CARL MARTIN

          Siguiendo con el estilo PIEDMONT BLUES que os referíamos en ntro.post anterior dedicado a ETTA BAKER, os presentamos a CARL MARTIN otro de los genuinos representantes del género, un multiinstrumentista capaz de tocar la guitarra , el violin y una gran variedad de instrumentos. 

                                                                 



                         

Carl Martin:Vocals & Guitar

Prob. Willie Bee James:Guitar

Recorded in Chicago, IL. Wednesday, September 4, 1935

Originally issued on the 1935 single (Decca 7114) (78 RPM)

This recording taken from the 1994 album "Carl Martin/Willie "61" Blackwell" (CD) (Austria)

Carl Martin (April 1 or 15, 1906) – May 10, 1979) was an American Piedmont blues musician and vocalist,  who was capable with a variety of instruments and musical styles

Martin was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States. He started making records with a number of groups including the Four Keys, the Tennessee Chocolate Drops, the Wandering Troubadours and as Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong.

Additionally he accompanied Chicago musicians such as Bumble Bee Slim and Tampa Red throughout the 1930s. His solo work recorded in the 1930s is also notable, songs such as "Crow Jane" and "Old Time Blues" feature his remarkable guitar accompaniment. From this decade onwards, Martin played regularly solo in the Chicago area, with his repertoire extending across blues, jazz, pop, country, and even non-English songs. He played second guitar behind Freddie Spruell, on the 1935 recording of the latter's song, "Let's Go Riding". The track later featured in the soundtrack of the 2001 film, Ghost World

Martin reunited with Bogan, and Armstrong in the 1970s, and played at folk and blues music festivals across the States.

Martin died in Pontiac, Michigan, in May 1979, at the age of 73.

Folk artist Steve Goodman pays tribute to Carl Martin in his song "You Better Get it While 

                          

                            

 CARL MARTIN , Violine, John Wrencher, Johnny Young Mandoline, John Lee Granderson guitar