Grady Martin

Grady Martin

Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly.

A member of Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits ranging from Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" and Marty Robbins' "El Paso" to 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 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.