Singing All Day and Dinner on the Ground takes its title from the tradition of all-day singing conventions common in southern churches, and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys treat the format with the high-energy approach that distinguished Martin's entire career. Recorded for Decca in 1970, the album assembles gospel favorites and original sacred material in the hard-driving style Martin had developed as a former Bill Monroe sideman and lead singer. Martin's voice — powerful, assertive, and technically accomplished — was among the most recognizable in traditional bluegrass, and his band work was consistently tight. "Stormy Waters" is representative of the collection's blend of devotional sincerity and musical punch. Martin was often passed over for the Country Music Hall of Fame despite broad respect within the bluegrass community, and records like this one make the case for his importance as a vocalist and bandleader during the genre's classic era.
Tracklist
- 1 Singing all day and dinner on the ground 2:44
- 2 Lift your eyes to Jesus 2:42
- 3 My Lord keeps a record 2:54
- 4 God is always the same 2:05
- 5 When the Savior Reached Down for Me alt version 2:35
- 6 Shake hands with mother again 3:44
- 7 Help thy brother 2:30
- 8 A Beautiful Life alt version 1:43
- 9 Stormy Waters Source Recording 2:47
- 10 Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand alt version 2:10
- 11 Little angels in Heaven 2:54
