Asa Martin
Asa F. Martin (June 25, 1900 – August 15, 1979) was an American old-time musician, singer, and guitarist, who made many recordings during the 1920s and 1930s and was closely associated with renowned fiddle player Doc Roberts, for whom he played rhythm guitar. In turn, Roberts frequently played mandolin on Martin's recordings; Roberts' son James also sang duets with Martin under the name Doc Roberts Trio. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 25, 1900 (Winchester), Died August 15, 1979 (Kentucky)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, harmonica, yodeling
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gennett | 13798 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The Knoxville girl | Jim Burke | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13799 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | Dance with a girl with a hole in her stocking | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13800 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The Rowan County feud | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13801 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The death of J. B. Marcum | Ted Chestnut ; Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13802 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | The letter from home | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13803 | 10-in. | 5/10/1928 | My mother was a lady | Ted Chestnut ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13825 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | The Irish washerwoman | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13826 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Sal's got a meat skin laid away | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13827 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Sailor's hornpipe | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13828 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | My old coon dog | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13829 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Smoky row | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13830 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Second love | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13831 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | Lost love | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13832 | 10-in. | 5/14/1928 | The dingy miner's cabin | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13833 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Old Zip Coon and medley reels | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13834 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Old Eliza Jane | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13835 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Dance with a gal with a hole in her stocking | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 13836 | 10-in. | 5/15/1928 | Leather breeches | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14166 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | The old New Hampshire village | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin; male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 14167 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Friends of long ago | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin (take A); male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin (take B) | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 14168 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | He's only a miner killed in the ground | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14169 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Bring back my boy | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14170 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Little old log cabin by the stream | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14171 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Old and only in the way | Oliver Moore | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14172 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Only a tramp | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14173 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | The drunkard's doom | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14174 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Shippin' sport | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14175 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Brick Yard Joe | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14176 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | New money | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14177 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | I've got a girl named Susie | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14178 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Run smoke run | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14179 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Shoot that turkey buzzard | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14180 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Farewell waltz | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14181 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Good bye waltz | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14182 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | A prisoner at 23 | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14183 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | By the silvery Rio Grande | Ted Chestnut | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14184 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | East bound train | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, vocalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14185 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | The dying girl's message | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14186 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Mandolin rag | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Mandolin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14187 | 10-in. | 8/24/1928 | Take those lips away | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Mandolin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14486 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | That old covered bridge | Dick Parman | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14487 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | The Santa Barbara earthquake | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14489 | 10-in. | 11/30/1928 | I wish I were a mole in the ground | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 14493 | 10-in. | 12/1/1928 | We've been chums for fifty years | Dick Parman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 14494 | 10-in. | 12/1/1928 | She'll be coming 'round the mountain | Dick Parman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 14498 | 10-in. | 12/1/1928 | Always in the way | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14499 | 10-in. | 12/1/1928 | Bad companions | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14911 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Martha Campbell | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14912 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Waltz the hall | Gray and Nelson [Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14913 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | The girl I left behind me | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14914 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Who's been here since I've been gone | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet, with calls | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14915 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Honeymoon waltz | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | FIddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14916 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Jacks Creek waltz | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14917 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Rocky mountain goat | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14918 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | The devil in Georgia | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14919 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Johnny inchin' along | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14920 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Deer walk | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14921 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | My baby don't love me | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14922 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | Shamrock schottische | Asa Martin and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [instrumental] | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14923 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | There is no place like home for a married man | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 14924 | 10-in. | 3/16/1929 | She ain't built that way | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15522 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | When the roses bloom again for the bootlegger | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15523 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The Virginia moonshiner | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15524 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The fellow that looks like me | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15525 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Gwine down to town | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15526 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Just before the last fierce charge | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15527 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The hanging of Edward Hawkins | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15530 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Down on the farm | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15531 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The girl I left in Kentucky | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15532 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The wreck of Number Four | Dick Bell | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15533 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Goin' to the west next fall | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15534 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Shut up in Coal Creek mine | Dick Bell | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15535 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The soldier's sweetheart | Green Bailey | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15536 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | An old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15537 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | Guide me on my Savior guide | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 15538 | 10-in. | 8/29/1929 | The model church | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16086 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Rye straw | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16087 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Callahan | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16088 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Long long ago | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16089 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Sweet Evalina, dear Evalina | Asa Martin ; James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16090 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Sailor on the deep blue sea | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16091 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Sally Gooden | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16092 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Chicken reel | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16093 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Maneater | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16094 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Hawk's got a chicken | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16095 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | Old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 16096 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | Lilly Dale | Asa Martin ; Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16097 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | Johnny the drunkard | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16098 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | All that I've got's done gone | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16099 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | The drunken man's dream | Fiddlin' Doc Roberts | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16100 | 10-in. | 1/14/1930 | [Unknown title(s)] | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16523 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Barefoot boy with boots on | Earl Bowers | Male vocal solo, with mandolin and guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16524 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | I tickled her under the chin | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16525 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Put on your old gray bonnet | Asa Martin and James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and 2 mandolins | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 16526 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Maggie dear I'm called away | Asa Martin ; James Roberts | Male vocal duet, with guitar and 2 mandolins | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16527 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | That's home sweet home to me | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16528 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | The old fashioned picture of Mother | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16530 | 10-in. | 4/25/1930 | The butcher boy | James Roberts | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16531 | 10-in. | 4/25/1930 | San Antonio | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16532 | 10-in. | 4/25/1930 | Little black moustache | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16533 | 10-in. | 4/25/1930 | Lee County rag | Roy Hobbs ; Asa Martin | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 16534 | 10-in. | 4/25/1930 | Scottsdale stomp | Roy Hobbs ; Asa Martin | Guitar and mandolin duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17439 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | The litle old jail house | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and autoharp | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17440 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | The contented hobo | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17441 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | That's home sweet home to me | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling | |
| Gennett | 17442 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | It's funny when you feel that way | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 17443 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | Mind your own business | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling | |
| Gennett | 17444 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | A socker in the kisser | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar, autoharp, and harmonica | vocalist, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17445 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | My cabin home among the hills | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and autoharp | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Gennett | 17446 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | My lost lover on the sea | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar and autoharp | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17447 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | Medley of old time waltzes | Ed M. Lewis ; Asa Martin | Guitar, autoharp, and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica | |
| Gennett | 17448 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | Gentle Annie | Asa Martin | Male vocal solo, with guitar, autoharp, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, vocalist, guitar | |
| Gennett | 17449 | 10-in. | 1/16/1931 | Medley of old time melodies | Ed M. Lewis ; Asa Martin | Guitar and autoharp | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Asa," accessed June 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/329937.
Martin, Asa. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/329937.
"Martin, Asa." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 June 2024.
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LCNAR: Martin, Asa, 1900-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99004580
Wikidata: Asa Martin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q720143
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