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{{short description|American country singer (born 1957)}}
Leland Martin (Born November 22, 1991,) is an American fiddler
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|name = Leland Martin
|background = solo_singer
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|2|20}}
|origin = [[Success, Missouri]], United States
|genre = [[Country music|Country]]
|occupation = Singer-songwriter
|instrument = Vocals, guitar
|years_active = 1998–present
|label = Rival<br />IGO<br />Infinity Nashville<br />DMG
|associated_acts =
|website =
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'''Leland Martin''' (born February 20, 1957, [[Success, Missouri]]) is an American [[country music|country]] singer. Martin was one of nine children; his grandmother and father were both country singers.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p355036/biography|pure_url=yes}} Leland Martin] at [[Allmusic]]</ref> He held jobs as a [[truck driver]], house painter, and in a [[sawmill]] before signing with [[Rival Records]], who issued his debut album in 1998. Follow-up albums appeared in 2002, 2005, and 2008.
Leland Martin was born November 22, 1991 in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to Adolphus Martin, a drifter, and Elmira Martinski, a homeless man with a golden voice. Leland achieved a moderate amount of fame when he was born for being the first human child born with a full jew fro.


==Discography==
During the summer of 2008, Leland was employed by Mass DOT as a toll collector. He lost his left middle finger in August of that year when a bear broke into his toll both, and repeatedly violated him.


===Albums===
Following that traumatic experience, Martin took up playing the fiddle to ease his incessant crying. He soon learned he had a national affinity for playing the violin like a drunk [[Irishman]]. He soon decided to start studying the history of the noble art of fiddling, and later that year, Martin took a trip to [[Georgia]], the birthplace of his fiddler hero, [[Tom Tally]] of the [[Vitamin String Quartet]].
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:20em;"| Title
! style="width:20em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Home Is Where the Honky Tonk Is''
|
* Release date: November 24, 1998
* Label: Rival
|-
! scope="row"| ''Simply Traditional''
|
* Release date: October 1, 2002
* Label: IGO
|-
! scope="row"| ''Leland Martin''
|
* Release date: October 4, 2005
* Label: Infinity Nashville
|-
! scope="row"| ''I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck''
|
* Release date: June 24, 2008
* Label: DMG
|}


===Singles===
While in Georgia, Leland was visited by the [[Devil]], who was looking for a soul to steal, he was in a bind because he was way behind, and was willing to make a deal. When he came across young Leland, saw him on a fiddle and playing it hot, well the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and proposed a fiddle duel with Martin.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single
! colspan="1"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="60"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
|-
| 2002
! scope="row"| "If I Had Long Legs (Like Alan Jackson)"
| 60
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Simply Traditional''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003
! scope="row"| "Hey Love, No Fair"
| 59
|-
! scope="row"| "Stone Cold Fingers"
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Simply Traditional"
| —
|-
| 2004
! scope="row"| "Our American Heroes"
| —
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Leland Martin''
|-
| 2005
! scope="row"| "Country as the Day Is Long"
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
! scope="row"| "Same Ol' Song and Dance" <small>(w/ [[Chalee Tennison]])</small>
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[The Wayfaring Stranger (song)|The Wayfaring Stranger]]"
| —
|-
| 2008
! scope="row"| "Royal Purple Peterbilt"
| —
| align="left"| ''I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck''
|-
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|-
|}


===Music videos===
The wager was a fiddle of gold against Martin's soul, as the devil thought he was better than Martin. After both men played their respective fiddle parts, the devil knew that he'd been beat, so he laid that fiddle of gold on the ground at Leland's feet.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! style="width:24em;"| Video
|-
| 2002
! scope="row"| "Flags on the Christmas Tree"
|-
| 2003
! scope="row"| "Stone Cold Fingers"
|-
| 2004
! scope="row"| "Our American Heroes"
|-
| 2005
! scope="row"| "Country as the Day Is Long"
|-
| 2006
! scope="row"| "Same Ol' Song and Dance" <small>(w/ [[Chalee Tennison]])</small>
|-
| 2011
! scope="row"| "Workin Class"
|}


==References==
Martin's epic fiddle duel with the devil was immortalized by [[Charlie Daniels]] in the song, [[The Devil Went Down to Georgia]].
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{{Authority control}}
Martin continues to study the fiddle, and perform at [[Skidmore College]], where he is a doctor/president double major.

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Texas County, Missouri]]
[[Category:American country singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Singer-songwriters from Missouri]]
[[Category:Country musicians from Missouri]]

Latest revision as of 15:23, 12 November 2021

Leland Martin
Born (1957-02-20) February 20, 1957 (age 67)
OriginSuccess, Missouri, United States
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1998–present
LabelsRival
IGO
Infinity Nashville
DMG

Leland Martin (born February 20, 1957, Success, Missouri) is an American country singer. Martin was one of nine children; his grandmother and father were both country singers.[1] He held jobs as a truck driver, house painter, and in a sawmill before signing with Rival Records, who issued his debut album in 1998. Follow-up albums appeared in 2002, 2005, and 2008.

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]
Title Album details
Home Is Where the Honky Tonk Is
  • Release date: November 24, 1998
  • Label: Rival
Simply Traditional
  • Release date: October 1, 2002
  • Label: IGO
Leland Martin
  • Release date: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Infinity Nashville
I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck
  • Release date: June 24, 2008
  • Label: DMG

Singles

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Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
2002 "If I Had Long Legs (Like Alan Jackson)" 60 Simply Traditional
2003 "Hey Love, No Fair" 59
"Stone Cold Fingers" —
"Simply Traditional" —
2004 "Our American Heroes" — Leland Martin
2005 "Country as the Day Is Long" —
2006 "Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison) —
"The Wayfaring Stranger" —
2008 "Royal Purple Peterbilt" — I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

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Year Video
2002 "Flags on the Christmas Tree"
2003 "Stone Cold Fingers"
2004 "Our American Heroes"
2005 "Country as the Day Is Long"
2006 "Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison)
2011 "Workin Class"

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Leland Martin at Allmusic
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