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
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.
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.
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
Born, raised and Reside in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NW NC. My two favorite Bluegrass/Old Time artist's are Doc Watson and Jimmy Martin with an honorable mention to Del McCoury. I can't forget Bill Monroe and Flatt Skruggs.
I remember my first concert was around this time. I was five years old and my dad along with my great uncle went to see Ralph Stanley. It was somewhere in North West NC because I grew up there. After many winding dirt roads and hard tops we made it. I'll never forget wondering why my dad and great uncle passed each other a ball jar of water. I still live in NW North Carolina ❤
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...
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!!!!!!
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.
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
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.
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 .
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.
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...
@@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.
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
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
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!)
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
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.
😡Singing about the Lord with a Sponsor’s Beer sign hanging behind these hypocrites. Quite telling how dedicated to Christ these are. Good example of when Jesus said Broad is the highway to Destruction (HELL) and Narrow is the Gate that leads to Heaven and “FEW”…….will enter Heaven. Matthew 7:21 just because you preach teach, sing , prophesied, pray in public, heal, speak in tongues ALL in Jesus name and at Judgment, You hear these words from God say to you, DEPART from me, I NEVER KNEW You! The majority of church members will think their entering Heaven, but they will go to Hell being Self Sufficient in their Flesh never truly giving themselves to taking up Jesus Cross and following The Savior. Truly a sad day for those living in a Self Righteous State.
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25 years and no rehearsal.. absolutely amazing!
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
Bluegrass isn’t everywhere anymore.. Macon is really known for bluegrass, for that matter Georgia isn’t a big bluegrass state
Ha I'm from North Georgia and although its not main stream ... We love and listen to Blue Grass up here in the mountains...
This music is more than wonderful, and without it we would not have the country western music genre. I love this music.
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
The second they shut the heck up and start playing they take you to another planet.
That's REAL music!!!!!
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.
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 was there that night and was privileged to get to meet Jimmy Martin and get a photo with him that night.
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 loved the Frontier Ranch. Great memories.
Growed up on listening to him thanks to a wonderful woman pam marshal she was a orangeville legend still is lots of love
I love love love Jimmy Martin!
Thank You God... I'm a kid again. 62 yrs of this is not bad. 💖💖💖
UA-cam recommended this to me. I thank them ....sooo much.
Born, raised and Reside in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NW NC. My two favorite Bluegrass/Old Time artist's are Doc Watson and Jimmy Martin with an honorable mention to Del McCoury. I can't forget Bill Monroe and Flatt Skruggs.
First I ever seen this.
PURE ENTERTAINMENT!
Nice to see and hear J.D. CROW (banjo) behind Jimmy Martin ! Thans for this video !
Aawww America… how I miss you…
I remember my first concert was around this time. I was five years old and my dad along with my great uncle went to see Ralph Stanley. It was somewhere in North West NC because I grew up there. After many winding dirt roads and hard tops we made it. I'll never forget wondering why my dad and great uncle passed each other a ball jar of water.
I still live in NW North Carolina ❤
Instant happiness music 🎶 for me. It’s what I was raised on and still can’t get enough of it.
I am Jenn’s mother. I am not Jenn. 🤪🤣
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...
This is hardcore bluegrass. Tremendous!
Sadly you would never know this place ever existed now if u drive by now
Sad to know!😪
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!!!!!!
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.
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
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.
Spot on. Thank you for sharing your taste.
Yeah like Jerry Garcia
… clean as country water.
Too Good!
Pure gold!!!
The best in ɓluegrass
Jimmy was lit like a shine still
This is as good as it gets!! A stage full of Bluegrass Powerhouses!
Frontier Ranch had the best bluegrass festivals in the day. All the big names. I saw An arrogant 14 yr old Marty Stewart in Lester Flatts band there
I remember that show like it was yesterday, so many fond memories, never forgotten.
Music starts at 10:00; I enjoy hearing the introductions but after the first dozen times, you might want to skip to the picking.
Thank u brother
Great video and audio! Hold whatcha got! The best vid!
I was there with my uncle that day. I didn't realize I was in the presence of Bluegrass Royalty!
