Nashville, TN -- Ten years ago, when fiction writer and music critic Tom Piazza's True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass: Jimmy Martin first came out, Piazza joked that the book should have been published with extra blank pages in the back so that the reader could include his or her own Jimmy Martin experience, since everyone who was a Jimmy Martin fan had one that was just as entertaining as the...
The unpleasant infighting among the children of Jimmy Martin over his estate, an open secret for years within the bluegrass community, has hit the mainstream media. The Tennessean, Nashville’s hometown newspaper, has published a story on the ongoing legal battle over Martin’s reputed $2 million estate, and income from future royalties. As has happened so many [...]
Associated Press - August 30, 2009 2:05 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four years after his death, bluegrass singer Jimmy Martin's children are still arguing over terms of his will.
Thanks to Martin McWhorter , who reports: Well Enough Alone , a brand new bluegrass band coming together in Dublin, will be playing at Bewley's Theatre (upstairs from the cafe), Grafton Street, Dublin 2, on Thursday 27 August at 8.00 p.m. along with Oil and Blood , a Dublin-based Americana/country/southern-rock outfit. The band's MySpace site at present lists Martin himself and Hugh Dean Taggart (guitar)....
Our favourite extreme music festival - Supersonic - is almost here. We look forward to the treats in store and Jimmy Martin talks to Italian psych/prog horror legends Goblin
A total of 10 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court during the week of June 15 through June 19. The following complaints were filed: --Harry F. Anderson, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 until 1964, claims he developed mesothelioma. Anderson says he also worked as a punch press operator and welder from 1964 until 1966. Anderson is represented by James F. Kelly and Jeffrey...
Sneedville, Tennessee is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Jimmy Martin Memorial Bluegrass Festival. Sponsored by The Hancock County Tennessee Historical and Genealogical Society, the festival will take place Friday May 29, 2009 and Saturday May 30, 2009. The bluegrass music event takes place at Ken Cantwell's Airstrip on Tazewell Highway. Campers and RVs are welcome (no hookups). This location is being...
Fresh off the heels of his final performance. Former Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver front man and lead singer Darren Beachley has announced the formation of his new group Darren Beachley & Legends of The Potomac. Darren was influenced early in his life by the music of Jimmy Martin, Flatt and Scruggs, The Osborne Brothers and The Seldom Scene and like many young players Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver....
As Luke Haines' Bad Vibes sours the nation's bookshelves, Jimmy Martin gives the affable writer a call to work out if there was anything worth celebrating about Britpop
Just a few short weeks after leaving Rhonda Vincent, banjo man Kenny Ingram has cast his lot with Larry Stephenson. In addition to Kenny’s 7 years with Rhonda, he has toured with bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Jimmy Martin over the course of his career. Needless to say, Larry is stoked to bring such a stellar [...]
The new, self-titled CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline until 1/27/09, but with two singles from the project getting airplay currently from bluegrass radio, it is already generating some buzz from fans of traditional bluegrass music. Audie made his name in bluegrass as a member of Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, and during a long stint [...]
Hot damn! This stuff is in my blood. I could no more disown it, then I could my white grandmother. Jimmy Martin - Freeborn Man Yeah, sure, we can do it again.
You should have known you’d be alone Do don’t beg for sympathy Just cry now lonesome heart But don’t cry to me —Jimmy Martin, “Don’t Cry To Me” The democrats are intent on playing the sucker again. As always, Harry Reid’s cowardice is manifest: there is no fight [...]
Today is Judgment Day in the NFL, as rosters must be trimmed to 53 players for the regular season. The Patriots got a jump-start yesterday, releasing nose tackle Steve Fifita, offensive lineman Jimmy Martin, tight end Jonathan Stupar, and cornerback Jeff Shoate to slim down to 71.
They have released four, leaving them with 71. None of the cuts was surprising: NT Steve Fifita CB Jeff Shoate TE Jonathan Stupar OL Jimmy Martin They need to get to 53 players by 4 p.m. Saturday. On another note the Houston Texans in a surprise move cut former Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin who they signed as a free agent this [...]
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