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Grady Martin
Grady Martin is credited on 1,822 releases across 467 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,822
Pressings credited
467
Albums
8
Decades active
582
In collections
Biography
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 many performers, among them, 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.
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Credited work
1,822 releases · 467 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 2,065
- Other credits · 745
- Production · 69
Studios: Quadrafonic Sound Studios · Bradley's Barn · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Woodland Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Stardust
1978
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
1959
Always On My Mind
1982
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
1981
Phases And Stages
1974
Sweet Revenge
1973
Greatest Hits
1967
Poncho & Lefty
1982
Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson
1979
Showcase
1961
Jesus Was A Capricorn
1972
Without A Song
1983
Okie
1974
Any Day Now
1968
Tougher Than Leather
1983
Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I
1973
The Patsy Cline Story
1963
That'll Be The Day
1958
San Antonio Rose
1980
Come From The Shadows
1972
Pot Luck
1962
Across The Borderline
1993
The Best Of Joan C. Baez
1977
For The Good Times
1970
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