Just discovered the King Jimmy Martin...Love it, and thanks for posting this...
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 .
What a great video! I was there that night and this brought back wonderful memories! Will always love Bluegrass music! What great entertainment!
Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys rule!
AWESOME !!!!!!!
What a great video, thanks for sharing Jimmy Martin was a character and a great entertainer.
Thank you and God bless you forever
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.
wonderful
Thanks for posting this!...Amazing
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...
his voice probably sounded even better in person
Introduced by the great Paul “Moon” Mullins no less
j.d. crowe one the best banjo player ever heard.
RIP JD Crowe!
Yeah him along with Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley!!!
@@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.
@@slowpoke7759 know what you're saying!! Very fond memories!! I miss those days too!!!!🙂🙂
Love it
Killer bluegrass. Love the King!
Dont get any better👍
Thx for post ❤❤❤
❤❤❤we grew up on this with my family 👪 and uncles and aunts
There ain't no grass, like blue grass
The Lord has anointed me
Don't get any better than this.
❤❤❤ AMEN brother and sisters ❤❤❤❤we grew up on as a child and family 👪
I'm stilled awed to discover that Paul Williams married Jimmy Martin's half sister.
Good news gracious it's good
Pure mastery of their art...
The best
Fantastic Thanks
Jimmy had definitely overcome any bashfulness by then.
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They was the best back in the day
Jimmy Martin!!
A lot of great talent on that stage, iI just love Bluegrass.
Too Bad The Audio is suffering , But a great ! Video of the Great "Jimmy Martin"
Earl was there, also!
Terrific.
....can't help but wonder why Jimmy didn't mention about Paul being his 'brother-in-law' ?
)over this group.love lots of bluegrass.
Good singing.
JD has always been old lol
A young JD
The real deal right here.
Yee haw! Dynamite!
J. D.
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
Ralph Stanley, Don Reno, dude didn’t even name them wth
That’s what you call Bluegrass music
My dad's 37th birthday
If you believe if or not he is my uncle
Who
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Nothin better than Larry Bird on the banjo! All jokes aside you cant beat god bluegrass music.
Who the hell named these tracks in the timeline? When I saw "Nasty Rat" in place of "I'll still write your name in the sand" I just couldn't.....
Osborn brothers have nothing good to say about Jimmy Martin. Fm
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
was Jimmy Martin any good?
He was in the Country Music HOF before you were born.
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!)
The greatest!!
You must be new to planet earth
@@lindseywalker6925 Who's Rick & Bee?
If that ain't country
And now the old area is abandoned.
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
with Paul Williams and J.D. Crowe, I don't recognize the bass player.
Bill Yates is the bass player.
Yeh thank you I thought I recognised him as Bill Yates, very nice man
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You mention two banjo pickers and neither was Ralph Stanley? Nothing you say beyond that is credible…
Ralph Stanley is the best banjo player ever and has always been
I was in that denial for about 25 year's. Then I got through it. J. D. is the past and future king.
JD Crowe and Bill Runkle!
earl scruggs was the best ever and sonny osbourne was good also
I. personally think JD is the best Earl Scruggs will always be the top bananna!.
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.
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It’s probably a bit more than that , maybe around seventeen
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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!!
Totally agree
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
Shut up
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.
😡Singing about the Lord with a Sponsor’s Beer sign hanging behind these hypocrites. Quite telling how dedicated to Christ these are. Good example of when Jesus said Broad is the highway to Destruction (HELL) and Narrow is the Gate that leads to Heaven and “FEW”…….will enter Heaven.
Matthew 7:21 just because you preach teach, sing , prophesied, pray in public, heal, speak in tongues ALL in Jesus name and at Judgment,
You hear these words from God say to you, DEPART from me, I NEVER KNEW You!
The majority of church members will think their entering Heaven, but they will go to Hell being Self Sufficient in their Flesh never truly giving themselves to taking up Jesus Cross and following The Savior.
Truly a sad day for those living in a Self Righteous State.
Earl invented three finger banjo picking, J.D. perfected it!