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 (Results 451-475 of 1162 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 9869	7/10/1957	A fool such as I	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9870	7/10/1957	I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy)	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9881	7/12/1957	If you'll be my love	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9882	7/12/1957	Someday you'll want me to want you	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9883	7/12/1957	I saw your face in the moon	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9888	7/14/1957	Try me one more time	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9889	7/14/1957	I'd trade all of my tomorrows	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9890	7/14/1957	Silver dew on the bluegrass	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9897	7/16/1957	My Mary	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9898	7/16/1957	Into each life some rain must fall	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9899	7/16/1957	I gotta have my baby back	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9900	7/16/1957	Hang your head in shame	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9913	7/18/1957	I always went through	Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9914	7/18/1957	Go home	Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9926	7/19/1957	Rock-a-chicka	Warner Mack	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9927	7/19/1957	Since I lost you	Warner Mack	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9934	7/20/1957	If I only knew	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9935	7/20/1957	My shoes keep walking back to you	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9936	7/19/1957	Standing at the end of the world	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9937	7/20/1957	Tonight's the night	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9953	9/10/1957	Wedding bells	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9954	9/10/1957	At sundown	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9955	9/10/1957	Ka-lu-a	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9956	9/10/1957	The prisoner's song	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 9957	9/10/1957	Drifting and dreaming	Thomas "Grady" Martin ; Slew Foot Five, The	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 451-475 of 1162 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.