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. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107982.
Myrick, Weldon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107982.
"Myrick, Weldon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Myrick, Weldon, 1938-2014 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016067988
Wikidata: Weldon Myrick - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5999686
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79724752
MusicBrainz: Weldon Myrick - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/839fd33a-ebbb-4196-ad47-b1fb04531d60
ISNI: 0000 0003 7230 8912 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000372308912
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