Grady Martin

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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 76-100 of 1162 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	87148	12/16/1954	The battle of Jericho	Mary (Marie) Knight	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	87149	12/6/1954	The storm is passing over-1	Mary (Marie) Knight	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	87150	12/6/1954	I must tell Jesus	Mary (Marie) Knight	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	87151	12/6/1954	Who rolled the stone away	Marie Knight	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	87152	12/6/1954	Easter bells	Mary (Marie) Knight	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	103031	8/29/1957	All the way	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	103032	8/29/1957	Chicago	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	107639	6/18/1959	Hey chick	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	107640	6/18/1959	Anytime	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	107641	6/18/1959	Half as much	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	107642	6/18/1959	Tuxedo junction	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	L 13688	4/12/1965	Washboard blues	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13689	4/12/1965	Loveless love	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13690	4/12/1965	Dippermouth blues	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13691	4/12/1965	Singin' the blues	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13692	4/12/1965	Bluesette	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13693	4/12/1965	Blue Danube blues	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13694	4/12/1965	Miss Lucy	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13695	4/12/1965	Fa so la blues	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13696	4/12/1965	Rhapsody in blue	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13697	4/12/1965	And the river keeps rollin'	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13698	4/12/1965	Mood indigo	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	L 13699	4/12/1965	Mae	Pete Fountain	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 162	4/29/1949	Bluegrass ticklin' my feet	Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work	instrumentalist, lead guitar
Decca	NA 163	4/29/1949	Please don't let me love you	Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work	instrumentalist, lead guitar

(Results 76-100 of 1162 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.