Country Music Time, a 1962 Decca album, finds Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys in the thick of what should have been a breakthrough moment — Martin's recordings of this period are among his most commercially accessible — but the mainstream country audience he pursued remained elusive. "Steppin' Stones" and "Drink Up and Go Home" illustrate his gift for a certain kind of hard-luck, working-class narrative delivered with complete conviction. Martin's banjo players during this era were consistently exceptional, and the Sunny Mountain Boys' instrumental precision set a standard for professional bluegrass ensemble playing that influenced the next generation's expectations.
Tracklist
- 1 There ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone alt version 2:31
- 2 Leavin' town 2:15
- 3 Don’t Give Your Heart to a Rambler alt version 2:45
- 4 Train forty-five 1:57
- 5 Drink Up and Go Home Source Recording 2:36
- 6 I can, I will, I do believe 2:05
- 7 There was a love 2:05
- 8 Hit Parade of Love alt version 2:33
- 9 Steppin’ Stones Source Recording 2:48
- 10 The joke's on you 2:52
- 11 Skip, hop and wobble 2:16
