Tom Riley Videos : Tom T. Hall (with Jimmy Martin) - Jimmy Martin's Life Story

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Tom T. Hall (with Jimmy Martin) - Jimmy Martin's Life Story

Jimmy Martin's Life Story told in less than five minutes in a song, as only the master storyteller Tom T. Hall could do. Jimmy's vocals are featured on this song and it is probably his last recording before his passing. This song is from the latest Tom T. Hall CD titled, "Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T." recorded on the Blue Circle Records label. Vocals: Tom T. Hall and Jimmy Martin Words & Music: Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall and Jimmy Martin Album: Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T. (Blue Circle Records - 2007) Jimmy Martin - The Early Years (Squidoo.com) Jimmy grew up in a world of hard work on a farm. He bought his first guitar when he was ten years old. He had earned the money himself by hunting and trapping 'possums and selling their skins. For inspiration and role models to help him learn to play the guitar he tuned in to the Grand Ole Opry radio show on Saturday nights. In 1949, Jimmy learned that Mac Wiseman had quit Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Jimmy was hoping to take Wiseman's place in Bill's band so he took a bus to Nashville and actually sneaked backstage of the Grand Ole Opry! Ryder Lee, Bill's banjo picker, caught Jimmy and took him to see Bill. Bill told him to sing a couple songs and then hired him there on the spot. For several years, until 1953, Jimmy Martin sang lead vocals for the Bluegrass Boys. What better way is there to get started in the world of bluegrass music than to throw in with Bill Monroe? When you hear Monroe's My Little Georgia ...

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