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 726-750 of 1162 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 11224	8/13/1960	Lonely River Rhine	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11225	8/13/1960	Guess we thought the world would end	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11226	8/16/1960	Do I worry? (Yes I do)	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11227	8/16/1960	Emotions	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11228	8/16/1960	I want to be wanted	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11237	8/18/1960	No one-2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11238	8/18/1960	Crazy talk-1	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11239	8/18/1960	The big chance-1, 2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11240	8/18/1960	It's never too late-2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11241	8/19/1960	I'm learning about love-1, 2, 3	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11242	8/19/1960	Careless (That's all)	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11243	8/30/1960	We three (My echo, my shadow and me)	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11244	8/30/1960	I want to be wanted	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11245	8/31/1960	When my dreamboat comes home	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11246	8/31/1960	Walking to New Orleans-1, 2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11247	8/31/1960	Hallelujah, I love him so-1	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11248	8/31/1960	I'm in the mood for love-1, 2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11249	9/1/1960	Swanee river rock-1, 2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11250	9/1/1960	Pretend	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11251	9/1/1960	If I didn't care	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11252	9/1/1960	If you love me, really love me-2	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11253	9/1/1960	Teach me tonight	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11254	9/1/1960	Blueberry hill	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11271	9/28/1960	Four walls	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 11272	9/28/1960	Bouquet of roses	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 726-750 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.