“Don’t Cry to Me” Available Now!”

“ Don’t Cry to Me” a companion CD to the film “King of Bluegrass” is in stores now. You can buy the 16-song disc by going to www.thrilljockey.com or from places like www.countysales.com, www.amazon.com, and others.

 

 

 The CD features 10 previously unreleased cuts, including 3 from Jimmy’s heyday on the Louisiana Hayride, 4 songs from a country music park in 1960 that were recorded by Mike Seeger, a cut from Carlton Haney’s first ever bluegrass festival in Fincastle, VA. There also recently recorded live performances from the making of the film and a cut of Jimmy singing a verse and chorus acapella in his living room in Hermitage, TN.

What the critics are saying:

“has the crazed, whooping feeling of just a handful of live performances documented in American music.”
-NY Times

“it may well be the single best album in Martin's long career, due in no small part to the inclusion of ten previously unreleased live recordings from different stages of the journey.”
-All Music

“just perfect, as gorgeous as any bluegrass ever. Martin and his band don't race or bounce through these numbers—they glide, deftly but with power, like Fred and Ginger dancing across a ballroom floor or like a flat stone skipping across the surface of a glassy lake.”
-Nashville Scene

“essential for any Jimmy Martin or classic bluegrass collection.”
-Bluegrass Unlimited

“Leave it to filmmaker George Goehl - whose documentary King of Bluegrass is a near-perfect introduction to Martin's peculiar genius - to assemble a collection that is revelatory to newcomers and old fans alike.”
-Country Standard Time
The track list is as follows:

1. On and On
Performed by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys
Jimmy Martin singing lead and playing guitar
Written by Bill Monroe
Unichappell Music Inc.
Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises
January 25, 1954

2. Ocean of Diamonds (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Clifford Carnahan
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
Courtesy of Joey Kent-Louisiana Hayride Archives
Recorded live at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
June 14, 1958

3. John Henry
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Featuring J.D. Crowe on the banjo
Traditional
Courtesy of Joey Kent-Louisiana Hayride Archives
Recorded live at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
June 14, 1958

4. Homesick (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Billy Cole
Central Songs
Courtesy of Joey Kent-Louisiana Hayride Archives
Recorded live at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
January 23, 1960

5. Sophronie (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Alton Delmore and DC Mullins
Unichappell Music Inc.
Vidor Publications Inc.
Courtesy of the Mike Seeger Collection (#200009), Southern Folklife Collection
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recorded by Mike Seeger at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA
May 8, 1960

6. Foggy Old London (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Al Robinson
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
Courtesy of the Mike Seeger Collection (#200009), Southern Folklife Collection
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recorded by Mike Seeger at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA
May 8, 1960

7. Hit Parade of Love (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Jeuel Wade Birchfield & Jimmy Martin
Unichappell Music Inc.
Courtesy of the Mike Seeger Collection (#200009), Southern Folklife Collection
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recorded by Mike Seeger at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA
May 8, 1960

8. Who’ll Sing for Me (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Thomas J. Farris
Bridge Building Music Inc.
Courtesy of the Mike Seeger Collection (#200009), Southern Folklife Collection
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recorded by Mike Seeger at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA
May 8, 1960		  

9. I Like to Hear Em Preach It
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Jimmy Martin & Paul Williams
Universal Cedarwood Publishing Company
Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises
February 19, 1958

10. Don’t Cry to Me
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Jimmy Martin & Paul Williams
Universal Champion Music Corporation
Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises
August 17, 1960

11. Poor Ellen Smith (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Harold Donny & Jimmy Martin
Universal Champion Music Corporation
Courtesy of Smithsonian/Folkways Ralph Rinzler Archives and Colleciton
Recorded by Ralph Rinzler at Cantrell’s Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA
September 3, 1965

12. Losing You
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Edria Humphrey & Jimmy Martin
Sunny Mountain Publishing Company
Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises
July 25, 1968

13. You Don’t Know My Mind
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Jimmie Skinner
Acuff-Rose Music Inc.
Recorded at Bill Monroe’s Memorial Bluegrass Festival, Bean Blossom, IN
Courtesy of Straight Six Films
June 16, 2000

14. Free Born Man (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Keith Allison & Mark A. Lindsay
Gigawatt Music
Git-tar Keith Music
Recorded at Tazewell High School, Tazewell, TN
Courtesy of Straight Six Films
November 11, 2000

15. Brakeman’s Blues (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
Peer Music
Recorded at Bill Monroe’s Memorial Bluegrass Festival, Bean Blossom, IN
Courtesy of Straight Six Films
June 16, 2001

16. Time Has Made A Change (previously unreleased)
Performed by Jimmy Martin
Written by Hark Frye
Stamps Quartet Music Company
Recorded in Jimmy Martin’s Living Room, Hermitage, TN
Courtesy of Straight Six Films
November 10, 2000