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  Nashville, Tennessee, USA - Bluegrass musician
Jimmy
Martin passed
away May 14, 2005 at approximately 8:45 a.m.. Martin had been fighting cancer
for several weeks. On May 12 he was transported from the hospital to Hospice care.
Jimmy Martin, known as "The King of Bluegrass" and "Mr.
Good 'N Country," was born in Han*censored* County, Sneedville, Tennessee.
His lifelong
dream came true when he joined Bill Monroe in 1949 as lead singer and emcee.
Jimmy worked with Bill Monroe for five years, helping him write and record such
high lonesome classics as "Uncle Pen," "The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake," and "I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (which Jimmy actually sang tenor to
Bill's lead)".
The documentary King of Bluegrass: The Life & Times
of Jimmy Martin premiered April 29 at the 34th Annual Nashville Film
Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. The film was produced by George Goehl, a
community organizer based in Chicago.
[Photo courtesy of MCA Records].
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