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Billy Byrd
Billy Byrd is credited on 53 releases across 29 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
53
Pressings credited
29
Albums
7
Decades active
39
In collections
Biography
William Lewis Byrd (17 February 1920 – 7 August 2001) was an American guitarist and session musician who performed with Ernest Tubb, the Oak Ridge Quartet, Tex Ritter, George Hamilton IV, Jimmy Dickens and others. He helped to popularize the role of the electric lead guitarist in country music and, with fellow guitarist Hank Garland, was responsible for input into the design of the Gibson Byrdland guitar, a portmanteau of both players' last names.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
53 releases · 29 albums · active 1950–2017
- Performance · 77
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Bradley's Barn · Ardent Studios · Castle Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Ernest Tubb
- Warren Smith (3)
- Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours
- Faron Young
- Tab Hunter
- Red Foley
- Leon Russell
- Brian Auger
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