Asa Martin
(1900 - 1979) Popular old-time country music recording artist in 1920s - 1930s, very influential on later country and bluegrass performers. Hosted "Morning Roundup" radio program on WLAP in the 1940s, and on this show Martin gave [a=David "Stringbean" Akeman] his nickname. Recordings include "Hot Corn Cold Corn," "Virginia Bootlegger," "Harlan Town Tragedy," and "The Little Box of Pine on the 7:29." Wandered out of the music business but was rediscovered in the 1970s and persuaded to gradually return to recording and performing.
Old Time Picking & Singiing
Asa Martin
2015
B.A.C.M.
CD, Comp
Old Buzzard
Doc Roberts, Asa Martin
2004
Gennett Records
CD, Single, RE
Prisoner No. 949 / I Must See My Mother
Asa Martin And Roy Hobbs
1936
Casey Jones / An Old Fashioned Picture Of Mother
Manhattan Quartette* / Asa Martin
1935
Montgomery Ward
Shellac, 10", RE
Where's My Sweetie Now / There's No Place Like Home
Asa Martin
1934
Melotone
Shellac, 10"
Duval County Blues / Crawling And Creeping
James Roberts (3) With Asa Martin / Asa Martin With James Roberts (3)
1934
There's No Place Like Home / A Letter From Home Sweet Home
Asa Martin / Martin And Roberts*
1933
The Ship That Never Returned / Rycove Cyclone
Asa Martin and James Roberts (3)
1932
Conqueror
Shellac, 10"
I Tickled Her Under The Chin / She Ain't Built That Way
Asa Martin
1932
Give My Love To Nellie, Jack / The Pine Tree On The Hill
Asa Martin And James Roberts (3)
1931
Oriole (3)
Shellac, 10"
The Pine Tree On The Hill / Give My Love To Nellie, Jack
Asa Martin And James Roberts (3)
1931
The Contented Hobo / The Wandering Hobo
Asa Martin
1931
The Little Old Jail House / The Rovin' Moonshiner
Asa Martin
1931
Knoxville Girl / East Bound Train
Asa Martin & James Roberts (3)
1931
My Lover On The Deep Blue Sea / Good Bye Betty
Asa Martin, James Roberts (3)
1931
Sunny Tennessee / Darling Nellie Gray
Asa Martin And James Roberts (3)
1931
The Fellow That Looks Like Me / G'wine Down To Town
Asa Martin
1930
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
Second Love / Bad Companions
Asa Martin
1929
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet / The Old Fashioned Picture Of Mother
Asa Martin And James Roberts (3) / Asa Martin
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10", RE
Dying Girl's Message / The Dying Boy's Prayer
Asa Martin / Charles Baker (3)
Minerva (4)
Shellac, 10"
The Fellow That Looks Like Me / She Ain't Built That Way
Asa Martin
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
The Contented Hobo / The Wandering Hobo
Asa Martin
Romeo
Shellac, 10"
The Little Old Jailhouse / The Rovin' Moonshiner
Asa Martin
Perfect (3)
Shellac, 10"
Dying Girl's Message / Friends Of Long Ago
Asa Martin
The Lonely Drifter / Hot Corn
Asa Martin And Ray Hobbs*
Joe Bussard Presents: The Year Of Jubilo - 78 RPM Recordings Of Songs From The Civil War
Various
2015
Dust-to-Digital
CD, Album, Comp
Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard
Various
2012
The Art Of Old-Time Mountain Music
Various
2003
Rounder Heritage
HDCD, Comp
Drug Songs (1917-1944 - High & Low)
Various
2000
Trikont
CD, Comp
The Land Of Yahoe - Children's Entertainments From The Days Before Television
Various
1996
Rounder Kids
CD, Album
Kentucky Music Weekend
Various
1982
Tree Frog Records
LP
Wish I Had My Time Again : Old Time Fiddle Band Music From Kentucky Volume 2
Various
1980
Morning Star Records
LP, Comp
Way Down South In Dixie : Old Time Fiddle Band Music From Kentucky Volume 3
Various
1980
Morning Star Records
LP, Comp
7th Album
The McLain Family Band
1979
Country Life Records
LP, Album
Dr. Ginger Blue
Asa Martin And The Cumberland Rangers
1974
Rounder Records
LP, Album
Classic Fiddle Tunes, Recorded During The Golden Age
Fiddling Doc Roberts*
1974
Davis Unlimited
LP, Album, Comp
Old-Time Fiddle Classics Vol. 2
Various
1973
Knock-Kneed Susie Jane / Hot Sausage Mama
Asa Martin And His Kentucky Hillbillies
1939
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
Ride The Goat Over The Mountain / The Beer Party
Charlie Wilson And His Hayloft Boys
1939
Montgomery Ward
Shellac, 10", RE
Ragtime Chicken Joe / In The Shadows Of The Pines
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
1935
Careless Love / Lillie Dale
Martin And Roberts*
1935
Ninety-Nine Years (Is Almost For Life) / My Old Homestead By The Sea
Glen Fox (4) And Joe Wilson (15)
1933
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
When It's Lamp Lightin' Time In The Valley / My Dixie Home
Glen Fox (4) And Joe Wilson (15)
1933
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
Over The Waves / Ninety-Nine Years
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
1933
Carroll County Blues / Charleston Number 1
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
1933
The Roundup In The Spring / Bronco Bill
Martin And Roberts*
1933
I Don't Love Nobody / Turkey In The Straw
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
1933
My Rocky Mountain Queen / When The Roses Bloom In Dixie
Asa Martin And James Roberts*
1932
Ninety-Nine Years (Is Almost For Life) / Prisoner No. 999
Martin And Roberts*
1932
Bury Me 'Neath The Weeping Willow / Dying Cowboy
Martin And Roberts*
1932
Turkey In The Straw / The Girl I Left Behind
John Baltzell
1932
Farewell Waltz / Sally Ann
Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio*
1931
The Wreck Of Number Four / Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine
Dick Bell (2)
