The Martin Repair Department recently had the pleasure of repairing Jerry Kennedy’s Martin 00-18 from 1950. Hear the story from Jerry’s son, Gordon Kennedy, as he discusses the history of his family and their Martin guitar. | Martin Guitar

Before he was a celebrated producer, an executive, and a guitar player on numerous hits, Jerry Kennedy was a kid curled up by the radio, listening to the “Louisiana Hayride.” Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1940, Kennedy had the good fortune to have “Hayride” guitarist Tillman Franks as his first music teacher. By the time he was sixteen, Kennedy himself had become a guitarist on the popular radio program. Kennedy died on Wednesday (February 11). He was eighty-five. Shelby Singleton, an execut