Search - Bob Martin :: Midwest Farm Disaster

Frogdick N.D.

L. Rose | Missouri | 11/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Un-beleeeeevable! First off, I've owned this LP since the mid eighties - and never had the cover. I found it in a discard pile at a Flea market at Fort Campbell Ky.



Second, I really never knew who did the songs. Now I have a name and face (somewhat) with the voice. I know I've typed Midwest farm disaster into the Internet search engines in the past, producing nothing. For some reason I thought of it tonight while here at my favorite musice store.



Bobs tunes will drag every emotion out of you, there is. You will laugh, cry, experience bewilderment, be transposed back in time, and listen as timeless songs show how relavent things really are in life. I'm no writer, nor am I a poet, but I've been listening to this album for a long time, and everyone I've allowed to hear it, is left the same way I am. What ever happened to this guy, and where is he from?



Great stuff Bob, hope to get a copy of the CD! real Soon!"

One of the best albums you'll ever hear

Tony Black | 09/16/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I first heard Bob Martin's "Midwest Farm Disaster" in the 1970's, I thought it was one of the best albums I'd ever heard. Over 30 years later, it still is. Rates right up there with Santana's "Abraxas," Si Kahn's "Doing My Job," Guy Clark's first 2 albums, John Prine's first album, The Red Clay Rambler's Hard Times" and Tom Russell's "The Long Way Around."

As far as songwriters go, Bob Martin is in the same league as Guy Clark, Tom Russell, Tim Henderson, Bob Dylan, and, dare I say, Leonard Cohen."