1930
Challenge (2)
Shellac, 10"
I Tickled Her Under The Chin / Barefoot Boy With Boots On
Earl Bowers
1930
Superior (5)
Shellac, 10"
Seven Long Years Of Trouble / Bad Companions
Dick Handley / "Al" Lewis
1930
Challenge (2)
Shellac, 10"
The Drunkard's Doom / Old And Only In The Way
Oliver Moore
1930
Challenge (2)
Shellac, 10"
Deer Walk / Johnny Inchin' Along
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
1930
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
Johnny The Drunkard / The Fellow That Looks Like Me
Jesse Coat
1930
The Santa Barbara Earthquake / The Fate Of Ellen Smith
Green Bailey
1929
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
When The Snowflakes Fall Again / We've Been Chums For Fifty Years
Harry Carter (2) / Dave Turner (18)
1929
Supertone (5)
Shellac, 10"
Goodnight Waltz / Farewell Waltz
Green And Russell / Gray And Nelson
1929
Supertone (5)
Shellac, 10"
The Girl I Left Behind Me / Martha Campbell
Martin And Roberts*
1929
Supertone (5)
Shellac, 10"
Run Smoke Run / Shippin' Sport
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
1929
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain / That Old Covered Bridge
Dick Parman
1929
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
The Devil In Georgia / Rocky Mountain Goat
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
1929
Supertone (5)
Shellac, 10"
Only A Tramp / Little Old Cabin By The Stream
Ted Chesnut*
1929
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
Honeymoon Waltz / Jack's Creek Waltz
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
1929
There Is No Place Like Home For A Married Man / She Ain't Built That Way
Jesse Coat
1929
When The Roses Bloom Again For The Bootlegger / The Virginia Moonshiner
Jesse Coat
1929
She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Dave Turner (18) / McMann And Roberts
1929
The Santa Barbara Earthquake / If I Die A Railroad Man
Aaron Boyd (3)
1929
Run Smoke Run / I've Got A Girl Named Susie
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
1929
My Mother Was A Lady / The Letter From Home
Ted Chesnut*
1928
Gennett
Shellac, 10"
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard / Brick Yard Joe
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
1928
Supertone (5)
Shellac, 10"
East Bound Train / The Dingy Miner's Cabin
Emmett Davenport
1928
Dance Wid A Gal With A Hole In 'Er Stocking / Leather Breeches: Big Eared Mule: Irish Washerwoman
Jim Burke (7)
1928
When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle / The Knoxville Girl
Jim Burke (5)
1928
Low And Blue / Jennie Barn Bound
Asa Martin And His Kentucky Hillbillies
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
Prisoner No. 999 / Goodbye Betty
Horton And Moore
Broadway (9)
Shellac, 10"
My Dixie Home / A Letter From Home Sweet Home
Martin And Roberts*
Banner
Shellac, 10"
I'll Be Here A Long, Long Time / Way Down On The Farm
Asa Martin And His Kentucky Hillbillies
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
Lonesome, Broke And Weary / Harlan Town Tragedy
Asa Martin And His Kentucky Hillbillies
Vocalion (2)
Shellac, 10"
She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain / Rock All Our Babies To Sleep
Amos Neal
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Smoky Row / Old Zip Coon And Medley Reels
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Isle Of Capri / Budded Roses
Prairie Ramblers* / Martin And Roberts*
Minerva (4)
Shellac, 10"
Run Smoke Run / Brick Yard Joe
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard / I've Got A Girl Named Susie
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Take Those Lips Away / Knoxville Rag
Jim Burke (7) And Jesse Coat / Norton, Bond And Thomas
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
The Devil In Georgia / Deer Walk
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Rocky Mountain Goat / Johnny Inchin' Along
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Chicken Reel / Sally Gooden
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Rye Straw / Hawk's Got A Chicken
Fiddlin' Jim Burke
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Cumberland Gap / I Don't Love Nobody
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio
Conqueror
Shellac, 10"
Jack's Creek Waltz / Take Those Lips Away
Asa Martin And Doc Roberts*
Decca
Shellac, 10"
Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe
Doc Roberts
Not On Label
10", S/Sided, TP
String Bean Mama / Down And Out Blues
James Roberts (3)
Romeo
Shellac, 10"
My Mother Was A Lady / The Rowan County Feud
Cal Turner
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Only A Tramp / He's Only A Miner Killed In The Ground
Cal Turner
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
By The Silvery Rio Grande / Little Old Log Cabin By The Stream
Cal Turner
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Jake Walk Papa
Asa Martin
Idiots and Lunatics
Asa Martin
APD
Asa Martin
Wild Cat Rag
Asa Martin
Current Address
Asa Martin
She Ain't Built That Way
Asa Martin
Gentle Annie
Asa Martin
Wreck Me
Asa Martin
My Cabin Home Among The Hills
Asa Martin
I'm an Asshole
Asa Martin
Novocaine
Asa Martin
Lonesome, Broke And Weary
Asa Martin
Shower
Asa Martin
Death of J.B. Marcum
Asa Martin
Not for One Moment
Asa Martin
Dirty Yellow Composites
Asa Martin
Tequila - Live at House of Screams
Asa Martin
Charlatannic
Asa Martin
Things to Fall In
Asa Martin
papa
Asa Martin