Widow Maker

~ Recording by Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.23Widow Maker3:01Jimmy MartinCountry USA: 1964Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special Products, Time–Life MusicA 21193, CTD-14
3.12Widow Maker3:01Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain BoysJimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain BoysJimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1994-09-13
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15705 EI
1.1Widow Maker3:01Jimmy MartinBluegrass FestivalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-20975
1.15Widow Maker3:01Jimmy MartinTruck Driver's Boogie: Big Rig Hits, Volume 1: 1939-1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-06-12
Audium RecordsAUDCD 8122
1.11Widow Maker3:00Jimmy MartinThe King of BluegrassJimmy MartinAlbum + Compilation
Audium Records8123
1.11Widow Maker3:01Jimmy MartinTreasury of Bluegrass, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music314560517-2, R142-04
1.5Widow Maker3:00Jimmy Martin20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-07-02
Hip‐O Records314 583 173-2
1.10Widow Maker3:00Jimmy MartinThe Time-Life Treasury of Bluegrass: Nine Pound HammerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicM18831
1.10Widow Maker3:00Jimmy MartinLegends of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-08-31
Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life MusicB0002395-2, M19007
1.11Widow Maker3:00Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain BoysThe King of BluegrassJimmy MartinAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-05-22
MCA Nashville (formerly Decca Nashville, 1955–1973)

Relationships

producer:Owen Bradley
banjo and tenor vocals:J.D. Crowe (on 1963-09-17)
double bass:Joe Zinkan (on 1963-09-17)
drums (drum set):Douglas G. Kirkham (on 1963-09-17)
fiddle and bass vocals:Clarence "Tater" Tate (on 1963-09-17)
guitar and lead vocals:Jimmy Martin (US bluegrass musician) (on 1963-09-17)
guitar [lead guitar]:Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1963-09-17)
mandolin:Bill Torbert (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1963-09-17)
baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:Penny Jay (on 1963-09-17)
recorded at:Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-09-17)
recording of:Widow Maker (popularized by Jimmy Martin) (on 1963-09-17)

Related works

Widow Maker (popularized by Jimmy Martin)

writer:Penny Jay
Buddy Wilson (US songwriter)