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Jerry Douglas — Little Martha
Album: Lookout For Hope
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:35
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Excellent. Raise a glass to Duane too.
Posted 3 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard this version of Little Martha before...good stuff! Thanks RP. 
Posted 10 months ago by zggystardust    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Though a Jerry Douglas fan myself I nevertheless hold the original as sacred. Thank you Duane. 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Breathless.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Did you realize that Dobro has 2 words in it...Do & Bro.
This Bro do really good. What a wonderful sound & piece of music.
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
 vinylbob wrote:

Song is a masterpiece.  Well done cover. 



Yeah indeed a 1st Class cover and well done Jerry Douglas and thanks
Posted 2 years ago by SkidMarx    [ Reply ]
lovely to honour Duane Allman too
Posted 2 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by bikerman65    [ Reply ]
Easily a true 10
Posted 3 years ago by rhiangalthie    [ Reply ]
 vinylbob wrote:

Song is a masterpiece.  Well done cover. 



Totally agree.  With the first strum of the strings you know that it is Jerry Douglas playing, and, regardless of the song, he never disappoints me with his rendition.  Thank you RP for reacquainting me with this great artist. 
Posted 3 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
Too smooth. Given the material a rougher treatment gives it better balance. 
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Simply beautiful! It's worth noting, for those who are not aware, this is the only song that Duane Allman wrote entirely by himself.
Posted 3 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill! I needed this to lighten up a bit.
Posted 4 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Just a couple notes and you know it's J.D.
There's an argument to be made he's not just the best, but the best ever.
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Better than the original. 

Much better. Resonator guitar multiplies the energy several times 
Posted 4 years ago by dsilvasi    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:

Kottke actually covered this too.  Also a great version.
 
Got that one,  need to get this one.
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

... there's a "Little Martha" statue/tombstone in Macon's Rose Hill cemetery, where the Brothers used to hang out -- and quietly party.   Stoned is kinda like dreaming, innit?
 
It's an awesome place to visit!
Posted 4 years ago by Mammajamma    [ Reply ]
Achingly beautiful.  And appropriately not too long after Jorma Kaukonen.
Posted 4 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
Was lucky enough to catch his solo show this past week - my God can he play. Blown away.
Posted 5 years ago by nathanieldavis89    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
this came to Duane in a dream, they say
 
... there's a "Little Martha" statue/tombstone in Macon's Rose Hill cemetery, where the Brothers used to hang out -- and quietly party.   Stoned is kinda like dreaming, innit?
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Lovely
Posted 5 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 glydev wrote:

I was listening to this as I was doing something else and it caught me, I thought "here's a Leo Kottke song I've never heard before"
then checked and it is Jerry Douglas, this got a 9 from me, it's beautiful..

 
Kottke actually covered this too.  Also a great version.
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
"Little Martha" minutes after "Embryonic Journey". This is why I listen to RP.
Posted 6 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss} Eine wunderschöne Musik-die direkt ins Herz geht
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Haven’t heard this in so long. What a beautiful little song. Makes me happy.
Posted 6 years ago by Imagi    [ Reply ]
It’s Friday night here in the UK. Ghosh! You are playing some fine music tonight. Thank you
Posted 6 years ago by md1ncb    [ Reply ]
A beautiful cover of a beautiful original. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
If this guy sticks with it, he could be really good...
Posted 6 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Song is a masterpiece.  Well done cover. 
Posted 7 years ago by vinylbob    [ Reply ]
Love it. Duane is smiling.
Posted 7 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
I guess I prefer the AB original, but still, it's nice to hear another take on this sweet tune.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
glydev wrote:
I was listening to this as I was doing something else and it caught me, I thought "here's a Leo Kottke song I've never heard before" then checked and it is Jerry Douglas, this got a 9 from me, it's beautiful..
  
Everybody in my hotel room loves this groovy cover...  we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  big 10, glydev...  hope life is grand for you these days...  love Radio Paradise...
Posted 7 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Love the Allman Brothers version too, but this one is tops!
Posted 8 years ago by handwaver    [ Reply ]
this came to Duane in a dream, they say
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Jerry is very talented but personally I prefer his dobro sound with a blue grass band not by itself.
Posted 9 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
Love his stuff with Allison Kraus and Union Station.
Posted 9 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Nice. Would now like to hear the full bluegrass treatment on this
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
.....oh what an awesome song to drink my morning cuppa to on this spring Saturday morning.....thanks RP
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
This guy may just be THE master of the resonator.  For me though, when it comes to this instrument, less is more.  He is so accomplished that he can effectively play the instrument as a lead, but in my mind it lacks the pure magic of his work as an accompanist.  
Posted 10 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
 seangostage wrote:
Not familiar with this guy but great, great stuff
 
He may be the best slide player EVER. Cindy Cashdollar is right up there too, but I think even she would say Mr. Douglas is tops.
Posted 10 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
JD's the best.
Posted 10 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]

Thank you Mr. Douglas

and thank you Mr. Bill

for just the right music

at just the right time...

Love ya, RP


Posted 10 years ago by blueotis    [ Reply ]
{#Guitarist}
Posted 11 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Not familiar with this guy but great, great stuff
Posted 11 years ago by seangostage    [ Reply ]
I love anything JD does. But especially this awesome cover....
Posted 11 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]

Volume went wayyyy up... this is a very very nice cover...  love it...

Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 TanteJensen wrote:

Oh, don't be so harsh. There are excellent musicians who aren't excellent composers. Covering is sometimes actually a compliment, not just a rip off.

