Best of Mac Martin: 24 Favorites

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Best of Mac Martin: 24 Favorites
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Artist: Mac Martin
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Music Label: Rural Rhythm
Soundtracks:
  1. A Faded Rose
  2. Fiddler's Farewell
  3. After Dark
  4. This World Can't Stand Long
  5. Charlotte Breakdown
  6. Francis Lee
  7. Nobody Cares
  8. Black Mountain Blues
  9. Going Home This Evening
  10. Southern Moon
  11. Train on the Island
  12. Would You Care
  13. The Last Request
  14. Mustang
  15. Why Do You Weep?
  16. A Silent Place
  17. Gold Watch and Chain
  18. Backtrackin'
  19. When the Cold Rain Is Falling
  20. I'll Live On
  21. Stacy Lynn
  22. Swingin' a Nine Pound Hammer
  23. Is She Praying There?
  24. Dixie Breakdown

Free Music Notes for Best of Mac Martin: 24 Favorites

Free Music Review: Mac searched out fresh, original and exciting material in the 60s
Hit: 5 Stars

With over 50 years in business, Rural Rhythm Records has built a catalog that connects many dots from past to present. Since its 1955 creation, Rural Rhythm has released hundreds of classic performances by many legendary bluegrass and old-time musicians such as J.E. Mainer, Don Reno, Red Smiley, Mac Wiseman, Vassar Clements, Hylo Brown, Bill Harrell, Jim Eanes, and many others. This album is part of that archival catalog. The label owes its Arcadia, California start to Uncle Jim O'Neal. whose vision was to release the music of many top bluegrass and old-time musicians in the 1950-70s, seeking success where Starday had failed by producing records of limited appeal by lesser known, albeit talented, musicians. Tom Knight, long-time friend and fan of Mac Martin in Pittsburgh, engineered and produced Mac's records.

On Uncle Jim O'Neal's original 20-song album format, Mac Martin generally liked offering two-thirds of the set consisting of vocals and a third instrumental. While some of the instrumentals were a bit brief, they gave record purchasers a very good deal. Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers' second album "The Travelin' Blues" (RR-201) was a well thought out traditional and original collection of unusual instrumentals, handled with skill and deftness. Fiddler Mike Carson and banjo-player Billy Bryant provided good solos. The band's "Going Down the Country" LP (RR-214) provided a prime example of how to keep bluegrass fresh, original and exciting by searching out useful material. I wish this resissued "Best of ... " compilation would've included Mac's renditions of the Delmores' "Blue Railroad Train" and George Morris/Leonard Stokes' "We Can't Be Darlings Anymore." Still plenty of good stuff here, tho.

Martin's next album for Rural Rhythm entitled "Just Like Old Times" (RR-232) provided another fine set of both well-known and obscure material. In 1971, their "Backtrackin'" album (RR-237) included forgotten classics like Molly O'Day's "If You See My Saviour" (unfortunately not included here) and Carlisle Brothers' "She Waits For Me There" (as "A Silent Place") and Melissa Monroe's "Guilty Tears" (again not included on this reissue). Some of Mac's LPs had uncredited liner notes by Bob Artis (a Santa Monica, Ca. native who, at age 22, had started playing mandolin with the band about 1969 and wrote a book "Bluegrass" in 1975.)

Although some of the more obscure and interesting songs recorded by Mac are not included on this CD, it's still a very nice introduction to him. Definitely worth checking out. Plus Mac shares the same birthday as me (only 39 years earlier). (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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