Benny Martin
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Biography
[Edit]Benny Martin was one of bluegrass music's premiere fiddlers and the inventor of the eight-string fiddle. Born to a musical family in Sparta, Tennessee, he made his debut on a local radio station when he was only eight. He played in a local band for a while and when he was 13 went to Nashville to work with Big Jeff & the Radio Playboys at WLAC. He remained with the group for nearly ten years, and also began working as a session man for Dot Records. Martin also recorded a solo album on the Pioneer label; one of his early singles, "Me and My Fiddle," became his signature song.
Frequently, Martin worked as a sideman for such performers as Bill Monroe, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, and Flatt & Scruggs. He founded his own band in 1954 and also briefly joined the Grand Ole Opry. During the mid-'50s he was managed by Col. Tom Parker and opened for Elvis Presley 35 times. This was not a great time to be a country performer, and Martin began doing more session and sideman work than solo recording. In 1963 he had his only chart hit, "Rosebuds and You." In the mid-'60s, he briefly teamed with Don Reno and recorded a gospel album. Martin continued working behind others, performing at festivals and recording frequently on various labels through the early '80s, when his health began failing. Suffering from a condition known as spasmodic dysphonia, Martin remained retired for many years but re-emerged in 1999 with The Big Tiger Roars Again, Pt. 1, a star-studded tribute to the fiddler and his myriad contributions to bluegrass music through the years. The Big Tiger Roars Again, Pt. 2 appeared in 2001; Benny Martin died on March 13 of that year at the age of 72.
Title: "Big Tiger" Roars Again Part 1
Artist: Benny Martin
Genre: Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music
Title: "Big Tiger" Roars Again Part 2
Artist: Benny Martin
Genre: Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music
Title: The "Big Tiger" Roars Again, Part 1
Artist: Benny Martin
Genre: Gospel, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The "Big Tiger" Roars Again, Pt. 2
Artist: Benny Martin
Genre: Gospel, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Collections
Title: The Legends of Bluegrass 1
Genre: Country
Title: The Legends of Bluegrass 4
Genre: Country
Title: Totally Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Essential Songs of the Civil War Era
Genre: Country
Title: 20 Golden Country Waltzes
Title: The Legends of Bluegrass 5
Genre: Country
Title: The World's Greatest Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: The Legends of Bluegrass 6
Genre: Country
Title: The Legends Of Bluegrass 8
Title: The Legends Of Bluegrass 7
Title: The Legends Of Bluegrass 3
Genre: Country
Title: 200 Years of American Heritage In Song
Genre: Country
Title: Hats Off! A Tribute to Bill Monroe
Genre: Country
Title: Fire On the Fiddle - Volume One
Genre: Country
Title: Fiddlers' Hall of Fame
Genre: Country
Title: World's Greatest Bluegrass Banjos
Genre: Country
Title: American Gothic: Bluegrass Songs of Death and Sorrow
Genre: Country
Title: Great American Banjo Collection / Set (2 CD Set)
Genre: Country
Title: Great American Fiddle Collection
Genre: Country
Title: The Essential Bluegrass Collection (4 CD Set)
Genre: Country
Title: Banjo Hall of Fame
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass! Then and Now (CMH 25th Anniversary)
Genre: Country
Title: Hats Off! A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: Country
Title: 20 Bluegrass Originals
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 25 Greatest Bluegrass Hits
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits
Genre: Country
Title: That's Bluegrass! CMH 20th Anniversary
Genre: Country
Title: The Legends of Bluegrass 2
Genre: Country
Title: The Definitive Bluegrass Collection
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass for Beginners
Genre: Country
Title: Train And Railroad Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Stars & Stripes: A Salute to America
Genre: Country
Title: Stars and Stripes Forever - 13 Bluegrass Hits
Genre: Country
Title: Blue Ridge Mountain Fiddle
Genre: Country
Title: 30 Essential Bluegrass Hits
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Fiddler's Hall Of Fame
Genre: Country
Title: 16 Blazin' Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: True Bluegrass Gospel
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Truckin' With 'Grass
Genre: Country
Title: RV Songs : Life on the American Road
Genre: Country
Title: Gloryland - 30 Bluegrass Gospel Classics
Genre: Gospel, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Country Train Classics
Genre: Country
Title: The Sensational Sounds of Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: America's Music: The Best of Bluegrass
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Fiddlers' Hall of Fame
Genre: Country
Title: Essential Bluegrass : Bluegrass Legends
Genre: Country
Title: The Original Dueling Banjos
Genre: Country
Title: Country for Kids: I Like Bluegrass Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: Wabash Cannonball: 20 Classic Train Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Wonderful World of Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Gloryland - 30 Bluegrass Gospel Classics
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music
Title: In the Jailhouse Now : Prison Songs & Murder Ballads
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country, Alternative Country
Title: Of Thee I Sing: A Bluegrass Celebration of America
Artist: Various Artists & Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: Pioneers of Bluegrass: Featuring 20 of Bluegrass Music's Greatest Hits
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country