Grady Martin
Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through the Night". During a nearly 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Bing Crosby. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2015. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 17, 1929 (Chapel Hill), Died December 3, 2001 (Lewisburg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1946 - 1969
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, electric guitar, leader, lead guitar, vocalist, violin, Dobro, mandolin, twelve-string guitar
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Recordings (Results 776-800 of 1162 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 11448 | 2/15/1961 | A little bitty tear | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11449 | 2/15/1961 | The long black veil | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11450 | 2/16/1961 | Shanghied | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11451 | 2/16/1961 | The almighty Dollar Bill | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11452 | 2/16/1961 | Forty-hour week | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11453 | 2/17/1961 | Royal telephone | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11454 | 2/17/1961 | Delia | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11455 | 2/17/1961 | Oh, my side | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11456 | 2/17/1961 | Lenora, let your hair hang down | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11457 | 2/18/1961 | Mockin' bird hill | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11458 | 2/18/1961 | I walk the line | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11459 | 2/18/1961 | Drink to me only with Thine eyes | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11460 | 2/18/1961 | Mama don't want no peas an' rice | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11475 | 3/22/1961 | Empty saddles | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11476 | 3/22/1961 | The Oregon Trail | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11477 | 3/22/1961 | Home on the range | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11478 | 3/22/1961 | When the bloom is on the sage | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11479 | 3/22/1961 | My adobe hacienda | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11480 | 3/22/1961 | Cowboy's dream | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11481 | 3/23/1961 | Mexicali rose | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11482 | 3/23/1961 | The last round-up | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11483 | 3/23/1961 | O bury me not on the lone prairie | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11484 | 3/23/1961 | Jingle jangle jingle | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11485 | 3/23/1961 | Cool water | Patsy Cline | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11486 | 3/24/1961 | Tumbling tumbleweeds | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.
Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.
"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Martin, Grady, 1929-2001 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90631561
Wikidata: Grady Martin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1541282
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/17411007
MusicBrainz: Grady Martin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75353dc8-0200-4f3f-806f-db8d3d509bef
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