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, Dobro, violin, twelve-string guitar
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Recordings (Results 1001-1025 of 1142 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 12789 | 1/20/1964 | Steppin' out | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12816 | 2/4/1964 | Lower forty | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12817 | 2/4/1964 | Four initials on a tree | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12818 | 2/4/1964 | Someone hangin' 'round you all the time | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12819 | 2/5/1964 | Beautiful Annabel Lee | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12820 | 2/5/1964 | A holly jolly Christmas | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12821 | 2/5/1964 | Hobo jungle | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12822 | 2/5/1964 | Strong as a mountain | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12823 | 2/5/1964 | Can't you hear me? | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12824 | 2/5/1964 | Cherry blossom song | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12825 | 2/5/1964 | What I want (I can never have) | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12826 | 2/7/1964 | Snow for Johnny | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12827 | 2/7/1964 | Can angels fly over the Rockies? | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12828 | 2/7/1964 | The legend of the T | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12829 | 2/8/1964 | Kentucky turkey buzzard | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12830 | 2/8/1964 | The funny little show | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12831 | 2/8/1964 | Hard luck and misery | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12912 | 4/22/1964 | I'd rather have America | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12913 | 4/22/1964 | Little robin | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12914 | 4/22/1964 | Better times a-comin' | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12915 | 4/22/1964 | 20-20 vision | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12990 | 7/6/1964 | Pearly shells | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12991 | 7/6/1964 | What little tears are made of? | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12992 | 7/6/1964 | Short on love | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 12993 | 7/7/1964 | Who done it? | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.
Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.
"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 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
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