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 626-650 of 1162 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 10581	1/26/1959	Side by side-1	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10582	1/26/1959	A good man is hard to find-1,2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10583	1/26/1959	Some of these days	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10584	1/26/1959	Back in your own backyard-1	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10585	1/26/1959	Toot toot tootsie goodbye-1,2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10683	4/15/1959	She wanna rock	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10684	4/15/1959	The party was over	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10685	4/15/1959	My dancing shoes	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10693	4/16/1959	Buster's gang	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10694	4/16/1959	I wish I could love that much	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10695	4/16/1959	I know you do	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10717	5/21/1959	Cush cush Ky-Kay	Moon Mullican	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10718	5/21/1959	The writin' on the wall	Moon Mullican	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10719	5/21/1959	The wedding of the bugs	Moon Mullican	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10758	6/9/1959	(There's a little song a-singing) In my heart	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10759	6/9/1959	Open up your arms	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10760	6/9/1959	Three little Peggies	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10761	6/9/1959	Class ring	Carl Dobkins, Jr.	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10789	7/3/1959	Life's railway to heaven	Patsy Cline	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10790	7/3/1959	Just a closer walk with Thee	Patsy Cline	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10797	7/20/1959	I'm with you	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10798	7/20/1959	K4WO	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10799	7/20/1959	There stands the glass	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10800	7/23/1959	Hurry baby	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 10801	7/23/1959	You're the one	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 626-650 of 1162 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.