Benny Martin

Benny Martin was among bluegrass music’s premiere fiddlers as well as the inventor from the eight-string fiddle. Given birth to to a musical family members in Sparta, Tennessee, he produced his debut on an area radio train station when he was just eight. He performed in an area band for some time so when he was 13 visited Nashville to utilize Big Jeff & the air Playboys at WLAC. He continued to be using the group for pretty much ten years, and in addition began working being a program guy for Dot Information. Martin also documented a solo record in the Pioneer label; one of is own early singles, “Me and My Fiddle,” became his personal song. Often, Martin worked being a sideman for such performers as Costs Monroe, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, and Flatt & Scruggs. He founded his very own music group in 1954 and in addition briefly became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Through the middle-’50s he was maintained by Col. Tom Parker and opened up for Elvis Presley 35 moments. This was not really a great time to be always a nation performer, and Martin started doing more program and sideman function than solo documenting. In 1963 he previously his only graph hit, “Rosebuds and you also.” In the mid-’60s, he briefly teamed with Don Reno and documented a gospel recording. Martin continued operating behind others, carrying out at celebrations and recording regularly on various brands through the first ’80s, when his wellness began failing. Experiencing a condition referred to as spasmodic dysphonia, Martin continued to be retired for quite some time but re-emerged in 1999 using the Big Tiger Roars Once again, Pt. 1, a star-studded tribute towards the fiddler and his myriad efforts to bluegrass music over time. THE BEST Tiger Roars Once again, Pt. 2 made an appearance in 2001; Benny Martin passed away on March 13 of this year at age 72.