 



Joe Bonamassa, are you listening?
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Fabulous. Duane would love it, and I bet Greg does. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I've heard several covers of Little Martha over the years. This is one of the best. RP made it easy to check out the rest of the album as I've never heard of Jerry Douglas before. Bought the download! Doncha love this modern world?   =)
Posted 12 years ago by hikerted    [ Reply ]
My vote is Duane would approve.
Posted 15 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 Alpine wrote:
I'm with you. Do something original you plageriser Jerry Douglas.
 
Oh, don't be so harsh. There are excellent musicians who aren't excellent composers. Covering is sometimes actually a compliment, not just a rip off.

Posted 15 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Love it...
 
I was listening to this as I was doing something else and it caught me, I thought "here's a Leo Kottke song I've never heard before"
then checked and it is Jerry Douglas, this got a 9 from me, it's beautiful..

Posted 15 years ago by glydev    [ Reply ]
 sharkartist wrote:
What a lovely sounding instrument, those dobros.
 
You can say that again.
Always been a big fan of all resonator guitars. Needs a good player though, and Jerry Douglas certainly can do.

Posted 16 years ago by Karmala    [ Reply ]
Infinitely preferable to the previous drivel.......
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
This cover is quite likeable...
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Suppose it's a brave cover choice, but the original is such a masterpiece, this one just doesn't do it for me.
Posted 16 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Jerry Douglas is a fine musician.
Posted 16 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
Please put Bill Frisell into the playlist.
Posted 16 years ago by posworld    [ Reply ]
What a lovely sounding instrument, those dobros.
Posted 16 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
lattalo wrote:
If this was the first time I had ever heard this it would be fine, but having heard it played on the Eat a Peach album, it just doen't cut it.
Too right. It pains me ears.
Posted 16 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
music_man wrote:
It's actually the dobro that he's playing. And he is quite good at it! You'll also find him in Allison Krauss' Union Station band.
He's also one of the three musicians on a great album that Bill plays a lot, "Skip, Hop and Wobble."
Posted 16 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
walkerpub wrote:
From wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Martha The story goes that Allman had a dream where Jimi Hendrix showed him the melody of the tune in a Holiday Inn motel bathroom, using the sink faucet as a guitar fretboard. Remembering the melody during the October 1971 sessions that produced most of the third side of what would become Eat A Peach, Allman laid down the track, joined only by Dickey Betts and bassist Berry Oakley, though Oakley's part would be mixed out of the final version, leaving the number as a duet for the two guitarists. (Oakley's part would be restored on the 1989 box set Dreams.) The song's namesake was Martha Ellis, a twelve-year-old girl whose grave the Allman Brothers Band had come across during their frequent trips to Rose Hill Cemetery in their homebase of Macon, Georgia. (Both Duane Allman himself and Berry Oakley would be buried there by the end of 1972). As with Dickey Betts' 1970 instrumental "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", the song was named for one person but actually about somebody else. Allman envisioned it as an ode to his then-girlfriend, a groupie named Dixie Meadows, who later would sue to control Allman's estate after his death, going as far to assume the name "Dixie Allman". Her claim was rejected in favor of Allman's young daughter Galadrielle, whom he had with his former common law wife, Donna Roosman.
Great information & thanks for the insight into the history of this tune and a great band!
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
lattalo wrote:
If this was the first time I had ever heard this it would be fine, but having heard it played on the Eat a Peach album, it just doen't cut it.
I'm with you. Do something original you plageriser Jerry Douglas.
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
If this was the first time I had ever heard this it would be fine, but having heard it played on the Eat a Peach album, it just doen't cut it.
Posted 16 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
From wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Martha The story goes that Allman had a dream where Jimi Hendrix showed him the melody of the tune in a Holiday Inn motel bathroom, using the sink faucet as a guitar fretboard. Remembering the melody during the October 1971 sessions that produced most of the third side of what would become Eat A Peach, Allman laid down the track, joined only by Dickey Betts and bassist Berry Oakley, though Oakley's part would be mixed out of the final version, leaving the number as a duet for the two guitarists. (Oakley's part would be restored on the 1989 box set Dreams.) The song's namesake was Martha Ellis, a twelve-year-old girl whose grave the Allman Brothers Band had come across during their frequent trips to Rose Hill Cemetery in their homebase of Macon, Georgia. (Both Duane Allman himself and Berry Oakley would be buried there by the end of 1972). As with Dickey Betts' 1970 instrumental "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", the song was named for one person but actually about somebody else. Allman envisioned it as an ode to his then-girlfriend, a groupie named Dixie Meadows, who later would sue to control Allman's estate after his death, going as far to assume the name "Dixie Allman". Her claim was rejected in favor of Allman's young daughter Galadrielle, whom he had with his former common law wife, Donna Roosman.
Posted 16 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]
I like this version better than Kottke's but the original is tough to beat.
Posted 16 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
grimmel wrote:
Yes....great slide and great Little Feet song!
Little Feet?
Posted 16 years ago by ematt    [ Reply ]
Great dobro playing!
Posted 16 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Actually it's an Allman Brothers tune...
Posted 16 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]
Not quite the soul of a Sonny Landreth but mellow and enjoyable none-the-less.
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
Honeyman wrote:
Nice guitar work. Never heard of this guy before.
It's actually the dobro that he's playing. And he is quite good at it! You'll also find him in Allison Krauss' Union Station band.
Posted 16 years ago by music_man    [ Reply ]
Nice guitar work. Never heard of this guy before.
Posted 16 years ago by Honeyman    [ Reply ]