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The Nashville A-Team was a nickname given to a group of session musicians in Nashville, Tennessee, who earned wide acclaim in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, similar to their West Coast counterpart who became known (after the fact) as the Wrecking Crew. Some members of the Nashville A-Team were also subsequently or previously members of the ...
Guitar World magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Mason has been named "Guitarist of the Year" 12 times by the Academy of Country Music and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he ...
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. [3] For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the Musician of the Year award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award in 2006 and 2009 at the Academy of Country Music. [4]
Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session musician and producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential modern session guitarists. He is a five-time winner of the Session Guitarist of the Year award, in addition to being awarded the Academy Of Country Music guitar player of the year award four times.
By 1950, Martin was a part of the rising Nashville recording scene as a studio guitarist and fiddler, and his guitar hooks propelled Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and "Birmingham Bounce". [3] In 1951, he signed with Decca Records with his own country-jazz band, Grady Martin and the Slew Foot Five. [7]
2007: Toby Keith - Big Dog Daddy (Show Dog Nashville) 2007: LeAnn Rimes - Family (Curb) 2007: Van Zandt - My Kind of Country (Columbia) 2007: Trisha Yearwood - Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (Big Machine) 2008: Chris Cagle - My Life's Been a Country Song (Capitol Nashville) 2008: Toby Keith - That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (Show Dog ...
Lloyd Lamar Green (born October 4, 1937) is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie Rich's “Behind Closed Doors” (1973), The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira” (1981), and Alan Jackson's “Remember When” (2003).
Rolling Stone credited Atkins with inventing the "popwise 'Nashville sound' that rescued country music from a commercial slump" and ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". [2] In 2023, Atkins was named the 39th best guitarist of all time. [3]