music · 03 December 2001 · 24 years ago
American session guitarist Grady Martin died aged 72. He was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team, playing guitar on hits ranging from Roy Orbison's Oh, Pretty Woman, Marty Robbins' El Paso and Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daughter. During a 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Joan Baez and J. J. Cale.
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