met him in 2002, 03, and 04 still working. This was at Hoofer's Gospel Barn in LaGrange, Ga. Jimmy was a hard man and near impossible to get along with, but not with Rick and Bee. The promoter there. Jimmy knew a good man when he saw one. (I got my pic with Jimmy there,too!)
He was outspoken ' maybe a little too much at times ' I remember the 1'st time I heard the song, Milwaukee here I come the part where he says Who do you want the most of ' ole possum eyed Jones or me ' referring to George Jones. I was 14 back then ' 1974 ' I thought he sounded aragont
JD's got my vote for best bluegrass banjo player, up there with Earl. Best overall banjo player would probably have to be Bela though, due to how he has taken it across so many genres with such amazing musicianship. There's so many good ones out there nowadays though... Noam Pikelney, Ron Block, Ryan Cavanaugh just to name a few. There is truly a renaissance in banjo playing happening nowadays.
Saying that the top 2 banjo players are J D Crow and Earl Scruggs is incorrect; Don Rino is as every bit as good. The top banjo player of all time, in my opinion, is Raymond Fairchild, who I feel, strongly, was better than both Scruggs and Crow. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!!
I remember seeing Jimmy Martin at Fairfax high School and he gave me one of his albums I thought he was giving it to me for free and he shook my hand and said that'll be $12.50 sir that was funny
you know, i really hate these kind of "comparisons". raymond was "better than crowe and scruggs" at what? all 3 men had their own styles, and non could play the styles of each other, like the originator. jd said, "you cant beat a man at his own game"
@@sunnymtnboy I totally agree I hate those comparisons as well. By making those comparisons and saying one is better than the other people are missing the point in that each person had their own distinctive style and greatness.
