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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 876-900 of 1162 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca NA 11882 2/5/1962 Swanee river Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11883 2/5/1962 Ol' man river Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11884 2/5/1962 Wabash blues Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11885 2/5/1962 Moon river Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11886 2/5/1962 Missouri waltz Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11887 2/5/1962 Colonel Bogey march Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11888 2/5/1962 Down the river of golden dreams Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11901 2/8/1962 [Unknown title(s)] Thomas "Grady" Martin instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11902 2/8/1962 Twist and turn Thomas "Grady" Martin instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11903 2/8/1962 Big bad guitar Thomas "Grady" Martin instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11904 2/8/1962 Good, good, good Thomas "Grady" Martin instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11911 2/15/1962 Lonely street Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11912 2/15/1962 Anytime Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11913 2/15/1962 You were only fooling Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11914 2/15/1962 I can't help it Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11928 2/28/1962 You're stronger than me Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11929 2/28/1962 When I get through with you Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11930 2/28/1962 Imagine that Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11931 2/28/1962 So wrong Patsy Cline instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11936 3/1/1962 Steel guitar rag Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11937 3/1/1962 Redskin rag Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11940 3/2/1962 Women make a fool of me Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11941 3/2/1962 Drivin' nails in my coffin Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11942 3/2/1962 Introduction to Ernest Tubb (Walking the floor over you) Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca NA 11943 3/4/1962 Pick me up on your way down Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 876-900 of 1162 records)

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.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688

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