Fiddlin' Joe Martin (January 8, 1900, Edwards, Mississippi – November 2, 1975, Walls, Mississippi)[1] was an American blues musician, who played mandolin on Son House's recording sessions inspired by Alan Lomax in 1941.
[2] Martin was a versatile musician who could play guitar, fiddle, mandolin,[3] washboard and drums.
[4] Paul Oliver wrote that he "worked the Delta joints for over fifty years" after leaving Edwards in 1918 when he was fourteen.
[5] Martin worked with numerous blues artists including House, Willie Brown, Charley Patton and Howlin' Wolf.
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