Jimmy Martin With Ralph Stanley Live 1987 

Audie Blaylock😅

@Mike Bastiat He was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from Lincoln University in the 70s

Yes sir. Never missed a beat. That's what decades of playing acoustic music can do. Just as amazing as Ralph's save was the quick string change and tune the mandolin player accomplished! Whew!

Audi changed that string fast

Ralph is, & was, a Prodigy. The guy still hasn’t gotten the due respect and reverence for his talent that he deserves. He was one in a million. Best voice I’ve ever heard

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Exactly! Bill Monroe may have been the one who originally assembled the music ( and he's definitely one of the greatest musicians of all time), but these two perfected the music :)

@Huck Miner what's that have anything to do with the comment? Who said anything about racism?

@@fastheartmartvideos ,, to get

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Ya but we have billy strings right now. They’d all be damn proud

@@mestevens5756 Billy Strings is not even in the same league as these legends.

I got Jimmy and Ralph's autogragh!

@@mestevens5756 Yes, the legends would be very proud of Billy Strings!

I think the mandolin player is Audie Blaylock

that was pretty awesome didnt miss a beat

'... and gives him the solo again' Through his problems with string Bravo 🤧 BEST FRIENDS 😕😕😕

I have pictures with Ralph too😊 I used to go to all the gatherings around my area got to sit & talk with him on the bus sometimes. Kinda like a friend from far away😎

I have a cowboy hat with Jimmy's autograph on one side, and Ralph's on the other side. It was at a festival in Crum West Virginia called Bobby's riverbend bluegrass festival. Closing out Jimmy and his band, then Ralph and his band. Then it was Jimmy and Ralph together on the last show. Never forget that night.

Sad.

Ralph is the best period

Wrong again people, Jimmy was and always will be the best ever. His title, the king of bluegrass was issued to him for a reason.

@@garybragg2385 he named himself the King of Bluegrass 🤣

@@dukeofearlbanjo well did he lie about it? Or was he wrong by titling his self that? What are you saying I mean, he carried that title for decades. That's an awful long time to carry something if he lied, or if he was wrong for doing that. By the way, do you really know why he titled his self that way back years ago?

The Stanleys are my favorite. Flatt/scruggs a close second. Jimmy was good too, but he didnt have as many songs I liked as the other 2.

The set's kind of a mess (strings breaking, etc,) but they keep pulling it out of the fire. Also, they're both in perfect pitch live while playing an instrument.

He’s been tagged the name “the king of Bluegrass”

@@cshifflettgaming5072 , rightfully so!

I don't know either. I looked east and then I looked west but I found no information about this mysterious dude!

No kidding? In case you were not kidding, Jimmy first became popular in the early 50s as rhythm guitar player and lead singer for Bill Monroe. Jimmy helped write and recorded with Bill songs including “Uncle pen“, “little George Rose“, and “Letter from my darling“. These have endured to be bluegrass standards. Jimmy left Bill and formed a trio with Sonny and Bobby, The Osborne Brothers Andilable on RCA Victor Records. Finally, Jimmy formed his own group called “the Sunny Mountain boys” , Recording many songs on the Decca, which became MCA, label. Jimmy had a lot of songs that placed highly on the country charts along with Loretta Lynn and others. Sunny side of the mountain, Widowmaker, freeborn Man, Ocean of diamonds, 2020 vision are some of Jimmy‘s signature songs. Famous musicians that worked for Jimmy in those days include Paul Williams, JD Crowe, Bill Emerson, Doyle Lawson, Paul craft, and Alan Munde. Considering the musicians that cut their teeth on his music and his song catalog, Jimmy is still influencing Bluegrass music to this day. He passed away in around 2005.

@@donaldlewis4742 well then you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to bluegrass music. "The king of bluegrass", Mr Jimmy Martin and his sonny mountain boys.

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