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Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
Hit Parade Of Love
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Hit Parade Of Love
2. Brakeman's Blues
3. John Henry
4. Worried Man's Blues
5. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
6. You'll Be A Lost Ball
7. All The Good Times
8. Rock Hearts
9. Somebody Touched Me
10. Pike County Breakdown

CD Details

All Artists: Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
Title: Hit Parade Of Love
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: MUSIC MILL
Original Release Date: 2/26/2001
Release Date: 2/26/2001
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 688907100322

Synopsis

Album Description

In the spring of 1948, Shreveport, Louisiana?s KWKH radio created a show called the Louisiana Hayride. The live broadcast showcased regional talent just like its forebears The Grand Ole Opry, The Big D Jamboree and the WLS Barn Dance. From 1948-1960 the Hayride was a weekly staple for radio listeners. In early 1958, a hillbilly tenor traveled to Shreveport to make his first appearance on the legendary show. Jimmy Martin, a native of East Tennessee and resident of Detroit, brought His Sunny Mountain boys to play the music with which he had made his living for nearly eight years. Bluegrass! A protégé of Bill Monroe and contemporary of the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin soon became one of the premier performers of the genre. The ten songs on this project were captured live from the stage of the Louisiana Hayride. Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys were in their prime. The songs are delivered nearly flawlessly by Martin as he sings and strums the rhythm guitar, harmony vocalist and mandolin player Paul Williams and J.D. Crowe on banjo. The music on this project is proof that Jimmy Martin is the King of Bluegrass!

CD Reviews

Good live sample!

Michael R. Nothstine | Wilmore, Ky | 12/15/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Jimmy Martin was originally a band member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. This album was recorded at the famous Louisiana Hayride in the late 1950's. Martin started his own band called the Sunny Mountain Boys soon after his time with Monroe. I will say this is a pretty decent album with some extrememly powerful vocals from Martin. It's not quite as polished and bluesy as Bill Monroe or not nearly as eerie or haunting as the mountain sound. it's just really loud! It's really really loud and intense bluegrass. This album is really full of energy and quickness. Martin and the band definitely put their heart and soul into the event and that definitely comes across in the album.

I really like "Worried Man Blues", although the best I ever heard it was at a Ralph Stanley concert, but I do not think him or his band have recorded that song. Martin does a good job. Also "Hit Parade of Love" is pretty powerful. I also like the gospel number "Somebody Touched Me" as well. This is just a pumped up, fast pace, energized bluegrass album. There are even better Martin complilations, but this one is a good live traditional sample. J.D. Crowe works the banjo and Paul Williams is on mandolin."