Asa Martin

Asa Martin: was an important recording artist during the ‘Golden Age of Hillbilly Recording’, working both as a solo and as a member of a large number of different aggregations - eg, his well known duets with James Roberts and with Roy ‘Shorty’ Hobbs.  He also served as an exemplary backup guitarist for the great Doc Roberts.  Asa also presided over a long-running radio show that nurtured local talents such as Stringbean and Cowboy Copas.  Asa had lived away from Kentucky in the 'fifties, working as a night watchman in Ohio after the radio business fizzled, but he had recently returned to his Irvine home and was now playing in a little band called The Cumberland Rangers on the local radio station

Part of the booklet notes, written by Mark Wilson, to the Musical Traditions Records 4-CD set Meeting's a Pleasure (MTCD341-4)