Weldon Myrick

Weldon Myrick (born Weldon Merle Myrick; April 10, 1938 – June 2, 2014) was an American steel guitar player. Myrick was born in Jayton, Texas. His debut came in 1964, when he played on the #1 country hit "Once a Day" by Connie Smith. She would call Myrick "the guy who was responsible for creating the Connie Smith sound." In the late 1960s, he joined Bobby Thompson and Charlie McCoy to form Area Code 615. He was also a member of the group of session musicians in the Nashville, Tennessee-based group The Nashville A-Team. They backed many singers, including Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Gary Stewart, Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis. He died in 2014, at the age of 76, after suffering a stroke.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 10, 1939 (Jayton), Died June 2, 2014 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1972

Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	L 16241	10/30/1972	Rockin' chair	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16242	10/30/1972	City stars-1	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16243	10/31/1972	Now that I'm without you	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16244	10/31/1972	The time I love you the most	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16245	10/31/1972	Sweet lovin' woman	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16246	11/1/1972	Caddo queen	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16247	11/1/1972	L.A. lady-1	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16248	11/2/1972	Lay back	Billy Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16249	11/2/1972	We had it all-1	Billy Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16250	11/2/1972	Drift away-1	Billy Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16266	11/3/1972	Eddie's song	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	L 16267	11/3/1947	Country livin'	Dobie Gray	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16522	8/10/1971	Color me lonely	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16523	8/10/1971	Take me home, country roads	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16524	8/10/1971	Tears are no stranger-1	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16578	9/28/1971	Tomorrow never comes	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16579	9/28/1971	Sometimes you just can't win-1	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16580	9/28/1971	Shelly's Winter love	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16587	10/8/1971	I wonder why you said goodbye	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16588	10/8/1971	Tunnel of your mind-1	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 16589	10/8/1971	Eight more miles to Louisville	Osborne Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Myrick, Weldon," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107982.

Myrick, Weldon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107982.

"Myrick, Weldon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.